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One year ago:  Our September, 2016 meeting focused on Panhandle Improvements and on local ballot measures for the November, 2016 elections.  The pedestrian path still had not yet been re-paved.  Ann Baskerville has since been replaced as project manager for the Panhandle Improvement Project by Melinda Stockman.  Although in many ways the election was a disaster, the Haight-Ashbury voted with HANC’s recommendations.  September, 2016 also saw the beginning of construction on Masonic Avenue.

Five years ago:  Once again, in September, 2012, we were preparing for an election.  HANC was a co-sponsor of the District 5 Supervisor candidate debate.  HANC advocated for Proposition C (Housing Trust Fund) and for Proposition E (Gross Receipts Business Tax), which both passed.  We reported on the failure of 2010’s Sit-Lie law.  We were still operating our recycling center, native plant nursery, and community garden.

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HANC is planning for 2017.  We want our meetings to address the needs and interests of our community.

Do you have topics to suggest?  If so, let us know by email or letter:

Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council

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P.O. Box 170518

San Francisco, CA 94117

By Bruce Wolfe, HANC President

Maybe third time’s the charm.  Fiber optics is an old technology that will outlive many of us as a stable and sustainable medium.  In the ‘80s, I personally explored it in car audio installations in one of my first of many businesses. You’ve heard me over the years reporting about it at membership meetings.

This month we heard and testified in support of a launch to once again attempt to bring San Francisco into the 21st century as a Gigabit City.  It was introduced by D2 Supervisor Mark Farrell.

In 2004, HANC joined with other community and environmental groups to form SF Clean Energy Advocates in what started the statewide struggle to implement Community Choice Energy with then Supervisor Tom Ammiano and other SF Supervisors.  This bold effort to overcome the big utility giant, PG&E, brought us to where we are today—in full embrace of the program CleanPowerSF.  Now more than ever, Community Choice Energy programs in every corner of California are bringing cleaner, cheaper and new renewable energy generation in a much needed time of climate and economic change.

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At the November 10 General Membership Meeting, the following candidates were elected as officers and members at large for the 2017 term (Decmeber, 2016 through November, 2017):

Officers:

Bruce Wolfe, President

Christin Evans, Vice President

Tes Welborn, Treasurer

Christian Vaisse, Recording Secretary

James Sword, Corresponding Secretary

Richard Ivanhoe, Membership

Rupert Clayton, Housing & Land Use

Karen Fishkin, Recycling

Joey Cain, Nominating

Alex Aquino, Merchant Liason (ex-officio)

Members At Large:

Dorrie Huntington

Shira Noel

Michael Behrens

Jim Rhoads

Dave Groeschel

HANC now provides the option of receiving the Voice by email instead of postal delivery.  If you would prefer to receive the Voice digitally, just send a message requesting the change to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  The message can be as simple as "Add me to the Voice email list."  We will then email the newsletter monthly as a pdf attachment to your inbox and stop sending you the print edition.  HANC will, however, continue printing the Voice, because some of our members do not have easy access to email.

The board of the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council has made the following endorsements of San Francisco ballot propositions for the November 2016 election. This list is current as of September 15, 2016. Given the exceptional number of issues on the ballot, lack of endorsement of other propositions implies only a lack of time for full debate on these.