Posted on July 28, 2008 by livinintheloin
The State Historical Resources Commission voted unanimously on July 25 to create the Uptown Tenderloin Historic District. The nomination for federal historic district status now proceeds to the Keeper of the National Register in Washington, D.C., which could add the 18 whole and 15 partial city blocks in the neighborhood to the National Register of [...]
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Posted on July 25, 2008 by livinintheloin
City residents shouldn’t get too excited about the latest eruption from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ own Mount Vesuvius: Chris Daly. His idea to close miles of Market Street from The Embarcadero to Hayes Valley – as part of a slap at Mayor Gavin Newsom’s own Sunday road shutdown plan – was just one [...]
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Posted on July 21, 2008 by livinintheloin
Merriam-Webster: Debacle: a great disaster b: a complete failure : fiasco
A controversial charter amendment that would require San Francisco to spend nearly $3 billion to boost The City’s affordable housing stock could be knocked off the November ballot.
The affordable-housing measure was placed on the ballot in January by Supervisor Chris Daly…
..At least one supervisor [...]
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Posted on July 9, 2008 by livinintheloin
I was recently involved in a planning meeting to replace and plant new trees in The Tenderloin. The planting is going to happen August 9th. One of the women involved, sent me an email saying that she had received a call from someone saying they “found” her wallet. As it turns out, it wasn’t her [...]
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Posted on July 9, 2008 by livinintheloin
The City could lose up to $5 million this fiscal year if a plan to contract out for private security guards at San Francisco General Hospital and other medical clinics is shot down amid pressure by an influential labor union.
Mayor Gavin Newsom’s proposed $6.5 billion budget closed a $338 million projected deficit and included a [...]
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