Newsflash

By Shira Noel, HANC Board

At the March 18 Park Station Community Meeting, Captain Sanford announced that there will be more beat officers deployed through the district. Specifically, in preparation for the upcoming 4/20 and Summer of Love events, he has deployed two additional officers. Two more additional dedicated beat officers will be patrolling the Duboce Triangle, and another in the NOPA area.

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By Richard Ivanhoe, HANC Board Member (Based on a report to the HANC Board from Calvin Welch, sitting member of the Kezar Stadium Advisory Committee)

The Kezar Stadium Advisory Committee met on February 15 to discuss the opening season of the pro soccer team at Kezar. The team, SF Deltas (www.sfdeltas.com), gave a presentation to the committee.

The committee was surprised to learn that the Kezar Triangle will be used for a “beer garden” (beer and wine) starting two hours before each game. The area will be open to the public—no game ticket required. The area will be approximately 5,000 square feet, with no seating, just “standing tables.” Alcohol will not be allowed to be taken out or brought into the area. It is unclear when the “beer garden” will close—presumably when the game starts.

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Founded by Doniece Sandoval, Lava Mae launched its mobile hygiene service in June of 2014 and has since provided more than 14,000 showers to 2,400 people moving through homelessness, inspired replication of its hygiene services, and dramatically raised awareness about the lack of access to showers and basic hygiene across the U.S. and around the globe.

Lava Mae is undergoing some upgrades and will be returning to the neighborhood in the near future. We may get an update at the April meeting; if not, then it will be presented in May.

The day after HANC met last month to dicuss concerns over City College's financial and accreditation future, the private ACCJC accrediting commisson for community and junior colleges announced that it had reaffirmed CCSF's accreditation for 7 years.

By Rupert Clayton, HANC Board Member

Architect Michael Harris has submitted preliminary plans to the city for a four-story building to replace the parking lot behind Cha Cha Cha restaurant at 1801 Haight Street. The proposal includes 440 sq. ft. of retail space on the ground floor fronting Shrader St, with seven apartments totaling 5,860 sq. ft. on the three floors above. There would also be a roof deck for residents.

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By Tes Welborn, HANC Board

Once again, Haight area residents voted the HANC Slate, showing that HANC does speak for the Haight! And, again it was clear how progressive the Haight votes compared to the city as a whole [we have more work to do].

The HANC Slate said YES on City College, Affordable Housing, Electing our Elected Officials, Youth Voting, Public Advocate, Senior Dignity Fund, splitting appointments for MTA, an oversight commission for city Housing and Economic Development, non-citizen voting for School Board and preserving industrial and arts spaces.

The HANC Slate said NO on Lennar office development, realtor propositions P & U, making tents illegal again, and micromanaging the police department.

As we look back, in order to look forward, it feels good to know our neighborhood still stands tall for people power.