Membership Meetings: 2nd Thursdays ~ 7-9pm
Park Branch Library, 1833 Page St, SF, CA 94117 (except August)
Summer Work Days in Buena Vista Park
Saturday, June 7th
Saturday, July 12th
Saturday, August 2nd
When: 9:00 a.m. - Noon
Where: Meet at Children's Playground at Waller & Buena Vista West
Bring: Tools and gloves are provided, but you can bring your own if you prefer
Wear: Sturdy shoes and long-sleeved shirt.
Individuals kindly rsvp to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
(need to make minimum & for tool count)
April 1 through April 30
Tuesday, April 11, 6:00 pm - Park Police Station Community Meeting, First A.M.E. Zion Church, 2159 Golden Gate
Tuesday, April 11, 7:00 pm - Open Mic (Poetry and Acoustic Music), Park Branch Library
Thursday, April 13, 7:00 pm - HANC general meeting, Park Branch Library
Tuesday, April 18, 6:00 pm - Haight Ashbury Seniors, Park Branch Library
Wednesday, April 19, 6:30 pm - Movie Night, "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!,"Park Branch Library
Friday, April 21, 6:00 pm - Haight Ashbury Peace Vigil, Corner of Masonic and Fell
Send calendar items (within HANC's boundaries—Arguello to Divisadero, Fulton to 17th Street) to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
By Karen Fishkin, HANC Board
Supervisor Eric Mar recognizes that San Francisco needs to take a look at the state of recycling in San Francisco. What is the plan? Is there a plan? Do we need a plan? Is there a price to be paid for closing neighborhood recycling centers? What are the benefits and who pays the price?
The Supervisor is holding a hearing on May 15th., room 250, at City Hall.
The meeting starts at 10 AM, but since the the agenda has not been determined as of yet, we cannot tell you just when this issue will be discussed. Check with his office the day before.
Expect to hear from small businesses, since they are facing daily fines, the Department of the Environment, (maybe they'll have a plan), the Coalition on Homelessness, and any of you who have concerns and/or ideas.
It is hoped legislation will follow.
By Calvin Welch, HANC Housing and Land Use Board Member
The price of housing and the dramatic increase in evictions have once again propelled housing affordability into the forefront of debate in San Francisco. The “usual suspects” make the usual arguments: if we only unleash the power of the market by removing “regulations” (rent control, height limits, density requirements, traffic analysis, take your pick) from our over-regulated housing market we could have affordable housing thanks to the immutateble “law” of supply and demand.
The graph above (available on the SF Controllers site http://sfbarometer.weebly.com/new-building-permits.html) shows that in 41 of the last 65 quarters housing production increased in San Francisco and that with that increase in supply THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN PRICE, standing the normal “supply and demand” assumption on its head in San Francisco.
By Craig Dawson, Executive Director, Sutro Stewards
At a public meeting held on November 21, 2013, the University of California San Francisco made a statement which has left neighbors, the conservation community, and environmentalists stunned. After 15 years of community planning and commitments to maintain and begin restoration of the the 61-acre UCSF Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve, UCSF is now proposing to ABANDON ALL PLANNED CONSERVATION EFFORTS on Mt. Sutro in favor of “mowing” 25 acres of understory as a “Hazard Reduction Measure” and leave the remaining 36 acres untouched.
This will in effect remove critical habitat for wildlife as well as wipe out some of the few remaining indigenous plant colonies. Further this proposal does nothing to address the invasive ivies that are in effect killing the older and healthier eucalyptus trees, effectively suppressing re-growth and preventing the reintroduction of other species where ivies dominate the forest understory.
The revised UCSF plans ignore the restoration of the Woodland Canyon, Woodland Creek, riparian corridor, which is Mount Sutro’s last remaining watershed and seasonal creek, where water often flows well into the summer.
This stunning reversal by the University is in stark contrast to UC’s own legacy within the conservation movement including the founding of the National Parks system, the Sierra Club and the role it played in creating Yosemite National Park. It also ignores San Francisco’s own environmental policies and those of the neighboring GGNRA and Presidio National Park. By not including the conservation options within the revised DEIR this move could in effect prohibit all forms of environmental stewardship to take place within the 61-acre property. Further, by continuing the mismanagement in 36 acres of forest and proposing to leave it untouched, the fire danger will continue to grow on the Northern, Eastern and Western slopes of Mount Sutro as the rapid decline accelerates.
The HANC Board proposes changing its Bylaws to reflect the closure of our Recycling Center and the addition of a Finance Committee. These changes will be voted on at the December General Membership meeting.
Proposed Bylaws Changes:
Delete: "Recycling Committee" from mention in Article 7 Section 1, and Section 8 in its entirety.
Add: Finance Committee to Section 8: "The Finance Committee. This Committee will be comprised of a minimum of three board members and is chaired by the Treasurer. The Finance Committee will make decisions on the management of organization funds, under direction from the HANC Board. The Treasurer will report to the HANC Board at its monthly meeting."
