Archive for the ‘SFT News’ Category

Chron LTE: Central Subway Hurts Citywide Muni

March 23rd, 2016 No Comments »

Regarding “Ambitious BART let nuts, bolts go ignored” (March 20): San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency did even worse, cutting Muni service throughout the city while taking $1.12 billion of state and local matching funds for the Central Subway. The Central […]

Lee Administration Sidetracks DTX

February 29th, 2016 No Comments »

Why is this being built? Despite San Francisco’s housing crisis, a faltering Muni, increasingly clogged streets and the homeless problem, SPUR. a local planning group, says that “things in San Francisco are going well.” We are advised to let City Hall […]

A Chance to Know Who Really Pays for Political Ads

February 27th, 2016 No Comments »

Every ad for or against a ballot measure or candidate clearly disclosing the top three actual donors of $50K or more on the ad itself – not just a misleading committee name. Enhanced collection and accessibility of campaign finance data […]

TPP Trades our Freedom for Corporate Control

February 25th, 2016 No Comments »

Our iconic, coherent U.S. Constitution was written on four sheets of parchment, listing our obligations and responsibilities for governance.  Counting the Preamble and all 27 Amendments, our Constitution comes to 20 typed pages.  The First Amendment alone covers a multitude […]

SFT Work Program Priorities for 2016

February 17th, 2016 No Comments »

It’s a good idea to let the turning of the new year inspire you to renew your resolve and focus it on the most pressing problems of the City.  These are necessarily very abstract objectives; we invite you to fill […]

Open Space Committee Meets

February 15th, 2016 1 Comment »

“Livability” was the main theme on the minds of attendees at SFT’s Open Space Committee meeting in November.  The word was dropped by Planning Commissioner Kathrin Moore at a November 5 hearing on the proposed Affordable Housing Bonus Program, and […]

Happy Chinese New Year!

February 10th, 2016 No Comments »

Gung Hay Fat Choy!  Year of the Monkey Hello Everyone, New Year’s a good time for reflection.  Below are some thought-provoking articles and a brilliant, creative, entertaining, funny, sad and inspiring music video about San Francisco gentrification.  Cheers, Howard “Hello […]

Transit Planning for the future of San Francisco

January 13th, 2016 No Comments »

Can we get the horse in front of the cart? We all are aware of the TEP Muni Transit “effectiveness” project, or “ineffectiveness” as many MUNI riders often chide due to cuts in station stops and effects on routes, and […]

Holiday Party is coming up!

November 22nd, 2015 No Comments »

Don’t Forget!  San Francisco Tomorrow’s 2015 Holiday Party is coming Wednesday, December 9.  As usual, we’ll have lots of local politicians and journalists to talk to, as well as prominent people from many of your favorite NGOs and city departments. […]

Saving Chinatown from… Whom?

November 20th, 2015 No Comments »

For those who haven’t heard, the Sam Wo restaurant reopened October 21st on the south side of Portsmouth Square. The force responsible is Steven Lee, a community-minded small businessman and entertainment promoter who received a phone call from the Rev. […]