Despite being shot down by approximately 60% of Sunset District and 70% of Richmond District voters, the measure passed citywide by 54.7%, with support coming mostly from the City’s eastside residents.
Now, the City is quickly working to fully activate the space as a “car-free promenade” by early next year. On Nov. 21, the City was awarded a $1 million grant from the California State Coastal Conservancy to fund art projects, water fountains, trash bins, event programming and dune restoration.
If the current lack of housing has been decades in the making, it will require an extraordinary re-allocation of resources to catch up. A good place to start would be tax reform.
So, Proposition K won. I didn’t vote for it, nor did most westside residents apparently, but it passed. The ballot measure promised to replace the stretch of the Upper Great Highway from Fulton Street to Lincoln Way with a park. But it didn’t say what kind of park. So, let’s think about this!
The California State Coastal Conservancy Board today approved a $1 million grant to address sea level rise along the Great Highway from Lincoln Way to Sloat Boulevard – funding the City of San Francisco will use to support its broader plan to transform the oceanside stretch into a permanent park.
The Inner Sunset Merchants Association, in partnership with the Inner Sunset Park Neighbors and Sunset Mercantile, invites everyone to experience the magic of the holidays at the fourth annual Inner Sunset Holiday Lights Stroll on Dec. 7, 5-8 p.m.
The fall season brings us many naturally colorful fruits and vegetables that are needed for the shorter and darker days. Beta carotene, an antioxidant present in pumpkin, carrots and sweet potatoes used in this recipe, is beneficial for our vision and the immune system which can be compromised in the winter.
All of this is to say that the proponents of Prop. K (and similar measures) are putting the cart before the horse. If they want people to get out of their cars and onto public transit, the way to do that is not to inconvenience drivers by closing roads and hoping they get the hint.
I hope, in the future, when all concerned make decisions such as JFK Drive and the Upper Great Highway, more consideration is given to the majority of people who are busy with their lives on Mondays through Fridays and who can only “recreate” on the weekends.
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For years, I have wondered how a city that consistently nails Asian flavors fails to accurately represent how special Hawaiian food truly is. Before opening Little Aloha in the Sunset District this past March, owner Brian Lew wondered as well.
San Francisco Recreation and Park Department officials broke ground on Nov. 14 on a renovation project that will update the interior of the South Sunset Clubhouse into a more dynamic space, enhancing its ability to serve seniors in the City’s Sunset District.
To control housing costs, tenant advocacy groups are always clamoring for stronger tenant protections and expanded rent control. But even as they do so, what they do not realize, perhaps through their own lack of understanding, is that they are advocating for even higher rental costs and restricted housing supply in the long term.
Fwimpletini Gaziti by Rob Summerlin
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New advice column by Vanessa VerLee.
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