Archive for the ‘SFT News’ Category

Turn Off Your Engine

July 10th, 2014 No Comments »

We are all concerned about global warming partly caused by our automobile use.  However, it is not easy to stop driving when our infrastructure does not allow us to get around without a car. There is one thing we do […]

Hell Bent to Kill a 239-Year Old Institution: the Post Office

July 10th, 2014 No Comments »

On July 26, 1775 Congress established the U.S. Post office. Benjamin Franklin was the first United States postmaster general.  One mission of the new post office was to promote an informed citizenry.  To that end Congress allowed newspaper printers to […]

Jane Jacobs Walk in North Beach

May 8th, 2014 No Comments »

Saturday, May 31, 2014 11:00 AM:  Meet at the Firemen Statue in Washington Square Park Near corner of Columbus Avenue and Filbert Street. Join Elizabeth Vasile, Ph.D for an interactive walk to discuss why North Beach is one of the […]

Muni Service Cuts and Gentrification

April 26th, 2014 No Comments »

Click here for graphic version:  20140422MuniServiceCuts Muni cuts, subways, land values and gentrification. Chinatown, North Beach, Telegraph Hill, Russian Hill and the Waterfront are Mediterranean-like villages. But their affordability, beauty, character and diversity are vulnerable to economic forces. In the […]

Central Subway: Accounting Illegality

April 19th, 2014 No Comments »

Click here for fully-formatted version: 20140419CentralSubwayAccounting For the $1.578 billion Central Subway Project (CSP), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requires cost overruns be paid by San Francisco.  The CSP already includes $595 million in state/ local matching funds.  More state/ […]

Wouldn’t Want to Miss

April 8th, 2014 No Comments »

San Francisco Tomorrow’s Annual Awards Dinner May 21, 2014 Delancey Street Restaurant Every year at our Annual Dinner, San Francisco Tomorrow bestows the Jack Morrison Award for lifetime environmental dedication and achievement. Receiving this, our highest award, will be Rebecca […]

City’s Open Space not Busy Enough?

March 8th, 2014 No Comments »

City’s Plazas Program wants to “activate” quiet plazas and open spaces The Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development has drafted legislation to target San Francisco’s public plazas for business-focused activities. According to the OEWD, City property generally over 2,000 […]

Voters’ Big “NO” on Propositions B and C

November 8th, 2013 No Comments »

Deep Sixes Waterfront Condo Complex Plan San Francisco voters overwhelmingly rejected the 8 Washington luxury high-rise towers put forward as Propositions B and C on the November ballot.  Landslide margins of 62%-38% (Prop B) and 67%-33% (Prop C) crushed the […]

BART Strike’s Twin Issues

October 7th, 2013 No Comments »

BART STRIKE FINANCE AND MORALITY ISSUES Bernard Choden   The two foremost issues concerning the BART strike are finance and morality.   Finance:  A central issue is re-capitalization of the BART system. Management and most of the media argue that […]

Stepping down on the Waterfront

September 8th, 2013 No Comments »

This photograph shows the ideal concept of  ”stepping down” of  building heights which will be changed if Propositions B and C on the November ballot pass and permit height limits to be raised on parcels that are near the Bay waterfront. “NO wall on […]