Category: Streets

Apr 9: Balboa Reservoir housing project community meeting

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Balboa Reservoir Project, CCSF, City College of San Francisco, city government, development, Greening, Housing, Norman Yee, parking, Parks, SF Planning Dept, SFMTA, Streets, Traffic, Transit, UncategorizedLeave a comment

The next meeting of the Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee is Monday Apr 9, 6pm, at the CCSF Multi-Use Building. The developer team AvalonBay/BRIDGE will show their plan for the 17-acre site, along with several options for various aspects. Now that the City has approved the Fiscal Feasibility Report, this site plan, if accepted, will begin the environmental review process.

The project site is located west of Phelan Ave and north of Ocean Ave. All residents are welcome at the BRCAC meetings. There is an open public comment period.

  • Review previous meetings, including minutes and presentations, here.
  • Read an archive of posts about the Balboa Reservoir Project on this site here. 
  • Other related links can be found at the Balboa Reservoir tab at the top of this page.
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Slide from AvalonBay/BRIDGE presentation of their June 2017 proposal for the Balboa Reservoir site. http://sfwater.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=10884

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Sunnyside mural featured on SF Curbed

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Arts, Streets, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Leon Loucheur’s mural on Circular Avenue was featured in an sfcurbed.com piece, “13 overlooked and forgotten murals of San Francisco” It’s number 11 on the list on left. (The map is keyed wrong.)

The provocative mix of carefully rendered live shark with urban tattoos and skeletal fishes with a patterned background was painted on the rear retaining wall of a Monterey Boulevard home in 2015.

Leon Loucheur mural, Circular Avenue. Photo: Adam Brinklow
Leon Loucheur mural, Circular Avenue. Photo: Adam Brinklow

More about the artist: http://www.loucheur.com .

SFMTA asks for your input to improve Muni, transit, streets

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn parking, Pedestrian Safety, SFMTA, Streets, Traffic, Transit, transportationLeave a comment

From SFMTA: Some opportunities for your feedback, as SF Municipal Transportation Agency plans its budget for 2019-2020. 
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The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency manages the city’s surface transportation system, including Muni, parking and traffic, bicycling, walking and taxis.  Every day, over one million people rely on us to ensure safe and reliable mobility throughout the city.

As we develop our Operating and Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020, please join us and make sure that your voice is heard at a series of public meetings.  This is your opportunity to learn more about what we do and provide feedback on a variety of programs and projects.

Public In-Person Meetings Co-hosted with Senior Disability Action (SDA)

Friday, March 02, 1:00 – 4:00 PM

SF Public Library Main Branch, Latino Room at Lower Level, 100 Larkin Street

Online Budget Townhall Meeting

Wednesday, March 07, 6:00 – 7:00 PM

Stream live at sfmta.com/budget

Board of Directors Meetings

Tuesday, March 06, 1:00 PM

Tuesday, March 20, 1:00 PM

City Hall, Room 400, 1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place

For free interpretation services, submit your request 48 hours in advance to 415.701.4387.

How We Will Use Your Feedback

All incoming public feedback via the live-stream meeting, public meetings and emails will be sorted and analyzed.  The information will be incorporated into the operating and capital budget documents and transmitted to the SFMTA Board as required by the City Charter.  The Board then reviews the proposed operating and capital budget in public hearings on March 6 and March 20.  The budget is formally adopted by the vote on SFMTA Board of Directors on April 3 or April 17.  Any changes to the proposed budget, as considered and approved by the Board during budget hearings, are included in the Approved Budget document.

If you are unable to attend the meetings, you can email questions or comments tosfmtabudget@sfmta.com or contact 311.

Contact Information

U.S. Mail: SFMTA Board of Directors, One South Van Ness Avenue, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103

SFMTA: Further upgrades for pedestrian safety on Sunnyside streets

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn Norman Yee, Pedestrian Safety, Safety, SFMTA, Streets, Traffic, UncategorizedLeave a comment

From SFMTA, an update about the work they are doing regarding pedestrian safety upgrades on Sunnyside streets. Read the previous update from SFMTA here.

From SFMTA Engineer Philip Louie:

We have been working on the list of Sunnyside area traffic and safety improvements that were listed in the participatory budget application. As part of the safety improvements, we recommend “daylighting” the intersections which pulls back parked vehicles from the intersection by installing a short red zone between the stop line and parked car. This increases the visibility of pedestrians for drivers as they approach the intersection. This can affect parking in the area, and the streets you requested increased safety on are no different.

We are now presenting you with our recommended places where additional daylighting would be beneficial to increasing safety. Most of the red zones will be pushing the cars back from the intersection to increase visibility. For example, on Monterey, we recommend extending the red zones between the yield triangles and the crosswalk at Colon, Valdez and Hazelwood in the westbound direction. This will be an additional 15 feet of red zone which is less than the length of a parking space. However, there are several parking spaces that we recommend removing: three on Hearst, two on Congo, five on Monterey.    Continue reading “SFMTA: Further upgrades for pedestrian safety on Sunnyside streets” →

SF Examiner: ‘Phelan Avenue poised to lose name over racist legacy’

On By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn CCSF, city government, Norman Yee, SF Board of Supervisors, Streets, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Phelan Avenue is home to several Sunnyside and Westwood Park houses, as well as SF City College.

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Phelan Avenue viewed from Flood Ave in Sunnyside. Photo: Sunnyside Neighborhood Association

Source for article below: SF Examiner http://www.sfexaminer.com/phelan-avenue-poised-lose-name-racist-legacy/  Related article on SFWeekly: http://www.sfweekly.com/news/racist-legacy-revisited-frida-kahlo-could-oust-phelan-way/

Phelan Avenue poised to lose name over racist legacy

By Laura Waxmann on February 25, 2018 1:00 am

The name of former San Francisco Mayor James Duval Phelan could soon be erased from street signs near City College of San Francisco as part of a movement to remove monuments to historic figures now considered racist.

Over the next two weeks, community members and stakeholders including City College will get a chance to vote on potential new names for Phelan Avenue as part of an effort spearheaded by Supervisor Norman Yee.

Yee said that he learned about the Phelan family legacy a few years ago, including the “anti-immigrant policies” of the younger Phelan. A patron of the arts and music and a former U.S. Senator, Phelan is also remembered for opposing Asian immigration and for using the slogan “Keep California White” during his senatorial re-election campaign.    Continue reading “SF Examiner: ‘Phelan Avenue poised to lose name over racist legacy’” →