Photo taken by Jamie Whitaker
Videotaping of folks to insert
into Transbay Terminal media
November 5, 2008

There was a completely asinine statement about the location of the San Francisco terminus for the planned California high speed rail project in the San Francisco Examiner the other day from Quentin Kopp, Chairman of the High Speed Rail Authority. [...]

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While the report was slightly late for voters to read while considering Prop 1A on the November California ballot, the California High-Speed Rail Authority released a business plan on Friday.
You can read the 2-page summary or the full 32-page business plan online.

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Putting aside my obvious disappointment with Proposition 8’s victory that takes away fundamental rights, there were lots of other positive, wonderful decisions made by the voters on Tuesday.
From a neighborhood perspective, the High Speed Rail bond question, proposition 1A, was a huge win (knock on wood - there are still thousands of ballots [...]

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As noted in a posting about the Block 8 RFP, the Tranbay Block 11A RFP was released online today. The RFP asks for applicants who can develop, own, operate, and provide intensive supportive services for extremely low-income and formerly homeless individuals who will reside in the approximately 100-120 studio and one-bedroom units of supportive [...]

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The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency released the RFP for Transbay Block 8 in the Rincon Hill neighborhood. The site will be developed with a high-density, residential project with approximately 600 residential units and ground-floor retail in multiple building types, including a 550-foot tower and an adjacent stand-alone affordable housing development, according to the RFP. [...]

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