Sunnyside Conservatory quarterly Work Day, to be held on Saturday, March 16th from 9am till 11:30am. I believe we will have some plants to put in, and perhaps have a chance to reduce the Acanthus at the top of the stairs. We have been promised a Garrya elliptica (coast silk-tassel, both male & female) which would go well there, plus the poor orange trumpet tree (Brugmansia sanguinea) is drowning in Acanthus.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
9:00 a.m. at Monterey/Acadia
Sunnyside’s monthly weeding/clean-up will be on Monterey Blvd starting at Acadia 100 block, & maybe up to Edna. Please help! We’ll appreciate whatever time you can spare.
If you don’t dig weeds, there’s trash to be picked up along the Monterey medians. We have trash bags, gloves and pick-up sticks.
Bring your gear – safety vest, gloves, kneeling pad, trowel. We also supply them along with compost bags. Coffee & snacks when we finish. See you Sunday!
Questions? Contact: greensunnyside@gmail.com
UCSF will be holding a public meeting about the proposed changes to the forest at 7 p.m. on February 25 at the Millberry Union Confrence Center’s Golden Gate Room (500 Parnansus St., San Francisco). For more information, visit http://www.ucsf.edu/about/cgr/current-projects/mount-sutro-open-space-reserve
Reprinted from The Huffington Post:
As neighborhood blog Uppercasing notes, a proposal to cut down up to 60 percent of the tress in San Francisco’s 45,000-tree Mount Sutro Forest is drawing the ire of activists who worry that the action would cause irreparable damage to the century-old grove by uprooting eucalyptus trees in the 61-acre preserve.
The University of California San Francisco proposed the plan, which was detailed in a draft environmental impact report released by the university last month and is intended to improve the forest’s overall health and decrease wildfire risk by thinning both the tress and surrounding undergrowth, restoring native plants and construct a number of new hiking trails.
“We’re developing a management plan to keep the forest beautiful, accessible to the community and safe for both our own campus and our neighbors,” said UCSF Director of Community Relations Barbara Bagot-López.
The land encompassing the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve has been owned by UCSF for over three decades and, even after these changes take place, will still be held as a development-free zone by the university. Smaller portions of the forest are owned by the city or are held in private hands–those sections will not be affected.
The forest initially stretched through much of the city, well over 1,000 acres; however, it gradually gave way to the city’s encroaching development.
An online petition to save the forest, circulated by the group Save Sutro, argues that the university’s fears about the overall health of the forest are misguided and removing the trees will not only destroy a unique ecosystem and increase the overall fire danger by replacing the relatively fire-resistant eucalyptus trees with more flammable ferns, but also fundamentally alter the climate of the entire region by eliminating a significant windbreaker for the Haight-Ashbury and NoPa neighborhoods.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the petition had gathered nearly 1,400 signatures.
The university pushed back against these criticisms of its plan, saying that, while much of the underbrush will be cleared as a way to mitigate the fire risk that would occur if the forest’s growth were left unchecked, the tree removal will come far short of 30,000 number floated by opponents of the plan and represents the upper bound required to be set in the environmental impact report.
“The forest is not being ‘clear cut,'” a university spokesperson said in a statement to the Huffington Post. “The appearance of Mount Sutro will not substantially change for those looking toward it from a distance, and it will remain a forest–a unique outdoor experience in the heart of the city.”
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First of all I wanted to wish everyone a very happy lunar new year,
Meet the office
Many of you have already had a chance met my team, but for those of you who haven’t, meet Esther Lee, Matthias Mormino and Olivia Scanlon. Together, they bring over 15 years of experience in local and state government. Esther is a former aide to California Senate President Pro Tempore, John Burton. Matthias has been a legislative aide for Supervisor Jane Kim for 2 years. And Olivia has been a legislative aide for a decade, first serving in the office of Supervisor Tony Hall and later serving in Supervisor Sean Elsbernd’s office.
Their contact information is available on my Board of Supervisors website
At my first full Board of Supervisors meeting I was proud to introducea hearing on Pedestrian Safety in District 7. I am directing the MTA, the Planning Department and the Department of Public Health to report on the number of collisions and fatal collisions as well as the most dangerous intersections in District 7. Additionally I would like the Transportation Authority to present on priority Pedestrian Safety Projects in District 7 and available funding for those projects because I want to ensure that the needs of District 7 are met.
Please let me know about your thoughts and concerns.
West of Twin Peaks Central Council Monthly Meeting Miraloma Park Improvement Club Clubhouse, 350 O’Shaughnesy Blvd.
Monday February 25 7.30 – 9.00 PM
District 7 Open Office Hours
Location TBD
Saturday March 9th, 10 AM – 12 PM
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Norman Yee http://www.normanyee.com/
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Miraloma Cooperative Nursery School provides developmentally appropriate, child-centered morning and afternoon programs in a loving and safe environment.
Miraloma’s largest fundraising and social event of the year, the Spring Auction contributes greatly to the co-op’s operational budget. With over 1000 items up for bid and hundreds of attendees, this annual project requires work from the entire co-op. Member families solicit local businesses and individuals for donations, and volunteer for one of the committees needed to produce the event (publicity, data entry, event planning, etc.) Besides the wide array of items to bid on, we also provide beer and wine, and great food donated by many local restaurants and cafes.
For more information, visit http://www.miraloma.org/auction
Sunnyside Neighborhood Association 