According to the San Francisco Food Bank (SFFB), President Bush has proposed eliminating the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) for 2008.
CSFP is a federal program that provides a monthly food box to nearly 10,000 seniors, moms and kids in San Francisco with incomes below $1,100 a month. Each box is filled with [...]

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In case you cannot tell, pedestrian safety in San Francisco is one of my personal pet peeve issues. This City’s Mayor, Supervisors, SF MTA, and Police need to start explaining why their actions favor vehicular traffic over pedestrian rights while trying to encourage us to walk, bicycle, and ride public transit with their speeches. [...]

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UPDATED ON April 28, 2007:
Monday, May 14th @ 5:30 p.m. Pier 1, Bayside Room
This was the meeting planned for May 2nd to discuss the proposed sea wall lot legislation. At the request of the Telegraph Hill Dwellers, we delayed the meeting until May14th. The meeting is being hosted by the Port and is [...]

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I was happy to read on www.SocketSite.com that some residents and businesses seemed to have the same notion that I did, and they had the resources to jump right up to the challenge of establishing (formally incorporating) a Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association. The web site address is www.RinconHillNeighbors.org - and an initial welcome meeting [...]

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Photo by Jamie Whitaker, 2007.

The April 16, 2007 headline on the front page of The Examiner is Police: Speeders are No. 1 reason for fatality spike. You can read the full article online.
I’ve written a letter or two to The Examiner along with our Supervisors and the Mayor about my concerns over pedestrian [...]

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