Posted on February 18, 2009 by livinintheloin
Walking the pooch this morning, I noticed The City’s latest spending / beautification project. There are now sixteen big-a** planter urns in front of City Hall. With a projected $460,000,000 budget deficit, this is a great time for beautification projects. Just a guess, but I suspect the new plantings will need daily watering, and the [...]
Filed under: San Francisco Budget | Tagged: City Charter, creative ways, Department of Public Works, DPW, Living in the Loin, livinintheloin, Open Space Fund, Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Francisco Budget | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 16, 2009 by livinintheloin
The Director of the National Park Service is pleased to send you the following announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places. For further information or if you would like to receive this list weekly via e-mail, contact Edson Beall via voice (202) 354-2255 or E-mail: Edson_Beall@nps.gov CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY, [...]
Filed under: Good Urban Experience | Tagged: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, SF Tenderloin, The Tenderloin, Uptown Tenderloin District | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 12, 2009 by livinintheloin
I’d like to start this post with one of my favorite quotes. It relates to the need for a June special election to increase SF taxes. “The City doesn’t have enough money to take care of our parks and recreation programs. We need to come up with creative ways … to keep us afloat,” — [...]
Filed under: Bad Urban Experience, What's Going On? | Tagged: Clutch the pearls, creative ways … to keep us afloat, June special election, Recreation and Park, Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Budget, San Francisco Budget Crisis, San Francisco's Top Earners | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 11, 2009 by livinintheloin
A veto by Mayor Gavin Newsom against a June special election approved by the Board of Supervisors was shot down Tuesday by city legislators, while those who support generating more revenue for The City attempt to forge broad support for bringing tax measures before voters. The Board of Supervisors voted 8-2 on Tuesday to override [...]
Filed under: Activism, Bad Urban Experience, SF Tenderloin, Tenderloin, What's Going On? | Tagged: Budget and Finance Committee, cost of a June special election, John Avalos, June special election, Living in the Loin, livinintheloin, SALES TAX INCREASE, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, SF GROSS RECEIPTS TAX, SF payroll tax, SF TAX INCREASE | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 7, 2009 by livinintheloin
Hide the women and children! Pack up your earthquake readiness gear, and head for the hills! An alien pod has nested in Civic Center Plaza! Oh, the humanity! Will the Board of Supervisors be abducted into outer space and “probed” by aliens? Ok, that’s prolly wishful thinking. Things will probably remain as dysfunctional as ever [...]
Filed under: Environment, Good Urban Experience, SF Tenderloin, Tenderloin, What's Going On? | Tagged: cheapthrills, civic art, Civic Center Plaza, environmental sculpture, Living in the Loin, livinintheloin, Patrick Dougherty, public art, San Francisco Arts Commission, Tenderloin, the loin, The Tenderloin, The Upper Crust, tree-based sculpture | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 7, 2009 by livinintheloin
MoAD: Admission to The Museum of the African Diaspora is FREE during the month of February. Hours: Sunday 12:00 – 5:00, Tuesday – Saturday 11:00-6:00. 685 Mission Street (at Third) 415.358.7200
Filed under: Good Urban Experience, What's Going On? | Tagged: Art, cheap thrills, cheapthrills, free admission, Living in the Loin, livinintheloin, MoAD, Museum of the African Diaspora, museums | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 3, 2009 by livinintheloin
Residents may be asked to tax themselves in order to support parks in The City – perhaps as soon as June. As departments are being forced to slash millions of dollars, the proposal could bring in millions annually for the cash-strapped Recreation and Park Department. Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi has asked the city attorney to hash [...]
Filed under: Activism, What's Going On? | Tagged: $190 Million on homeless, Board of Supervisors, homeless, Homeless Problem, Living in the Loin, livinintheloin, Open Space Fund, Recreation and Park Department, Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, SF Homeless, SF TAX INCREASE, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 2, 2009 by livinintheloin
I was curious about the status of AdamsBlock (now OurBlock.tv), so I wrote the folks at OurBlock.tv. Here’s what I was able to find out: “OurBlock will be up in the next 60 days. I have a couple of things to do first. Get at least 30-50 people signed up to broadcast their block in [...]
Filed under: Activism, Good Urban Experience | Tagged: Adam's Block, crime cameras, OurBlock.tv, Tenderloin cam, Tenderloin Web Camera | 1 Comment »
