Category: Activism
Entertainment Commission Avoids Daytime Working SoMa Residents
| February 9, 2012 | Posted by jamie under Activism, Meetings |
Well, I sent an email to Entertainment Commission Director Jocelyn Kane at jocelyn.kane@sfgov.org and to Entertainment Commission staffer Crystal Stewart at crystal.stewart@sfgov.org, but I did not receive a notice via email about this Tuesday’s 4 p.m. meeting by the Entertainment Commission’s Western SoMa Adhoc Committee at City Hall in Room 479. Thank you to my… Keep reading
Advocate for 2nd Street Improvements at Tuesday’s SFCTA Meeting
| February 6, 2012 | Posted by jamie under Activism |
Greetings neighbors and friends, The San Francisco County Transportation Authority is holding a special meeting Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. in City Hall’s Room 250 (Legislative Chamber) to discuss reprogramming of $4.846 million in federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds originally appropriated to the Department of Public Works (DPW) for the Second Street Streetscape project… Keep reading
Entertainment Commission Votes on Attacking SoMa Residents this Tuesday
| January 22, 2012 | Posted by jamie under Activism |
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The Western SoMa Community Plan was created by and for the residents of South of Market. Between 2006 and 2011, hundreds of community meetings were held to reach a consensus on land use plans for Western SoMa for the next 20 years. Now that the Plan is complete, the Entertainment Commission is voting on whether… Keep reading
How Redistricting Could Harm the Rincon Hill Neighborhood
| January 9, 2012 | Posted by jamie under Activism |
While I admit that I do not know a lot about the redistricting process that is currently redrawing the lines within San Francisco County in regards to legislative representation on the Board of Supervisors, I know a little more than most. You can catch up and learn by visiting the Redistricting Task Force website at… Keep reading
Redevelopment and Transbay
| December 30, 2011 | Posted by jamie under Activism, Transbay Transit Center |
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You’ve probably read that the worst case scenario regarding the future of redevelopment agencies in California has happened. The California Supreme Court upheld the dissolution of agencies and tossed out the so-called “extortion option” legislation that would have allowed redevelopment agencies to continue pending an annual payment to the state. What this means for the… Keep reading
Census Data Dribbling Out at Zip Code Level
| November 12, 2011 | Posted by jamie under Activism, Kids |
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While looking at the San Francisco Elections Department web page a week or so ago, I discovered their reports on Census 2010 data broken out by Supervisorial Districts. While the redistricting task force is nice and all, I want to see the population numbers and other pertinent data for zip code 94105 which basically encompasses… Keep reading
OccupySF’s Weekly Video Update
| November 11, 2011 | Posted by jamie under Activism, Video |
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Join OccupySF marches on Saturdays at 3 p.m. … Keep reading
OccupySF Picks Appropriate Location for Protest
| October 30, 2011 | Posted by jamie under Activism |
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If ever there were an appropriate publicly owned location in downtown San Francisco for the protest against our elected politicians working to benefit the 1% instead of the rest of us (the 99%), the south end of Justin Herman Plaza is it. Last year (2010), lobbyists at Platinum Advisors pulled their strings on their buddy,… Keep reading
AT&T Utility Boxes and the Graffiti They Attract
| October 30, 2011 | Posted by jamie under Activism, Open Spaces, Transportation & Ped Safety |
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UPDATE: Within a couple of days, this utility box was painted and the graffiti gone. Thank you to AT&T or DPW or ?? AT&T does not maintain the existing utility boxes that eat up public realm. The box at The Embarcadero and Harrison Street pictured above has been marked with graffiti for most of 2011.… Keep reading
Rincon Point Open Water Basin is Worth Preserving
| August 28, 2011 | Posted by jamie under Activism, America's Cup, Open Spaces |
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The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) is meeting this Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Ferry Building on the second floor in The Port Commission meeting room (enter the via the stairs in the middle of the Ferry Building’s Embaracadero-facing side. Please join Katy Liddell, Michael Anthony, and other SoMa waterfront neighbors… Keep reading
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