Monthly Archives: May 2007

City Politicking on Saturday, June 2nd

Photo taken by Jamie Whitaker For those of you interested in the City’s Mayoral contest this year, there are two events you may want to attend. The campaign to re-elect Mayor Gavin Newsom needs volunteers this Saturday to collect signatures to get his name on the ballot. Newsom ’07 signature gathering details: Date: Saturday, June… Keep reading

Halloween Meeting May 30th

City officials will host a discussion of plans for this year’s Halloween party this Wednesday, May 30th at 5:30pm at the Davies campus of the California Pacific Medical Center in the North Tower building’s level B auditorium. The idea of moving the party to Piers 30/32 sounds dead on arrival because of liability issues with… Keep reading

Moving Castro Halloween to Rincon Hill, South Beach or Mission Bay?

You may have read in the newspapers over the past month that Supervisor Bevan Dufty and Mayor Gavin Newsom have a strong desire to move the Castro Halloween event out of the Castro. Where would they like to move it you ask? Well, the scuttlebutt is that the Mayor and Supervisor Dufty would like to… Keep reading

ING Bay to Breakers this Sunday!

Source: INGBayToBreakers.com Shuffle over to The Embarcadero around Howard Street to see folks lining up to start their 12K marathon for the ING Bay to Breakers event this Sunday around 8am. Learn more at the official ING Bay to Breakers web site. Keep reading

Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Barrier Study

This caught my eye in The Examiner today. The Golden Gate Bridge officials have set up a web site about the $1.8 million study of the technical feasibility to put up a physical barrier on the bridge to try to prevent suicide jumps. The web site address is www.ggbsuicidebarrier.org. It offers an opportunity for viewers… Keep reading

Rincon Point-South Beach CAC Agenda for May 21, 2007 Meeting

I just received the agenda for the Rincon Point-South Beach CAC meeting happening this Monday at 5:00PM at the South Beach Harbor Services Building’s Community Room. After attending the second half of the Port’s meeting this past Monday where they made it clear they want to ratchet up their income from around $4 million per… Keep reading

Notes from May 14, 2007 Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association Meeting

Source: www.RinconHillNeighbors.org I attended the Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association (RHNA) meeting at the One Rincon Hill sales office at 511 Harrison Street yesterday. I was happy to meet some of the folks who have been following my web log here and learn about the next steps in the formation of the RHNA. This is a… Keep reading

Rincon Hill Relevant Meetings on Monday

First of all, please do RSVP with info@rinconhillneighbors.org if you plan on attending the first public meeting (as far as I’m aware) of the brand new Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association on Monday, May 14th at 5:30pm hosted at One Rincon Hill Sales Center at 511 Harrison Street (at First Street – Parking available). Also important… Keep reading

Town Hall Meeting – Future of Our Waterfront

Please visit the Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association web site at http://www.thebarbarycoastnews.com/index.php?itemid=263 for information regarding two upcoming meetings about the Port and their desperate need for money – and land development considerations to help fund that financial need. The first meeting is on May 7, 2007. The second meeting is on May 14, 2007. I won’t… Keep reading

Free Museum Admission with Bank of America Card

If you have a Bank of America card of some sort (ATM, credit), you can flash it to get yourself and a friend in one of the following San Francisco museums during the month of May: Asian Art Museum California Academy of Sciences SFMOMA Yerba Buena Center for the Arts de Young Museum Legion of… Keep reading

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