Upcoming SNA Quarterly Meeting: Join Us on May 11th!

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The Sunnyside Neighborhood Association (SNA) is excited to invite all neighbors to our next Quarterly Membership Meeting. This is your chance to get involved, hear updates on local projects, and help shape the future of our community.

When: Monday, May 11, 2026, from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Where: St. Finn Barr Community Room, 415 Edna Street

Meeting Agenda Highlights:

  • Neighborhood Bash Recap: We’ll share highlights from the Sunnyside Neighborhood Bash held on May 3rd, including a look at how many neighbors joined us and a report on the kids’ bike clinic.
  • 2026 Participatory Budgeting: Learn about the upcoming community review period (May 2–17) and the voting period starting May 18th for District 7 projects.
  • Community Survey: We want to hear from you! We are collecting responses for our Community Survey until August 1st to better understand how SNA can serve the neighborhood. You don’t need to be a paying member to participate, and there’s a raffle for those who do!
  • Treasurer’s Update: A brief report on our current association funds.
  • 2026 Events Calendar: We’ll discuss the lineup of upcoming neighborhood events, including the Clean and Green days (next one is May 16th!) and the Fall Neighborhood-Wide Garage Sale.
  • June 2026 ballot: Preview and discussion.

Stay Connected

Can’t make it in person? We will provide a live stream option on our YouTube channel for those with busy schedules.

https://youtube.com/live/92JP7kDr18c?feature=share

Don’t forget to subscribe to our events calendar at sunnysideassociation.org/calendar to stay updated on all local happenings.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Sunnyside All Aboard! – Monthly Coffee date with The SNA Board

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Hi neighbors,

The Sunnyside Neighborhood Association Board is having our casual coffee meetup at the local coffee joint, the Railroad Expresso, this Saturday, 4/25/2026, from 9 to 10am. Gotta gripe? Maybe an interesting project you’d like to do with the SNA? Swing by for some java and meet your board and your neighbors, and share your thoughts! Let’s make our community even sunnier together!

Your SNA Board

120 Years After 1906: Preparedness Still Starts with Neighbors

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As your new President of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association, one of my core priorities is simple: improving the quality of life in and around Sunnyside through safety, preparedness, and community resilience.

That focus feels especially timely this week. On April 17, Axios San Francisco reflected on the 120th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake (April 18, 1906) and the hard lessons it taught our city about infrastructure, readiness, and what happens when communities are not prepared. One of the clearest lessons is that in any major disaster, neighbors will need to help neighbors, especially in the critical first hours before professional responders can reach everyone.

That is exactly why programs like NERT matter.

Yesterday, April 18, San Francisco Fire Department and NERT held their Spring Citywide Drill at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, where more than 200 NERT volunteers came together for six hours of hands-on training and disaster-response practice. The drill itself was scheduled by SFFD as a citywide NERT training event from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

NERT, the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team, is San Francisco’s free community preparedness and disaster-response training program. Through NERT, residents learn personal preparedness, fire safety, light search and rescue, disaster medical skills, team organization, and emergency communications. SFFD describes it as a neighbor-helping-neighbor program, and that is exactly what makes it so valuable. It gives ordinary residents practical skills they can use to protect themselves, support their families, and assist their blocks and neighborhoods when the next emergency comes.

Preparedness is not abstract. It is local. It is personal. And it is one of the strongest ways we can improve the quality of life here in Sunnyside. A safer neighborhood is one where people know each other, train together, communicate effectively, and are ready to respond when conditions are at their worst.

Nob Hill NERT Coordinator Winnie (left) and NERT/ARC member Barb from Dolores Park @ 2026 Spring Drill

I also want to recognize the members of SF ARC (Amateur Radio Club) who are also members of NERT and who ran Comms Net-Control during the drill. Their work helps ensure that volunteers are not only trained in theory, but are actually practiced and competent in the communications discipline that becomes essential in a disaster. NERT’s own graduate communications training emphasizes Net Control as a critical skill for managing radio traffic safely and effectively in emergency operations.

If you live or work in San Francisco, I strongly encourage you to learn more about NERT and consider joining. It is one of the best ways to build both personal readiness and neighborhood resilience.

Learn more about NERT: SFFD NERT Overview
Sign up for training: Join NERT

Preparedness is one of the most practical forms of community care. One hundred twenty years after 1906, that lesson still holds.

Michael Kelly is the Sunnyside NERT neighborhood coordinator, and the SFFD Battalion 9 NERT Coordinator; he can be reached via email nert.sunnyside@gmail.com, radio call sign KO6EZE, or via phone at (650) 877-2447

Help Needed with Spring Weeding at Dorothy Erskine Park

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Saturday, May2nd
9:30-Noon
Martha Ave. entrance

Sign-up via this URL: https://tinyurl.com/DEParkMay2nd

If you have problems signing up, please contact us at DorothyParkCleanup2024@gmail.com and we will sign up for you.

Dorothy Erskine Park is located near the northeast border of Sunnyside on a hill overlooking Glen Park.  On sunny days, you can find solitude, views of Mt. Diablo and fluttering anise swallowtail butterflies.  The wildflowers are blooming and we need help removing the invasive grasses that crowd them out.

The Sunnyside Neighborhood Association was instrumental in securing this land for the community back in 1978 and is now supporting the Friends of Dorothy Erskine Park with their efforts to improve the park and restore its native grassland habitat.For more information about the park and its history, see this wonderful blog post by Amy O’ Hair of the Sunnyside History Project.

For updates on the work of the Friends of Dorothy Erskine Park, follow them on Instagram @dorothyerskinepark.

Join us at the Sunnyside Neighborhood Bash on May 3rd!

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SNA is hosting a neighborhood bash at the Sunnyside Rec Center on 5/3 from 11am to 2pm in collaboration with several neighborhood groups: Slow Hearst, Detroit Steps Project, and Friends of the Sunnyside Conservatory. We have reserved the basketball court for kids to learn to bike (you must bring your own bike), the clubhouse for crafts and table games (including Mahjong), and the plaza area for a community potluck BBQ and plant swap. Please register if you can make it! There is no fee to join, but we would appreciate any donation or membership dues to help recoup the costs and fund future events like this!

Sunnyside Neighborhood Bash FlyerDownload