Image from www.SFFunRaisers.org

I noticed this mentioned in the Yelp.com newsletter this week, and I thought some of you might be interested.
Summary rundown:
8/11/07 at Noon
Kickball Tournament with proceeds going to R.O.C.K. (Real Options for City Kids)
Speedway Meadow
Golden Gate Park
$30 per participant - $10 suggested donation by observers
From the SFFunRaisers.org website:
Nothing says summer like [...]

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Pedestrian safety is one of my pet issues. It should be a pet issue for practically everyone who lives and works downtown near the Bay Bridge approaches. On the west side of the City (Sunset), there are dangerous pedestrian crossings on 19th Avenue - the danger of the crossings has been mentioned quite [...]

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Photo taken by Jamie Whitaker

The folks who made their homes in Golden Gate Park may have been displaced after Mayor Newsom read the headlines in the San Francisco Chronicle last week that it represented his biggest failure. However, it would seem this human tragedy just moved to other areas of the City, [...]

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Photo taken by Jamie Whitaker

From the Mayor’s Office (thank you, Jason Chan, for sending the notice!):
Please join Mayor Gavin Newsom for a community discussion on recreation and parks in San Francisco.
This is an opportunity to learn about what the City is doing to improve our parks and expand recreational opportunities, and to share [...]

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Originally uploaded by mari781008.

This posting’s picture was taken by someone in Shanghai, but it could just as well be Harrison and Main streets on a Friday afternoon with traffic backing up to get on the Bay Bridge.
There is a measure on this November’s ballot that veils itself as an initiative for [...]

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