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In crackdown, SF abandoned building fee hiked ninefold

Angela Hart, SF Public Press — Feb 12 2010 - 5:38pm

In a shift that suggests a new zero-tolerance stance on blight, San Francisco officials said Friday they would raise the annual fee to “register” more than 200 abandoned buildings to $6,885 each, the maximum allowable under a recent city ordinance. “We’re going for the full amount,” said William Strawn, a spokesman for the Department of Building Inspection. “We have to make people aware that this is a new law and we’re going to enforce it.”

New transit center to displace SoMa neighbors

Angela Hart, SF Public Press — Dec 11 2009 - 1:15pm

South of Market business owners and residents are conflicted over plans for an ambitious new transit-center redevelopment. They say that while the project may be good for the city and the Bay Area, it's bad for their livelihoods. Among those being pressured to relocate are 26 businesses, at least 24 live-work lofts and eight parking lots operators.

How Prop. D billboard plan was defeated

Jaime Nabrynski, The Public Press — Nov 13 2009 - 3:07pm
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The defeat of the Mid-Market Street billboard plan last week was close because proponents hid the details over who would handle the funds coming from large ads, says the opposition's key organizer.

Special sign district on SF’s Mid-Market faces ‘uphill battle’

Marjorie Beggs, Central City Extra — Oct 16 2009 - 3:39pm

Warfield Building owner David Addington said he spent several years, working to bring general advertising back on Market Street from Fifth to Seventh streets, in hopes of returning the central city stretch to its former glory days as a theater district.

Although his enthusiasm for the special district hasn’t dimmed, a sense of reality has crept in as opposition to the initiative, Proposition D, mounts.

City bicycle plan rolls closer to reality

Patricia Decker, The Public Press — Aug 5 2009 - 2:19pm

A unanimous decision by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday night to reject appeals and approve the environmental impact report for the 45-project Bike Plan brought a sigh of relief from bicycle advocates.

Shipyard protest targets Lennar, Navy plans for toxic land

Hank Drew and Patricia Decker, The Public Press — Jul 1 2009 - 9:52pm

More than 100 protesters enjoyed a beautiful sunny Tuesday afternoon in the shadow of one of the most toxic plots of land in California.

Boxer concerned about Hunter's Point cleanup efforts

Hank Drew, The Public Press — Jun 19 2009 - 3:58pm

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer recently voiced concerns about the U.S. Navy's cleanup efforts of the Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard in a letter forwarded to The San Francisco Bay Guardian. http:// http//www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2009/06/boxer_wants_to_be_shipyard_cle.html

“As Chair of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works committee, I am focused on protecting the health and environment of the Bay Area, including the Bayview Hunters Point community,” read Boxer's letter forwarded to the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

News Notes: Navy stalling on Hunters Point cleanup

Hank Drew, The Public Press — Jun 3 2009 - 12:27pm

In 2000, 86 percent of San Francisco voters agreed that cleaning up the toxic Hunters Point Shipyard was vital for the area's well-being.

The Navy is considering sealing and capping Parcel E2 and handing over the area to the city. This could lead to a potentially hazardous situation in the new Bayview-Hunters Point development area.

The Navy has spent millions of dollars cleaning up the Shipyard only to leave Parcel E2, the site of the Navy's industrial dump, untouched. Parcel E2 contains the massive glob of contaminates that caught fire in 2000 and continued burning for six months.

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