Participatory Budgeting: Your ideas can come to life

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The new season of Participatory Budgeting is on. This is the sixth and biggest year of Supervisor Norman Yee’s District 7 Participatory Budgeting — a process by which community members have the opportunity to set budgeting priorities and make decisions on what community projects should be funded.

Do you live, work or play in District 7? Come help decide how to spend $650,000 in your district. Come to the Project Proposal Workshop to learn more about the Participatory Budgeting (PB) process, how to develop ideas, get feedback on your project ideas, and meet your fellow neighbors! (Want to know more about PB? Here is a video.)

Participatory Budgeting Project Workshop

When: November 17, 2018 – 10 AM – 12 NOON

Where: Ingleside Presbyterian Church, 1345 Ocean Ave (nr Plymouth), San Francisco

What: Learn more about the Participatory Budgeting process and get feedback on your project ideas.

Apply: Submit PB applications here: bit.ly/PB2018-2019. Proposals due: January 5, 2019

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New stop sign at Congo and Hearst

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Your District 7 Participatory Budgeting dollars at work: SFMTA approved a four-way stop at Congo St and Hearst Ave a while back, a result of our 2017 grant from the PB program, but it was just installed this week. Thanks, SFMTA — and thanks, Dept of Public Works.

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Congo Street at Hearst Ave. New stop sign.

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Local YIMBY in the Chronicle

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SNA member and Sunnyside resident David Tejeda was one of several people interviewed for a recent SF Chronicle article “Bay Area Housing Crisis: Six YIMBYs on a mission”.  [paywall]

An excerpt:

David Tejeda

Occupation: Contractor

Neighborhood: Sunnyside

Story: Tejada stands out in a room full of YIMBYs. At 70, he’s twice as old as most of the people active in the movement. He’s also the owner of a home he bought two decades ago near the Balboa Reservoir. It’s a neighborhood where many residents are opposed to a redevelopment plan calling for about 1,100 new housing units.

In his words: “A lot people in my age group have the attitude, ‘I’ve got mine. If you don’t have yours, it’s your own fault.’ At the same time, they complain that their grown kids are living in their basement. Well, if there were more places for them to live they wouldn’t have to stay in the basement. I’m a firm believer that you don’t pull the drawbridge up.”

As a note: the current board of Sunnyside Neighborhood Association supports the Balboa Reservoir Project, as did the previous board. SNA has been involved from the beginning of the community engagement process. Many residents here look forward to new neighbors and a new park, and more housing for the city. 

Monday Nov 5: SNA Quarterly Meeting

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You are invited: the quarterly meeting of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association is next Monday. Open to all residents. Agenda below.  Monday Nov 5, 2018, 7-8:30 pm, at St Finn Barr auditorium, 415 Edna Street (Hearst Ave).

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The speakers and subjects will include:

  • Phillip Pierce, SFMTA liaison – bring your street and transit questions.
  • Participatory Budgeting: new Sunnyside projects – bring your ideas
  • Update on the Balboa Reservoir Project from the BR Committee
  • News about upcoming Holiday Party – musicians needed!
  • Other items and the usual raffle

Time to join or renew your membership? You can pay dues at the meeting, or click ‘Donate’ button below.

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