Community update meetings for Balboa Upper Yard housing development

UPDATE Dec 11, 2020: Read an account of the plans in the SF Examiner: https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/balboa-park-station-redesign-to-enhance-accessibility-and-safety-make-space-more-inviting/

Virtual update meetings about the Balboa Upper Yard and Balboa Park BART Plaza.

SF Examiner: Safe parking site up for approval

Article from SF Examiner: https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/safe-parking-site-up-for-approval/

Safe parking site up for approval

Neighbors, Planning Commission to weigh in on facility for homeless living in vehicles

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A parking lot near Balboa Park station, which has been identified as a possible safe parking location for people living in RVs, at Geneva and San Jose streets on Monday, July 15, 2019. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner)

LAURA WAXMANN
Aug. 27, 2019 10:00 p.m.

The San Francisco Planning Commission on Thursday will weigh a proposal to temporarily use a parking lot near the Balboa Park Bart Station as an overnight rest stop for RV and car dwellers, complete with services.

Pending the commission’s approval, the city planning code would be amended to allow long-term parking and overnight camping in vehicles, as well as the addition of restrooms and showering facilities at a current parking lot near the Balboa Park Bart Station that is slated slated for the construction of 100 percent affordable housing next year. Continue reading “SF Examiner: Safe parking site up for approval”