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Sunnyside Neighborhood Association in San Francisco, CA

Participatory Budgeting now open — what project would you vote for?

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn District 7, Environment, Greening, Monterey Boulevard, Norman Yee, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Residents of District 7, which includes Sunnyside,  have the opportunity to propose and/or vote for projects that draw on public funds for projects that particularly benefit our district. This innovative process is called Participatory Budgeting.  D7 Supervisor Norman Yee is leading this effort. Here’s a list of what projects were chosen last year.

In past years both Sunnyside Park and Sunnyside Elementary School projects have been chosen, bestowing tens of thousands of dollars in city money in our neighborhood. What project would you propose?

The process for choosing D7 projects for 2016-17 has begun. The kick-off meeting is Thursday Dec 1st at West Portal Playground Clubhouse (6-7:30 pm), followed by a proposal workshop on Dec 17th (more information here). Here is an application for proposing a project. Questions? Contact Supervisor Yee’s aide, Erica Maybaum erica.maybaum@sfgov.org.

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Sunnyside is adopting storm drains!

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Environment, Greening, SFPUC, UncategorizedLeave a comment

The Adopt-a-Drain program from SF Water Power Sewer, aimed at keeping corner flooding to a minimum, has taken off in Sunnyside. The number of drains adopted by local residents in our neighborhood has grown in the last few months from just a couple to now 20 32 and counting. See the map and adopt your own local storm drain before the rains return: https://adoptadrain.sfwater.org/.  There are plenty of corners still unclaimed! And you can even name your drain — names already on the map: “Lady Bug 1” “Thirsty Pete” “Bassett’s Folly” — or use your favorite icon.

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SFPUC: Free Gardening Calendar – CleanPower parties – Free toilets – Rain readiness – and other news

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Greening, SFPUC, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Newsletter from SFPUC, including free 2017 Gardening Calendar offer; SF ground water now in your tap; free toilets & urinals; and more from SF Water Power Sewer: 

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Brighten up the holidays with clean and renewable energy! With the most wonderful time of the year approaching, you now have the choice to make a difference with CleanPowerSF. Want to learn more? Join us for an info-session with snacks, family activities and more at our welcome events on December 5 and 11, 2016.
2017 Calendar

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SF Gate: ‘Construction Near Balboa Park BART To Reroute Buses, Close I-280 On-Ramp’

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Balboa Park Station, Ocean Ave, SFMTA, UncategorizedLeave a comment

[From SF Gate: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Construction-Near-Balboa-Park-BART-To-Reroute-10608666.php. To read archive of ‘Balboa Park Station’ posts on this site, enter that in search box on right.]

Construction Near Balboa Park BART To Reroute Buses, Close 280 On-Ramp

by Will Carruthers, Hoodline Updated 1:30 pm, Friday, November 11, 2016

Construction on a final series of pedestrian safety and infrastructure improvements near the Balboa Park BART station will begin on Friday, resulting in temporary stop changes for two bus routes, street closures, weekend closures of a northbound freeway on-ramp, and more.

In a blog post published Wednesday, Muni announced temporary changes to the 29 and 49 bus lines for the duration of the month-long construction project, which is focused on the Ocean Avenue and Highway 280 area.

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Two pie charts illustrating the difference between the Balboa Park Station and other stations by means of access. More people use transit to access Balboa Park (45 percent) than at other stations (15 percent). For most other stations, most individuals drive alone and park (35 percent), while at Balboa Park, only 7 percent drive alone and park. From SFGate.com

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