Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
953 De Haro St. (at Southern Heights)
6:45 PM Social
7:00 PM Business Meeting
7:40 PM Prop A - Housing/Homeless Bond
Discussion and vote
8:10 PM Break
8:20 PM 2235 Third Streetproject - info/background
(141 units of housing + commercial)
Patrick Banks, Martin Bulding Co.
9:00 PM Adjourn
Saturday, October 2, 10 am - noon
Potrero Avenue Pedestrian/Bike Safety Improvements
SFGH Carr Auditorium, 22nd St./San Bruno Ave.
Thursday, October 14, 6 pm
Community and Parents Discussion about SFUSD Dream Schools on Potrero Hill
Enola Maxwell Middle School of the Arts
Saturday, October 16, 10 am - 5 pm
The 14th Annual Potrero Hill Festival
Southern Heights, between Rhode Island/Carolina
Saturday, October 23, 6 - 9 pm
The 5th Annual Potrero Hill History Night
Enola Maxwell Middle School of the Arts
by Tony Kelly, President
Proposition A on the November 2 ballot, the housing and homeless bond, got a spirited debate at last month's Boosters meeting. So spirited, in fact, that the debate isn't over, and we'll be discussing it further (and maybe voting on an endorsement for or against it) at our September meeting. Here are two arguments on the issue from Booster members.
Mayor Gavin Newsom, along with a unanimous Board of Supervisors including Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, has made passing Proposition A a top priority on the November ballot because San Francisco faces the most severe housing and homeless challenge in the nation. Proposition A was crafted by a diverse coalition of neighborhood leaders, planning experts, housing and homeless advocates, business and labor, brought together by the common goal of renewing San Francisco's commitment to affordable housing and addressing our homeless crisis.
San Francisco's homeless population is dying on our streets. While an estimated 3,000 chronically homeless people remain on the streets, even more San Franciscans face serious risk of becoming homeless. A new study identified 25,000 extremely low-income San Franciscans at-risk of homelessness because their rent exceeds half their income.
Low-income San Franciscans are being forced to choose between rent, food, and medicine - some seniors spend 100% of their Social Security check on rent every month. Too many teachers, firefighters, and nurses can't afford to buy a home in the city they serve and instead are forced to commute from far away - or leave the city altogether.
By voting for Prop. A we will:
A broad, citywide coalition of more than 300 organizations and neighborhood leaders supports Proposition A because it's a carefully crafted measure that resulted from six months of intense discussion, debate, and negotiation including representatives from every interested party. The small group of people opposed to Prop. A are against it for ideological and political reasons - but they offer no solutions to our housing and homeless problems, just complaints.
San Francisco is truly coming together to get this done - but we need your help. Please join us by visiting www.YesPropA.org and voting Yes on Proposition A.
Submitted by Ron Miguel, Potrero Boosters member
Proposition A is too expensive and has too little focus. We're being asked to vote a huge amount of money: two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) for supportive housing for the homeless and those "at risk" of being homeless, development of housing for those earning $40,000 to $60,000 per year and for "permanent affordable housing" and "downpayment assistance" for those earning from $66,500 to $95,000 per year. Yet, there is no plan in place about where to build. Indeed, there is no planning whatsoever about how to build neighborhoods, rather than just housing developments. But, what do the developers care? They'll get their money (subsidized by our taxes), build as densely as they can, and then leave us, who live here, to deal with the mess they leave behind.
The neighborhoods in general, and Potrero and Dogpatch in particular, should be very afraid about the utter lack of planning. It is an absolute certainty that the City and developers will be looking at the southeastern part (us) for much of this new housing, just as it looked to, and forced, us to bear, the brunt of the awful live-work development, none of which has contributed an iota to any feeling of a neighborhood. And, you can be positive we will hear about the need for rezoning so the new developments can be built 60 feet or 70 feet high; we'll be told it's more efficient and that there's not enough money to do it any other way. Isn't this a repackaged Prop. J, which we just successfully defeated? If the developers have their way, much of what we moved to Potrero Hill and Dogpatch for will be lost to us, in favor of a wall of apartment buildings and townhouses, without any planning about where people will shop, eat or just enjoy their living environment and their neighbors.
Before we vote this kind of money and to saddle ourselves with the taxes needed to repay the bonds, we should require the City have a plan about how they will spend the money and where they intend to build neighborhoods, not just housing. Yes, we may need both supportive and affordable housing. But, it's well past time that we tell the City that it must present us with a plan for our neighborhoods and for spending the money before we vote the money - not after.
Submitted by Chris Cole, Potrero Boosters member
Compiled by Dick Millet
NEW MIXED COMMERCIAL/HOUSING PROJECT for 2235 3rd Street between 19th and 20th Streets.Propose to build 141 units of various sizes with 121 parking spaces and commercial spaces along. The lot is 50,000 sq ft and goes through from 3rd to Illinois Street and will include 2 existing semi-historic brick buildings that will be salvaged and incorporated into the project. Nice design of about 50-55 feet high. Just getting started –in the design and planning stage. Developer is Patrick Banks of Martin Building Co. Patrick likes to work with historic and semi-historic sites. Examples of their work can be seen at 5th & Mission behind the "old Mint."
PERMIT APPLICATION #2004.06106121:371 MISSOURI/19th Sts. Proposed 3rd flr and rear addition w/10 ft front set back to existing 2 story over garage single family house in an RH-2,40-X zone.Bldg ht: 28 ft. Contact:Julian Banales, Planner, ph:558-6339.
PERMIT APPLICATION #2004.05123718:455 PENNSYLVANIA/20th St.Proposed 2-story addition plus a 2nd unit to a single family house in an RH-2,40-X zone..Contact:Ben A.Fu,Planner, ph: 558-6409.
PERMIT APPLICATION #2004.11109875:657 RHODE ISLAND/18th Sts. Proposed 3 story over garage, 34 ft high, duplex w/2 parking spaces on a vacant lot in an RH-2 zone, 40-X zone. Rear yard 34 ft. Contact: Ben A.Fu,Planner, ph:558-6409..
PERMIT APPLICATION #2004.07280047:139 CONNECTICUT/Mariposa Sts. Proposed one-story addition at rear and new rear stair to a single family house in an RH-3,40-X zone. Contact: Julian Banales, Planner, ph: 558-6339.
PERMIT APPLICATION #200.10026442:811 RHODE ISLAND/Southern Heights Sts. Proposed 1-story vertical addition to 35 '-7 "& add 2nd unit & 2nd parking space to existing single family house in an RH-3, 40-X zone. Contact: Ben A.Fu, Planner, ph: 558-6613.
VARIANCE APPLICATION Case 2004.0401V: 1740 20th/Wisconsin Sts. Public Hearing 9:30am Wed 25th August, Rm 408 City Hall. Proposed one story rear addition 28 ft into the required 45 ft rear yard leaving only a 16 ft rear yard. Contact: Mat Snyder, Planner, ph: 575-6891.
VARIANCE APPLICATION Case 2004.0752V: 654 MINNESOTA/19th Sts. Public Hearing 9:30am Wed 25 August, Rm 408 City Hall. Proposal to convert light manufacturing use to a multi-tenant research & development in an existing bldg. Code requires 70 car spaces, sponsor to provide only 37. Contact: Julian Banales, Planner, ph: 558-6339.