The Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) has announced a delay in the community planning process for 730 Stanyan (see accompanying article, “Status Update on 730 Stanyan.” It is now projected that the project won’t break ground until some time in 2023. CAMP, the safe sleeping site, is scheduled to leave by June 30, 2021.
HANC is concerned that the soon-to-be vacant lot could remain a vacant lot for the next two years or more. There is already a well-developed plan for an interim use for the site, which addresses needs of three target communities—families, transition-age youth, and seniors, and also provides for activities for the general neighborhood community. This plan is the Community Proposal for Interim Use, developed by the Coalition for a Complete Community. It can be downloaded at https://www.hanc-sf.org/the-voice-and-docs/730-Stanyan/Submitted-CCC-Interim-Use-Proposal/.
HANC will continue to advocate for this plan, and encourages you to download the plan, review it, and join us in supporting this interim use for the 730 Stanyan site. We believe this will be the best use for the site while MOHCD, the development team, and the community continue to develop long-term plans for the site.
By David Woo, HANC Board
Joe Eskenazi with Mission Local joined the April meeting and discussed the ongoing and continually unfolding corruption scandals that have come to light in San Francisco. Eskanazi discussed how the corruption cases in San Francisco are likely broadening and expanding, though it is hard to know definitively.
Those currently cooperating with the investigation and to keep an eye on include Sandra Zuniga, who was working in the mayor’s office, and Walter Wong who worked as a permit expediter.
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