– Urban greening being scheduled for Fall

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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, or today!

Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF) helps individuals and neighborhood groups plant and care for street trees and sidewalk gardens in San Francisco. This “green infrastructure” improves the city by beautifying neighborhoods, cleaning the air, raising property values and reducing polluted stormwater runoff. Since 1981, FUF has planted more than 47,000 trees, totaling 43% of San Francisco’s street tree canopy.

Benefits of trees in our neighborhood:

  • Trees increase property value
  • Trees produce oxygen, clean the air and reduce global warming
  • Trees and sidewalk gardens reduce flooding and water pollution
  • Trees calm traffic
  • Trees increase revenues in shopping districts
  • Promotes exercise
  • Reduces crime

Homeowners and renters are eligible for trees.  You can even sponsor a tree in the neighborhood.  We need as many participants as possible to have this planting happen.

Let’s keep greening Sunnyside, for information on the FUF program and to apply, visit their website http://www.fuf.net

 

Refuse Collection and Disposal Rates – Public Hearing and Protest Submission

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Refuse Rate Hearing Notice

The City’s Refuse Rate Board has received an application from Recology, the San Francisco refuse collection and processing company, for an increase in residential refuse collection and disposal rates for trash, recyclables and compostables (black, blue and green bin services). Recology is requesting an average increase of 21.51 percent, or about $6.60 a month for a single-family home. As part of that rate, Recology’s proposal would impose, for the first time, separate charges for the collection and disposal of recyclable and compostable materials. If the rate increase is approved, the City and Recology anticipate that the new rates would go into effect no earlier than August 1, 2013.

The Director of Public Works will hold a series of public hearings on Recology’s application in San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, as follows: 

May 20, 2013, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, Room 408 

May 22, 2013, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Room 400

Your Right to Protest the 2013 Rate Application (Proposition 218 Information)

Any customer may submit a written protest against the 2013 Rate Application to the Hearing Officer by sending it to:

Refuse Collection Rate Hearing Officer


c/o Department of Public Works 


1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place 
City Hall, Room 348 


San Francisco, CA 94102

 Each protest must identify the subject premises and include the signature of the customer submitting the protest.  Faxes and emails are not accepted.

For more information, visit: http://sfdpw.org/index.aspx?page=737