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Hundreds of San Francisco residents attended a recent hearing at city hall to oppose the plan designed to add parking meters to several San Francisco neighborhoods, including Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, the Mission and Mission Bay.  This is not isolated--the Municipal Transportation Authority has added meters in several other neighborhoods in the city over the past year.  This week, they met with organized opposition and have put plans on hold, as reported by the Chronicle article.
The city,...

I noticed an insert that came with my HOA's trash bill.  It was the Recology newsletter and one of the articles cite's a Wall Street Journal article that talks about major cities and how much of their trash is being diverted from landfill and re-used, recycled and used for compost.  What is remarkable about this article is not that cities are working to reducing the trash that they generate.  What is remarkable to me is the difference in results between the cities who have accomplished the...

text-autospace:none">San Francisco is comprised of many eclectic and fascinating neighborhoods, each with their own flair and sense of enjoyment.  As you begin to explore these areas, you get a feeling of what each neighborhood is like -- at least as a visitor.  But what would it be like to actually live there, be a part of one of these San Francisco neighborhoods?

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text-autospace:none">Recently, we listed a property in Nob Hill … well … it’s on the edge of Nob...

San Francisco's Planning Department is working to enact bird-safe standards by encouraging changes to the design of new buildings.  Birds collide with large glass towers at alarming rates because they perceive these structures to be wide open sky.  As we continue to fill out our skyline, enacting these guidelines will help protect the diverse wildlife we have in the city.  Plans are to enact these standards closest to areas with large populations of birds and wildlife--e.g. near the city's...

I was listening to the news last week with half an ear, only to hear about changing census numbers from last year to the previous census in 2000.  The result?  The number of children, defined as kids from 0 to 17 years has declined in the last ten years in San Francisco.  I have been trolling the web and am not finding good clear sources for this information.
An editorial in my San Francisco Business Times from last week's paper discusses all of this, but I am having difficulty finding it...

San Francisco's Planning Commission approved the development plan for Treasure Island.  This plan, expected to cost $1.5 billion will create housing, office space and new jobs on Treasure Island, the man-made Island in the San Francisco bay.  Opponents of this development cite the environmental impacts of creating a new San Francisco neighborhood on the Island in the middle of the bay and are opposed to the 1:1 ratio of housing units to parking spots proposed by this plan.  They also don't...

 
There has been significant fanfare recently about the opening of the new terminal 2 at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).  I was invited to a party thrown by Virgin American who will be located in that terminal.  This amused be because I don't know if I would add getting in the car and heading to the airport for a party as high on my list, although I suspect they will throw a party with some flair. 
The New York Times profiles the art collection at the airport.  Evidently, the...