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By Calvin Welch, HANC Board

This November will be fifth anniversary of the passage of the deeply controversial--at least in this neighborhood--Sit/Lie law by the voters of San Francisco, which made it a jailable offense to sit or lie on a public sidewalk .  One month later the Recreation and Parks Commission voted to end some 30 years of operation of the HANC recycling center at Kezar Stadium.  Both actions were sold by both the Gavin Newsom administration (chiefly. Rec and Parks General Manager Ginsburg and Chief of staff Steve Kawa)  and the Chronicle (chiefly through the ranting of columnist CW Nevius) as effective measures to reduce homelessness in the Haight-Ashbury.  It didn’t quite turn out that way, however. Not even close.

 

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By Calvin Welch, HANC Board

On January 16th, 2015, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) held a 10 a.m. hearing at City Hall on the proposed “Area Q” Residential Permit Parking“ covering some 20 square blocks of the Haight-Ashbury, making it the largest such area in the neighborhood.   The proposed “Area Q” had been reduced at HANC’s request in mid December.  Maps of the original and reduced area Q were printed in the January issue of the Voice and can also be seen at http://www.hanc-sf.org/general/sfmta-reduces-proposed-permit-parking-area-q-at-hancs-request-more-reduction-needed.html.

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By Calvin Welch, HANC Board 

In the lowest national turnout in 70 years and the lowest governors’ race turnout in modern history, Haight-Ashbury voters swam against the rising tide of voter cynicism in numbers that exceeded city, state and national levels-56% of us cast our votes in the November, 2014 elections.

In the chart below (click on the "read more" link) voter turnout is given for  each precinct in the three “sub areas” of the Haight-Ashbury:  the North Panhandle (N PAN), that area from Fell to Fulton, Stanyan to Baker; the “Flatlands” (FLATS), Oak to Frederick, Stanyan to Baker and the “Hills” from Frederick to 17th, Stanyan to Clayton/BV West.

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By Calvin Welch, HANC Board Member

On December 17th, Kathryn Studwell of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) informed HANC that the agency had removed more than three blocks from the proposed “Area Q” Residential Permit Parking (RPP)  addition now under consideration by the SFMTA.

The area removed was the three blocks from Baker to Masonic, between Fell and both sides of Page Street originally included in the proposal  (See maps, below).  The area removed would also include Panhandle parking spaces along both sides of Oak Street, west of Baker.

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Original Proposed “Area Q” Permit Parking Area




proposal after hancs advocacy

Proposal After HANC’s Advocacy

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If you haven't renewed your membership in HANC, or if you want to become a member*, please take this opportunity to do so.  Membership fees are $15 (regular) or $3 (low income).  Additional donations are accepted.  Please send a check, payable to HANC, to:  HANC, P.O. Box 170518, San Francisco, CA  94117.  Include the name of each member, address, phone number and email address.  Thank you.

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*Membership is open to anyone who resides in or owns property or a business within our boundaries, or who works, lives, or performs a service in the Haight-Ashbury.  Our boundaries run from Arguello to Divisadero, and from Fulton to 17th Street.  Our monthly general meetings are open to the public, but only HANC members may vote.

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