Let’s create a community garden in Glen Park! A group of neighbors is talking to BART about turning their inaccessible plot facing Wilder Street over to the community to become a peaceful and secure green space for the neighborhood to enjoy. Help make this a reality! A community garden needs community members. Join us Tuesday, […]
City Agency Hearings: SFMTA Feedback Edition!
No CAH next week, but this week we have an SFMTA Board hearing on bikeshare outreach (please email suggestions if you can’t make it), no more NRA membership for the SFPD, and a chance to smoke pot at events legally. The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, March 4, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room […]
City Agency Hearings: Urban Problems Issue
Homelessness in neighborhoods, vacant storefronts, toilets, congestion and an expanded definition of car break-ins. Crazy week in the city! The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, February 25, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. Agenda The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, February 25, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. […]
City Agency Hearings: Holiday Edition!
It’s always quiet when there’s a holiday, but there are a couple items of interest noted below. Reminder that the Ingleside Precinct Community meeting will be next week! The SFMTA Board of Directors will meet Tuesday, February 19, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda and supporting documents here. The Ingleside Police […]
Arlington Cut Clean-Up Feb 23
What: Improve the Arlington Cut When: Saturday, February 23, 9 a.m. to noon Where: Meet at Mateo and Arlington Join your neighbors and the City’s Fix-It team for this year’s first Arlington Cut Clean-Up on Saturday, February 23, from 9 a.m. to noon. We’ve made incredible progress since our first clean-up on Earth Day 2018: […]
City Agency Hearings: Sussex Crossing Edition!
Click here to read the SFMTA’s Annual Report. Meanwhile, big change is afoot for Sussex at Elk! The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, February 11, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. Agenda The BOS Budget and Finance Committee will meet Monday, February 11, 11:30 a.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda This […]
Reminder: Early Morning BART Service Disrupted
Forwarded from BART See Glen Park BART bus schedule here Click on link to see map of where to pick up bus Dear Community Partners, Starting on February 11, 2019, morning weekday BART trains will start one hour later for vital repairs and critical earthquake safety work. Alternative bus service will run between 3:45 am […]
D8 Clean, Compost & Recycling Event Feb 16!
Three Great Opportunities February 16 1. Volunteer to clean your streets 2. Get rid of your junk for free 3. Free compost and paper shredding 1. Volunteer to clean your streets The Community Clean Team and Giant Sweep are back for 2019 and we need your help to keep our city clean, green […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
Of note this week: Coyotes and other urban wildlife, parties in historic buildings, vacant store-front tax, and Mandelman sizes up your rear (yard). Is it as big as a house and well-situated? Then build one already! The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, February 4, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. Agenda The BOS […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, January 28, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. Agenda The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, January 28, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda The Transportation Authority Board will meet Tuesday, January 29, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda The […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
It’s worth reading the legislation Mandelman and others are introducing in the Rules Committee under the 30-day rule (see below under Mandelman Legislation). Awarding contracts without competitive bidding seems a little odd, though the rest could conceivably improve homelessness services that much more. There will be a Zoning Variance Hearing Wednesday, January 23, 9:30 […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, January 14, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda The SFMTA Board of Directors will meet Tuesday, January 15, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda and supporting documents here. Board elections, which may result in a shake-up for the body that […]
Bikeshare Moving Forward
Forwarded from SFMTA: Hello Randall and Chenery bikeshare station stakeholders, After much deliberation and analysis, the SFMTA has decided to approve the permit for the proposed bikeshare station at Randall and Chenery. This has been the most outreach GoBike and the agency have performed on any single station, and we very much appreciate engagement […]
Early Morning BART Service Disrupted
Forwarded from BART Dear Community Partners, Starting on February 11, 2019, morning weekday BART trains will start one hour later for vital repairs and critical earthquake safety work. Alternative bus service will run between 3:45 am and 6:00 am. Roughly 2,900 passengers enter the BART system during that first hour of service. Over 2,400 […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
What’s hot this week? Land use! See Mandelman Legislation below. He is co-authoring legislation to penalize landlords of vacant storefronts as well as to dramatically change the rules and penalties around home demolitions. *Here’s a link to the SF Chronicle story about the latter. The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, January […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Kern Parking Lot Closed
To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. [Edited most recently on January 7] Nearly 50 years of free parking in downtown Glen Park ended abruptly last week when the gravel-strewn lot on Kern Alley was vacated and taped […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
City government is on vacation this week, but here’s some good news: MUNI will be free from 8 p.m. on December 31 through 5 a.m. on January 1, and BART will run until 3 a.m. I’m looking forward to watching the wheels of bureaucracy turn with my neighbors in 2019!
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation (Holiday Edition!)
The Board of Supervisors is on recess through January 4. Pretty much everyone else is taking the week off, too (as expected), except good old SFMTA: The SFMTA Engineering Hearing will happen Friday, December 28, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 416. Agenda
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
Of interest: Lime Scooter’s appeal of its ban was heard today. I would have mentioned it had I read this article about how they treat their mechanics and other non-engineers. The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, December 18, 12:30 p.m. in City Hall, room 250. Agenda The SFMTA Board of Directors will meet Tuesday, December […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, December 10, at 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The BOS Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee will meet Monday, December 10, 4 p.m., in City Hall, room 263. See agenda here. Spicy meeting: Juvenile justice and PD membership with the NRA The SF County […]
Greenway Cleanup Dec. 15
Now that the smoke has cleared, join us on Saturday, December 15, 9 a.m. to noon, to plant, weed, mulch and eat. We’ll have coffee to start and sandwiches and cookies for lunch. RSVP here so we know how many people need food and do not waste it. We’ll meet at Chilton and focus on the […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
Wouldn’t you know it — the week I’m away, Glen Park gets something spicy: the Planning Commission considered a neighbor’s request for a Discretionary Review of the plans for 2601 Diamond (at Sussex). Following the Planning Department’s recommendation, the Commission rejected that review, according to the transcript viewer. Here’s a link to the review packet. […]
Taking the Bus for a Spin
Tuesday’s wet weather was treacherous for this 35 Eureka bus, which lost traction on the steep grade of Miguel Street past Chenery during the morning commute. Neighbors reported that the bus slid and turned perpendicular to the street, crashing into a pickup truck on the south side of Miguel and mowing down a street tree […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
Nothing to report because pretty much all meetings are cancelled next week for the Thanksgiving vacation. Your faithful reporter will be on vacation next week and won’t be able to report on meetings for the following week, but I’ll note that our supervisoral (sp??) district, District 8, will be able to ask the Mayor questions when she […]
Get Geeky: Bikeshare Episode!
Over the summer, the SF Municipal Transportation Agency proposed three docked bikeshare locations in Glen Park. Representatives from the SFMTA and Motivate, the company rolling out docked bikeshare expansion, spoke at the October Glen Park Association meeting. (See Motivate’s presentation here and SFMTA’s presentation here.) SFMTA and Motivate also promised to lead a walk-through of the neighborhood to discuss […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The Transportation Authority Board will meet Tuesday, November 13, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, November 13, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The SFMTA Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee will meet Tuesday, November 13, 6 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda here. […]
Greenway Cleanup Nov. 10!
Forwarded from Nicholas Dewar, project manager for the Glen Park Greenway: Hello Friends and Supporters of the Glen Park Greenway We will have a work party on Saturday November 10. I hope that you will be able to join us once again. The trees and shrubs that many of you helped plant during the last […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
For MTA nerds, this week’s newsletter was rich with information. Crime trends, on-time performance, plan to improve on-time performance, which is a four-part blog from Ed Reiskin himself. See all four through this search. No Tuesday Board of Supervisors meeting next week. The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, November 5, 1:30 […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, October 29, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, October 30, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Transportation Authority – Vision Zero Committee will meet Wednesday, October 31, 8:35 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. […]
Arlington Clean-Up Nov. 10!
Join your neighbors as the city’s Fix-It Team leads another cleanup of the Arlington Cut November 10 from 9 a.m. to noon. Since April 2018, Glen Park neighbors and the city have trimmed vegetation, laid mulch, and picked up litter twice in an effort to make the walkway connecting San Jose Ave to Arlington Street cleaner […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
Here are the findings from the city’s stationless shared bike pilot. You can expect to see twice the number of red Jump bikes around the city for the next phase. The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, October 22. 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. Of note (item 180939): […]
Haunting Chenery Street on October 31!
Thanks to the Glen Park Association, SFPD Captain Jack Hart and Liveable Streets, this year Chenery Street between Diamond and Elk will be officially closed on Halloween so the mob of trick-or-treating tykes can rove safely through the neighborhood. Click on the picture of the map below to get a PDF version you can actually […]
24th Annual Fall Native Plant Sale
Yerba Buena Chapter of the California Native Plant Society presents: 24th Annual Fall Native Plant Sale 11am – 4pm, Saturday, October 27, 2018 Generously hosted by the Miraloma Park Improvement Club 350 O’Shaughnessy Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94127 Fall is the BEST time to introduce native plants into your gardens Celebrate Bay Area Biodiversity Go […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, October 15, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Transportation Authority Board will meet Tuesday, October 16, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. 9. Update on the Effects of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) on Roadway Congestion and Reliability – INFORMATION […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The Board of Supervisor meetings for next week are cancelled in celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day/Italian American Heritage Day. The SFMTA Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee will meet Tuesday, October 9, 6 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. No agenda at this point. The Board of Appeals will meet Wednesday, October 10, 5 p.m., in City Hall, room […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, October 1, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, October 2, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The BOS Government Audit and Oversight Committee will meet Wednesday, October 3, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 250. […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, September 24, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Public Works tree removal hearing will happen Monday, September 24, 5:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 416. See agenda here. Order No. 188422 To consider the removal of one (1) significant tree on private […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee meets Monday, September 17, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The SFMTA Board of Directors meets Tuesday, September 18, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda and supporting documents here. For all those interested in bikeshare, MTA is issuing its “mid-pilot analysis.” The slide deck was […]
Taco With A Cop 9/19 at La Corneta
Join Ingleside Station police officers at La Corneta Wednesday, September 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. and ask that burning question: What’s the fastest speed you’ve gone in a high-speed chase? Or just chit chat. Click here for the flyer. What: Taco with a Cop Where: La Corneta, 2834 Diamond Street When: Wednesday, Sept. 19, […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, September 10, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. This is not GP but I do wonder what caused Peskin to bring it to committee 180862 [Transportation Code – Board of Supervisors Review of Bus Rapid Transit Projects] Sponsor: Peskin Ordinance amending Division I […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The SFMTA Board of Directors will meet Tuesday, September 4, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda and supporting documents here. The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, September 4, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Board of Supervisors Government Audit and Oversight Committee will meet Wednesday, September 5, […]
DHB Median Clean-Up Sept. 8
Forwarded from Paul Matalucci: Hello friends and supporters of the Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Project, You may have heard about Love our City! a City-wide clean up event focused on sweeping sidewalks and picking up trash (including median curbs and drains). To capitalize on their momentum and additional volunteers, we’re moving our next volunteer work day from this Saturday, […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The Board of Supervisors is out until September 4. Public Works will hold a tree removal hearing Monday, August 27, 5:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 416. See agenda here. To consider the removal one (1) significant tree without replacement adjacent to 42 Lippard St. The SFMTA Policy and Governance Committee meets Tuesday, August 28, 10 a.m., at 1 […]
Miguel St. Re-grade Mtg Sept. 11
The SFMTA and SF Public Works will host a community meeting regarding the re-grading of Miguel Street (at Chenery) on Tuesday, September 11, at 6:30 p.m., at the Glen Canyon Recreation Center in Room 2. The Glen Park Association Transportation Committee has been working with neighbors and the city to get information on this process, […]
Citywide Cleanup Sept. 8
Forwarded from SF Public Works: We’re excited to let you know that Public Works is organizing LOVE YOUR CITY, a citywide cleanup for September 8 from 9am to 12pm. San Francisco is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and it takes teamwork to keep it looking good. On September 8, we’ll make a […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
Your faithful reporter cheated last week and didn’t post. I don’t think we missed anything GP-related, however. The Board of Supervisors is out until September 4, so nothing missed there. This week we’re the Party Neighborhood! The SFMTA Board of Directors meets Tuesday, August 21, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See links to […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
The Board of Supervisors will be in recess through September 3, 2018. There are no regularly scheduled meetings during this time. The next regularly scheduled Board of Supervisors meeting after recess, will be held on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. The Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee will meet Tuesday, August 7, 6:30 p.m. at McClaren […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
Quiet week! The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, July 30, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Transportation Authority Vision Zero Committee will meet Tuesday, July 31, 10:45 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. See agenda here. Includes a report on the safety of senior pedestrians. The Board of Supervisors will meet […]
City Agency Hearings + Mandelman Legislation
Welcome to our new D8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman! The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, July 23, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, July 24, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The SMTA Policy and Governance Committee will meet Tuesday, July 24, […]
Log a Complaint and They Will Come
Hate litter? Get SF311 mobile and tell the city! The new app automatically marks your location. You simply select the problem* and either upload a photo or describe it or both. You can easily report any problem from broken streetlights to blocked driveways to tree maintenance needed. Recently Public Works has cleaned under the Richland […]