Hello ‘Friends of the Urban Forest’ organizers and tree planters – Organizing for tree planting is going extraordinarily well throughout the city! In the next few months OMI, SOMA, Castro, Central + Outer Sunset, North Bernal, Crocker Amazon, and Glen Park are in contention for a coveted community planting date in their neighborhood. Can you help organize […]
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Sup. Wiener newsletter for July & August
July & August 2011 Newsletter Office Phone: 415-554-6968 Email: scott.wiener@sfgov.org For more regular updates, follow me on Facebook and Twitter: Community Updates Open House and Art Show In My Office Thursday, July 21st 5:30PM-7:00 PM San Francisco City Hall, Room 274 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place Since I was sworn […]
A Laidley Street 4th of July
Story by Murray Schneider Photos by Chris Hardy “Citizens. Citizens, news from Philadelphia” shouted Brian Brosnahan, the Sage of Laidley Street. He stood on his front steps, preparing to list the abuses of King George III. “Down with the King,” sang a chorus of Fairmount Heights and Glen Park patriots, their clothes festooned with red, […]
Sup. Wiener’s April newsletter
April Newsletter Office Phone: 415-554-6968 Email: scott.wiener@sfgov.org Community Updates District 8 Town Hall Meeting with Mayor Ed Lee April 14th, 6:30-8:30pm Mission High School, Auditorium* 3750 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114 Please come share your thoughts and concerns at this District 8 Town Hall I am co-hosting with Mayor Ed Lee. […]
Farmers Market moving ahead
The first community meeting regarding a possible Sunday farmers’ market in Glen Park was held on Monday January 3rd. The meeting, called by Ric Lopez, president of the Glen Park Merchants Association was attended by as many as 30 people. Among the attendees: Scott Wiener – our newly elected District 8 Supervisor who supports the […]
City committe puts farmers’ market decision on hold until May 27.
Glen Park News City officials today held up the issuance of a street-closure permit for the proposed Sunday farmers’ market project in the heart of Glen Park village, saying more time is needed for concerns to be aired and addressed. The San Francisco Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation, known as ISCOTT, put off […]
San Francisco wants to hear from you about housing
The people who put together the San Francisco Housing Element want to hear from you. But what, you might ask, is a ‘housing element?’ Simply put, California state law requires that every city council of board of supervisors put together “a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city, city and county, […]
SF Chronicle on Conservatory opening
By Rachel Gordon More than a century ago, a British-born inventor and stargazer built on his remote San Francisco estate a whimsical conservatory with eight sides and a soaring ceiling to house his collection of exotic plants and flowers. Time, vandals and the threat of a wrecking ball nearly brought the structure to ruin. View […]