Monthly Archives: September 2008

Best Reasons to Live in the Rincon Hill Neighborhood Today

I wrote a “Top 10″ best reasons to live in the Rincon Hill neighborhood today entry over at my Examiner.com page that I hope pulls in the major reasons folks choose to live here now while we await some even better developments over the next 7-12 years. Please feel free to go visit that and… Keep reading

1,000 visits to RinconHillSF.org in one day

Just a quick thanks to you all for letting your neighbors know about my Rincon Hill neighborhood blog. Started in February 2007, the average daily visits has moved up fairly consistently. On the 25th of this month, more than 1,000 visits occurred to the site for the first time in a single day (1,078 to… Keep reading

Jamie's SFUSD School Board Endorsements for November 4th

You may have read my previous posts that detail my frustration with current SFUSD School Board members and San Francisco Supervisor candidates Mark Sanchez and Eric Mar and their zeal to pursue their personal agendas to eliminate the JROTC from San Francisco schools, taking away an option and opportunity for young people to be a… Keep reading

Walk San Francisco's 2008 Peak 2 Peak Walk

In addition to running the www.RinconHillSF.org blog, I also volunteer time to administer the Walk San Francisco web site and e-mail list. Walk San Francisco is the City’s Pedestrian Advocacy organization. Please consider participating in this year’s Peak 2 Peak Walk or simply supporting Walk San Francisco by becoming a member. Walk San Francisco’s Peak… Keep reading

Transbay CAC Meeting (NEW DATE) – Transit Center District Plan Presentation

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street, 2nd Floor Conference Room http://www.sfgov.org/site/sfra_page.asp?id=5583#CAC Keep reading

Second Annual UCSF Mission Bay Campus Block Party

This Wednesday, October 1st, there is a two-part block party on Gene Friend Way at 3rd Street (T-Third Muni Metro line will drop you off there) hosted by the UCSF Mission Bay Campus. Read the full press release online or most of it is copied below. UCSF to Host Second Annual Mission Bay Block Party… Keep reading

Breakdown of 22 San Francisco Ballot Measures

One of the pre-launch community funded journalism projects from Spot.Us that I personally kicked in $25 along with 73 other interested donors to help fund is the SF Election Truthiness Campaign. The second report in the series provides a good informational breakdown of the 22 local ballot measures on the November 4, 2008 San Francisco… Keep reading

Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association Meeting

Location to be determined. We’re discussing San Francisco’s 22 ballot measures with SPUR’s Policy Director for Economic Development and Governance, Egon Terplan. Keep reading

Save the date! Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association Meets on Tuesday, October 14th

Stay tuned for meeting spot details, but please note now that on Tuesday, October 14th, the Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association will meet at 6 p.m. With ballot measures that run from the letters A to V (22 in all), we’ve invited Egon Terplan, Policy Director for the non-partisan San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)… Keep reading

Namesake Coincidences – Infinity and Millennium Cruise Ships Dock in San Francisco this Friday

Photo taken by Jamie Whitaker While reading through today’s San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, the article about numerous cruise ships coming into the Bay had a couple of names that caught my Rincon Hill obsessed eye. This Friday, October 3rd, Celebrity Cruises boats named Infinity and Millennium will both dock in San Francisco for a visit.… Keep reading

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