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The SFMTA Engineering, Maintenance and Safety Committee meets Wednesday, April 25, 4 p.m., 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 7th floor. See agenda here. Nothing GP but they’re talking about scooter permits, which is hot in the news right now. Here’s the presentation. The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, April 24, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda […]

Vote for the Greenway, Bernal Cut and Diamond Heights projects, and help spend $250,000 allocated for neighborhood improvements! Check out the participatory budgeting ballot here: https://sfpbd.sfgov.org/district/8/ballot Voting will be open until midnight on May 1st, and you can choose *up to 10* projects! What is Participatory Budgeting? A democratic process that gives communities the opportunity to […]

Forwarded from the BART website: Report criminal or suspicious activity with “BART Watch” App BART Watch is a free mobile app for both iOS and Android that allows you to quickly and discreetly report criminal or suspicious activity directly to BART Police. Use BART Watch to send a text description of what you’re seeing, attach […]

Forwarded from Evelyn Rose of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project: I’m very excited to share that the construction of the concrete footer for the plaque for California Historical Landmark No. 1002 is now being built! This structure will hold the plaque commemorating the first dynamite factory in the United States – Giant Powder Company […]

The Assessment Appeals Board meets Monday, April 16, 9:30 a.m., in City Hall, room 406. See agenda here. 3) Hearing, discussion, and possible action involving: APPLICATION: 2017-0769 APPLICANT: SWANN, JESSICA PARCEL NO.: 6706 060 PARCEL ADDRESS: 0729 CONGO ST, TOPIC: Decline in Value CURRENT ASSESSMENT: $2,562,997.00 APPLICANT’S OPINION: $1,495,000.00 TAXABLE YEAR: 2017 APPEAL TYPE: Real […]

Join your neighbors and whack some weeds this Earth Day (Saturday, April 21) from 9 a.m. to noon on the Glen Park side of the Bernal Cut. Meet at 9 a.m. at Roanoke and Arlington or find us in the weeds until noon! What the Mayor’s Fix-It Team will bring: gloves, clippers, trash pickers, trash […]

Please join us Thursday, April 19, 7 p.m., in the Glen Canyon Recreation Center for an evening of neighborhood news: Agenda: -California State Senator Scott Wiener gives an update from Sacramento -San Francisco Supervisor Jeff Sheehy gives a neighborhood update -Kimberlee West, SFPUC, gives a presentation on the water and sewer rate increase -A representative […]

Agenda items of note are bulleted   The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee meets Monday, April 9, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The Transportation Authority meets Tuesday, April 10, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. Not GP, but two items recently in the news will be discussed. […]

Forwarded from Betsy Eddy of the Diamond Heights Community Association: The Diamond Heights Community Association is delighted to invite the public to its Candidates for Mayor and District 8 Supervisor Forum on Saturday, April 28, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at St. Aidan’s Church. Candidates for Mayor that have confirmed attendance are Angela Alioto, Michelle Bravo, […]

The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee meets Monday, April 2, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. The SFMTA Board of Directors meets Tuesday, April 3, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See agenda here. (10.2) Approving a prohibition on vehicles over three tons on Miguel Street between Laidley Street […]

Missed the D8 debate at Upper Noe Neighbors? Listen to a recording of the evening’s answers from challenger Rafael Mandelman and incumbent Jeff Sheehy here. And you can catch mayoral candidate Amy Farah Weiss live on Tuesday, March 27, 7 p.m., at Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street. Click here for details.   […]

There is no Board of Supervisor meetings, SFMTA meetings , Board of Appeals meeting for the spring break. The SF Planning Department Zoning Variance Hearing will be Wednesday, March 28, 9:30 a.m. in City Hall, room 408. See agenda here. The SF Planning Commission meets Thursday, March 29, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See […]

Forwarded from the SF Planning Dept   The ConnectSF team is pleased to present a 50-year transportation vision for San Francisco. The vision emerged through discussions with residents and stakeholders in focus groups, online forums, pop-up events, our task force, and other targeted outreach. Guided by ConnectSF’s goals – equity; economic vitality; environmental sustainability; safety and […]

Please come to the spring meeting of the Glen Park Association Thursday, April 19, 7 p.m., at the Glen Canyon Recreation Center. Agenda California State Senator Scott Wiener gives an update from Sacramento San Francisco Supervisor Jeff Sheehy gives a neighborhood update Kimberlee West, SFPUC, gives a presentation on the water and sewer rate increase A […]

Fun new geeky tool to look up permits across the city: https://sanfrancisco.buildingeye.com/ You can find Building, Planning or Fire permits here. (Menu in the upper right.) The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee meets Monday, March 19, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. Not GP, but item 6 is a proposal to require […]

Better Market Street Public Meetings happen March 10 to 14 at UC Hastings. See more here. The Land Use and Transportation Committee of the BOS meets Monday, March 12, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See agenda here. 180191 [Planning Code – Public Parking Lot as a Permitted Use in the Glen Park Neighborhood Commercial Transit District […]

The Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee meets Monday, March 5, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. 1. 180078 [Planning Code – Landmark Designation – Wall at the Intersection of Diamond Heights Boulevard and Clipper Street (aka Diamond Heights Safety Wall)] Sponsor: Sheehy Ordinance amending the Planning Code […]

Upper Noe Neighbors will host a District 8 candidate debate between Supervisor Jeff Sheehy and City College Board Trustee Rafael Mandelman at its next meeting Wednesday, March 21, at 7 p.m., in the Upper Noe Recreation Center, 295 Day Street. Home

UPDATE: The Board of Appeals agenda is up, and there is a GP-related item: (9) APPEAL NO. 17-186 TROY KASHANIPOUR, Appellant(s) vs. DEPT. OF BUILDING INSPECTION, Respondent PLANNING DEPT. APPROVAL JEFFERY CERF, Section 14 Party // 2783K Diamond Street. Protesting the ISSUANCE on November 30, 2017, to Troy Kashanipour, of a Permit to Erect a […]

Forwarded from Paul Paul Matalucci of the Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Project Hello friends and supporters of the Diamond Heights Blvd. Median Project, Our fingers and toes are crossed for rain… soon, we hope, and lots of it. But there’s a silver lining to this dry month (albeit gossamer thin): we gain the upper hand on weed control for the year. To […]

The SF Board of Supervisors doesn’t meet this week, but this week the Planning Commission has the hot stuff. See below: The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority Board of Directors meets Tuesday, February 20, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See full agenda here. Includes a tweak to the RPP (smaller schools now eligible for […]

Quite a few Glen Park items at next Friday’s Engineering public hearing plus partial chimps, Walking While Texting, expediting emergency housing shelters and an underwhelming effort to curb boorish behavior on MUNI. A meeting for SFMTA’s MUNI Service Equity Strategy will focus on the Mission on Saturday, February 10, 9 a.m. to noon, City College, 1125 Valencia […]

The Land Use and Transportation Committee of the Board of Supervisors meets Monday, February 5, 1:30 p.m. in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. The SF Municipal Transportation Agency Board meets Tuesday, February 6, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 400. See full agenda here. The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, February 6, 2 […]

The Recreation and Park Commission Operations Committee meets Thursday, February 1, 2 p.m., City Hall, room 416. No agenda yet because they don’t seem to get their act together in time. Visit here 72 hours before the meeting because that’s when they’re supposed to have the agenda up. The Planning Commission meets Thursday, February 1, 1 […]

If you’ve spent much time in Glen Canyon, then you’ve probably come across our local resident expert on coyotes Janet Kessler, toting her camera. Now is your chance to see what she’s shot: Coyotes are social and, except for some transients, live in families. The 28 large zoomed-in snapshots in this exhibit show some of […]

The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, January 23, 2 p.m. in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. They will be talking about the interim mayor position. The SFMTA Board of Directors will host a workshop Tuesday, January 23, 9 a.m. at 1 South Van Ness Avenue. See full agenda here. This looks like it […]

The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, January 9, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. I see nothing GP-related, but they’re proposing to rename a portion of Stevenson Way to Odd Fellows Way, which very much appeals to my sense of humor and so is duly noted. Also note Item #180001, which […]

Nothing to report this week, and no column next week. (Vacation–Yay!)  

The SF Historic Preservation Commission’s Cultural Heritage Assets Committee meets Wednesday, December 20 at noon in City Hall, room 400. See full agenda here. The December hearing will include an Informational Presentation from the San Francisco Planning Department regarding the purpose and functions of cultural heritage districts. This discussion is intended to prepare the committee and public to […]

The Board of Appeals for the Planning Department meets Wednesday, December 13, 5 p.m., in City Hall, room 416. (11) APPEAL NO. 17-158 PATRICIA HAYES, Appellant(s) vs. ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, Respondent 21 Brompton Avenue. Appealing the ISSUANCE on September 01, 2017, of a Letter of Determination regarding whether the vacant lot at the subject property currently […]

The SFMTA will hold a “Private Vehicle Transit Route Duplication” public meeting Tuesday, December 12, 6 p.m., at 1 South Van Ness, 2nd floor atrium. See information here. Nothing specific to GP but interesting nonetheless   The Planning Commission meets Thursday, December 14, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. See supporting documents here. (Full […]

The SF Municipal Transportation Agency meets Tuesday, December 5, 1 p.m. in City Hall, room 400. See full agenda here. 13. Amending Transportation Code, Division II to revise the definition of “Downtown Core”; establish a citywide parking meter zone with variable parking meter rates; establish citywide variable motorcycle parking meter rates; provide a description and […]

Forwarded from SFRecPark: Sussex / Elk Street stair construction update – Monday November 27th – The stair was demolished today, ahead of schedule. The project blog is updated with this information and site postings have been installed. SF Rec & Park apologizes for any confusion the community may have about this since the demolition happened ahead of schedule.  Construction […]

Nothing to report for Glen Park and not much elsewhere either, thanks to the holiday next week. The SFMTA Board of Directors will meet Tuesday, November 21, 1 p.m. in City Hall, room 400. See full agenda here and read a proposal to amend their advertising policy to prohibit ads for cannabis products. You’ll no […]

Forwarded from Sandra Zuniga, Fix-It Team Director: Hello Glen Park Neighbors!  Thank you for providing input on what should be fixed in your neighborhood, based on you feedback and work we are able to accomplish, we created the below action plan for your review, please let us know if we forgot anything.  Also, in addition […]

Please join us for a tree planting on the Glen Park Greenway on Saturday, December 9, from 9 a.m. -12 p.m. We’ll be planting coast live oak and other native species. It is important that you RSVP to this event through Friends of the Urban Forest: We need to ensure we have enough tools and […]

No, it’s not Glen Park, but the number of men caught masturbating on BART last week is noteworthy. Bike share advocates and foes please note the Engineering, Maintenance and Safety Committee meeting below. And the process of regulating marijuana dispensaries continues. [Editor’s note: If anyone attends the “Distracted Walking Discussion” on Tuesday, please report back! Also, […]

Many meetings are cancelled next week to honor Veteran’s Day. Of general interest: Looks like the board is going to try to set up permits for robot deliveries. See item 2 in agenda here. SFMTA wants to upgrade its buildings and is reaching out for public comment. First open house will be Thursday, November 9, […]

The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, October 31 (scary!), 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. The Recreation and Parks Department still does not seem to be able to get agendas online until well after the fact. I have written to their info email address, so let’s see how that goes. […]

Enjoy a night of live music featuring local musicians and great food at “Our Magical Canyon,” the auction to benefit Glenridge co-op preschool on Saturday, November 4, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Janet Pomeroy Center, 207 Skyline Boulevard in San Francisco. Snag amazing deals on over eight hundred items – vacations, wine, children’s […]

Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting,  7 PM October 25, 2017, Glen Park Recreation Center AGENDA 700 PM Call to Order PROGRAM District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy. Neighborhood update   911 — Deputy Director Robert Smuts, Department of Emergency Management, Division of Emergency Communications. How 911 works and when to call, SF Rec and Park Project Manager  —  Bret […]

The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, October 24, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. See full agenda here. Sheehy-proposed legislation noted below. There was nothing Glen Park related at the BOS or other agencies this week that I could see. Happy weekend! SHEEHY LEGISLATION The Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee meets […]

Forwarded from Supervisor Sheehy’s office: Please join Supervisor Sheehy for an informal meet and greet over everyone’s favorite – cookies and milk! If you haven’t had the chance to meet Supervisor Sheehy, this is a great opportunity to learn about Jeff’s priorities for the neighborhood and have your questions answered. When: Saturday, October 21, 11 […]

Forwarded from the Ingleside Community Police Advisory Board: Captain McFadden will no longer be Captain of Ingleside Station as of Saturday, October 21s. The Captain is moving on and heading up a new unit within the San Francisco Police Dept. Our new Captain is Jack Hart who was recently with Special Operations Unit and Homeland […]

The Assessment Appeals Board meets Monday, October 16, through Thursday, October 19, 9:30 a.m. in City Hall, room 406. See full agenda here. I’m throwing this in because I think it’s worth noting that Comcast is trying to get its tax bill reduced by claiming devalued assets. The Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, October 17, […]

23rd Annual Native Plant Sale Brought to you by the Yerba Buena chapter of the California Native Plant Society October 21st, 1-5 pmMiraloma Park Clubhouse350 O’Shaughnessy BlvdSan Francisco, CA   To take advantage of the winter rains, fall is the ideal time for planting. Growing locally native plants in your garden is an important way to: §  Attract […]

Thank you to Marian Dalere of Dalere’s Beauty Salon for sharing this photo of the sun made red by the fires up north: