Plan Potrero Hill SF

From Environmental Defense Fund

Are you interested in reducing air pollution and improving air quality in the Bay Area?

What about more reliable public transit or congestion pricing?

If you answered yes then “Mobility Improvements Through Congestion Pricing” is for you! It is a series of free interactive discussions about the San Francisco County Transportation Authority’s Mobility, Access and Pricing Study. You will learn about possible congestion pricing plans for San Francisco and you’ll have the opportunity to let the transportation authority know what kind of transportation improvements you would like to see happen.

Your feedback is critical for the future of transportation in the Bay Area.

Environmental Defense Fund supports the efforts of the SFCTA as they study this innovative solution to the Bay Area’s transportation system. We’d love to have you at this event to learn more about how congestion pricing promotes cleaner air, faster commutes, and better transit.

What: Interactive workshops on San Francisco’s Mobility, Access and Pricing Study. Come learn about the study and provide input on:
-possible congestion pricing scenario designs;
-potential transportation improvements; and
-discount and exemption policies under consideration.

Who: San Francisco County Transportation Authority

When & Where: 3 outreach sessions are happening throughout the Bay Area in the next week. Attend a session nearest you!

All sessions will be held from 5:30-7:00pm. Open House from 5:30-6pm, Presentations and Small Groups: 6:00-7:00pm

Monday, July 28: San Rafael, San Rafael Community Center, 618 B St.
Tuesday, July 29: San Francisco, Mercy High School, 3250 19th Ave.
Wednesday, July 30: Oakland, MTC Auditorium, 101 8th St.

We hope to see you there!
The California Team at Environmental Defense Fund

Public Hearing* on the
Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the
UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
7:00 p.m.
UCSF Mission Bay Campus
Genentech Hall Auditorium
600 16th Street

The purpose of this hearing is to solicit public comments on the adequacy and accuracy of information presented in the
Draft EIR.

Multiple community meetings have been conducted on this project.

UCSF plans to build an integrated hospital complex to serve children, women, and cancer patients near its existing 43-
acre biomedical campus on a 14.5-acre parcel south of UCSF’s existing biomedical campus at Mission Bay. The project
site is bounded by 16th, 3rd, and Mariposa Streets, and the future extension of Owens Street. The new facility will increase
inpatient and outpatient capacity to meet growing patient demand, address old and outdated facilities, and comply with
state-mandated earthquake safety standards for hospitals.

Upon completion of the first phase in 2014, the hospital complex will include a total of 289 beds:
• A 183-bed children’s hospital with urgent/emergency care and pediatric primary and specialty outpatient facilities;
• A 70-bed adult hospital for cancer and women’s specialty patients;
• A women’s hospital for cancer care, specialty surgery, 36-bed birth center and select outpatient services;
• An energy center, helipad, parking and support services.

In a future phase, the medical center plans to add 261 beds (for a total of 550 beds), outpatient space, and support
services. At full development the proposed project will total approximately 1,787,000 gross square feet.

An analysis of up to 400 beds on the site in 2014 and up to 650 beds in 2025 was completed in a 2005 EIR. This 2008
EIR tiers from the 2005 EIR analysis. Topics analyzed in this 2008 EIR are: aesthetics, air quality, hazards, land use,
noise, transportation, and utilities. The 2008 EIR finds that since certification of the 2005 EIR, there are no new significant
impacts that cannot be mitigated to less than significant levels.

The Draft EIR will be available online at http://campusplanning.ucsf.edu/ starting April 8, 2008. There will be a 45-day
public comment period. Paper or compact disc copies are available by contacting UCSF Environmental Coordinator
Michelle Schaefer at HospitalEIR@planning.ucsf.edu or 415-476-2911. Copies are also available for viewing at the
following libraries: UCSF Kalmanovitz Library, 530 Parnassus Avenue; UCSF Mission Bay Library, Rutter Center, 1675
Owens Street; Mission Bay Branch Library, 960 4th Street; Potrero Branch Library, 1616 20th Street; Bayview Branch
Library, 5075 3rd Street.

To provide written comments on the Draft EIR, please write to Ms. Schaefer at UCSF Campus Planning, Box 0286,
San Francisco, CA 94143-0286 or email HospitalEIR@Planning.ucsf.edu. Comments must be received by 5:00 p.m.
on May 23, 2008.

* The UCSF Mission Bay campus is accessible using the MUNI T-Third light rail line. If you drive, park at no cost in
the SURFACE LOT (near the UCSF Police Station); this lot can be reached by taking 16th Street to 4th Street.
Complimentary parking is not available in the garages. Please bring photo ID to show at building security desk.

UCSF fully ascribes to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
If at any time you feel you have a need for accommodation,
please contact UCSF Community and Governmental Relations at
415-476-3206 with your suggested accommodation.

Dear Neighbors, [Please share this email with your friends, neighbors, and members of your community organizations]

UCSF feels that continuing community involvement is important as we plan for the new medical center for children, women, and cancer patients at Mission Bay . The hospital site is located just south of the existing UCSF research campus (bounded by Mariposa, 16th, 3rd, and the new Owens Street ).

Helipad Info Sheet

As announced at the October 24 community meeting, the next meeting of the UCSF Hospital Replacement CAG* Action Team will be held:

Monday, December 3
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
UCSF Mission Bay Campus
Genentech Hall, Room N-114
600 16th Street

The December 3 agenda will focus on traffic analysis and an update on exterior design. Refreshments will be provided.

The October 24 meeting focused on the helicopter test flight that UCSF conducted on Sunday, October 21. (The meeting was publicized in the Potrero View and in emails to 500+ neighbors.) 15-20 neighbors attended and shared their impressions of the test flight. At the meeting and in emails received by UCSF, responses ranged from positive to neutral to negative. Some neighbors who live across Mariposa from the hospital site experienced very high levels of noise, and UCSF staff will be following up with them. Some neighbors felt that the case for including a helipad at Mission Bay was strong. Cindy Lima, Director of Mission Bay Clinical Facilities Development, and Sam Hawgood, M.D., Chair of Pediatrics, fielded questions at the meeting.

In response to community feedback, it was announced in September that the proposed helipad─ which would be used only in the most serious of medical situations and could cut travel time in half for patients requiring emergency care ─has been relocated to 16^th street, the northernmost point of the hospital site.

Of note regarding the test: When the helicopter landed during the test flight, it landed about 250 feet south of the location of the proposed helipad. The helipad would be located at 140 feet and not on the ground. The helicopter hovered several times, but this will not occur when landing on a helipad. In addition, a tour helicopter flew low and directly over Potrero Hill just minutes after we completed our test.

Attached for your information is an updated information sheet on the UCSF helipad. It includes the reasons a helipad is needed, the estimated number of flights expected, the approval process for the helipad, and other key information.

The UCSF Mission Bay campus is accessible using the MUNI T-Third light rail line. If you drive, please park at NO COST in the SURFACE LOT (near the UCSF Police Station); this lot can be reached by taking 16th Street to 4th Street . Complimentary parking is not available in the garages. Please bring photo ID to show at building security desk.

For more information about the Mission Bay hospital design process, including information sheets and presentations from past meetings, please see www.community.ucsf.edu or contact Barbara Bagot-López, Associate Director of UCSF Community Relations, at bblopez@cgr.ucsf.edu or 476-8318.

*FYI: Explanation of various UCSF- and Mission Bay-related meetings and groups

• UCSF Community Advisory Group (CAG)—Formed in 1992, the CAG is comprised of representatives from a wide variety of San Francisco neighborhood, civic, ethnic, labor, and business groups who function as a sounding board, giving UCSF unvarnished views on issues including campus space needs and expansion opportunities.
• UCSF Hospital Replacement CAG Action Team—Subcommittee of the CAG, focused on Hospital Replacement project, which over the years has included the Mission Bay, Mount Zion, and Parnassus campus sites; currently focused on Mission Bay hospital.
• UCSF Mission Bay CAG Action Team—Subcommittee of the CAG, focused on Mission Bay campus-related issues and projects; e.g., location of central utility plant on research campus; design of cancer research building.
• UCSF Mission Bay Community Task Force—Formed in March 2007, the purpose of this group is to provide UCSF and neighbors with the opportunity to have an honest dialogue about the desires and needs of the community and the future direction of UCSF in and around Mission Bay over the next five years.

Contact person for above UCSF groups is Barbara Bagot-López at bblopez@cgr.ucsf.edu.

• Mission Bay Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) —this committee is advisory to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency regarding the Mission Bay redevelopment area, 303 acres of land including UCSF’s 58-acre campus. Contact person is Catherine Reilly at Catherine.Reilly@sfgov
• Port of San Francisco meetings and groups:

o Central Waterfront Advisory Group—Port property from Mission Creek to 24th Street ; CWAG meets generally on the 2nd Wednesday at 4 p.m.. Contact Person is Mark Paez mark.paez@sfport.com

o China Basin Seawall Lot 337—The Port is undertaking a public planning process for the 14-acre site south of China Basin Channel that is currently used for Giants and commuter parking. Contact person is Diane Oshima at diane.oshima@sfport.com

o Pier 70 Master Plan —Pier 70 is a 65-acre Port-owned site, generally between 18^th and 22^nd Streets, east of Illinois Street . The Port is conducting a public planning process to develop a master plan for the entire 65-acre site. Contact person is David Beaupre at david.beaupre@sfport.com

Dear Neighbors, [Please share this email with your friends, neighbors, and members of your community organizations]

UCSF feels that continuing community involvement is important as we plan for the new medical center for children, women, and cancer patients at Mission Bay . The hospital site is located just south of the existing UCSF research campus (bounded by Mariposa, 16th, 3rd, and the new Owens Street ).

 

Helipad Info Sheet

 

As announced at the October 24 community meeting, the next meeting of the UCSF Hospital Replacement CAG* Action Team will be held:

Monday, December 3
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
UCSF Mission Bay Campus
Genentech Hall, Room N-114
600 16th Street

The December 3 agenda will focus on traffic analysis and an update on exterior design. Refreshments will be provided.

The October 24 meeting focused on the helicopter test flight that UCSF conducted on Sunday, October 21. (The meeting was publicized in the Potrero View and in emails to 500+ neighbors.) 15-20 neighbors attended and shared their impressions of the test flight. At the meeting and in emails received by UCSF, responses ranged from positive to neutral to negative. Some neighbors who live across Mariposa from the hospital site experienced very high levels of noise, and UCSF staff will be following up with them. Some neighbors felt that the case for including a helipad at Mission Bay was strong. Cindy Lima, Director of Mission Bay Clinical Facilities Development, and Sam Hawgood, M.D., Chair of Pediatrics, fielded questions at the meeting.

In response to community feedback, it was announced in September that the proposed helipad─ which would be used only in the most serious of medical situations and could cut travel time in half for patients requiring emergency care ─has been relocated to 16^th street, the northernmost point of the hospital site.

Of note regarding the test: When the helicopter landed during the test flight, it landed about 250 feet south of the location of the proposed helipad. The helipad would be located at 140 feet and not on the ground. The helicopter hovered several times, but this will not occur when landing on a helipad. In addition, a tour helicopter flew low and directly over Potrero Hill just minutes after we completed our test.

Attached for your information is an updated information sheet on the UCSF helipad. It includes the reasons a helipad is needed, the estimated number of flights expected, the approval process for the helipad, and other key information.

The UCSF Mission Bay campus is accessible using the MUNI T-Third light rail line. If you drive, please park at NO COST in the SURFACE LOT (near the UCSF Police Station); this lot can be reached by taking 16th Street to 4th Street . Complimentary parking is not available in the garages. Please bring photo ID to show at building security desk.

For more information about the Mission Bay hospital design process, including information sheets and presentations from past meetings, please see www.community.ucsf.edu or contact Barbara Bagot-López, Associate Director of UCSF Community Relations, at bblopez@cgr.ucsf.edu or 476-8318.

*FYI: Explanation of various UCSF- and Mission Bay-related meetings and groups

• UCSF Community Advisory Group (CAG)—Formed in 1992, the CAG is comprised of representatives from a wide variety of San Francisco neighborhood, civic, ethnic, labor, and business groups who function as a sounding board, giving UCSF unvarnished views on issues including campus space needs and expansion opportunities.
• UCSF Hospital Replacement CAG Action Team—Subcommittee of the CAG, focused on Hospital Replacement project, which over the years has included the Mission Bay, Mount Zion, and Parnassus campus sites; currently focused on Mission Bay hospital.
• UCSF Mission Bay CAG Action Team—Subcommittee of the CAG, focused on Mission Bay campus-related issues and projects; e.g., location of central utility plant on research campus; design of cancer research building.
• UCSF Mission Bay Community Task Force—Formed in March 2007, the purpose of this group is to provide UCSF and neighbors with the opportunity to have an honest dialogue about the desires and needs of the community and the future direction of UCSF in and around Mission Bay over the next five years.

Contact person for above UCSF groups is Barbara Bagot-López at bblopez@cgr.ucsf.edu.

• Mission Bay Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) —this committee is advisory to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency regarding the Mission Bay redevelopment area, 303 acres of land including UCSF’s 58-acre campus. Contact person is Catherine Reilly at Catherine.Reilly@sfgov
• Port of San Francisco meetings and groups:

o Central Waterfront Advisory Group—Port property from Mission Creek to 24th Street ; CWAG meets generally on the 2nd Wednesday at 4 p.m.. Contact Person is Mark Paez mark.paez@sfport.com

o China Basin Seawall Lot 337—The Port is undertaking a public planning process for the 14-acre site south of China Basin Channel that is currently used for Giants and commuter parking. Contact person is Diane Oshima at diane.oshima@sfport.com

o Pier 70 Master Plan —Pier 70 is a 65-acre Port-owned site, generally between 18^th and 22^nd Streets, east of Illinois Street . The Port is conducting a public planning process to develop a master plan for the entire 65-acre site. Contact person is David Beaupre at david.beaupre@sfport.com

Port of San Francisco
Pier 70 Master Plan - Second Community Workshop

Plan Framework Alternatives

WEDNESDAY - NOVEMBER 7, 2007
GENENTECH HALL
Room 114
UCSF Mission Bay
600 16th Street

Meeting: 5:00 – 8:00 PM

AGENDA

1. Brief Review of: Planning Process, Schedule and Previous Work Completed (5:00-
5:25 – Q&A 5:35)

2. Review of Historic Rehabilitation Approach, Use and Development/Site Plan
Scenarios and Financial Analysis of Scenarios 5:35 – 6:05 – Q&A 6:35

3. Facilitated Break Out Groups to discuss Plan Scenarios (6:40 – 7:10)

4. Reconvene to document and summarize break out group comments (7:10 – 7:55)

5. Next Steps (7:55 – 8:00)

Port of San Francisco
Pier 70 Master Plan - Second Community Workshop

Plan Framework Alternatives

AGENDA (11-07-07-Community-Workshop.pdf)

1. Brief Review of: Planning Process, Schedule and Previous Work Completed (5:00-
5:25 – Q&A 5:35)

2. Review of Historic Rehabilitation Approach, Use and Development/Site Plan
Scenarios and Financial Analysis of Scenarios 5:35 – 6:05 – Q&A 6:35

3. Facilitated Break Out Groups to discuss Plan Scenarios (6:40 – 7:10)

4. Reconvene to document and summarize break out group comments (7:10 – 7:55)

5. Next Steps (7:55 – 8:00)

For more information go to: http://www.sfport.com/Pier70

If you have any questions or concerns, contact David Beaupre at david.beaupre@sfport.com or (415) 274-0539

DIRECTIONS
“The UCSF Mission Bay campus is accessible using the MUNI T-Third light rail line. If you drive, park in the
SURFACE LOT near the Third Street Garage and pay at the machine ($2.75); this lot can be reached by taking 16th
Street to 4th Street. Please bring photo id to show at building security desk

ACCESSIBLE MEETING INFORMATION
“UCSF fully ascribes to the Americans with Disabilities Act. If at any time you feel you have a need for
accommodation, please contact UCSF Community & Governmental Relations at 415-476-3206 with your suggested
accommodation.”

Accessible meeting information policy:
In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple
chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be
sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals. A sign
language interpreter and alternative format copies of meeting agendas and other materials can be provided upon
request made at least 72 hours in advance of any scheduled meeting. Contact Wendy Proctor, Port’s ADA
Coordinator, at 274-0592. The Port’s TTY number is (415) 274-0587.

Dear Neighbors,

This email contains updated information regarding the window of time for the test (depending on the weather) and also regarding hovering.

As you know, UCSF has been seeking community feedback on site planning and exterior design for the new UCSF Mission Bay children’s, women’s, and cancer hospital complex to be built on the site just south of the existing UCSF research campus (bounded by Mariposa, 16th, 3rd, and Owens).

In response to community feedback, the proposed helipad has been relocated to 16^th street , the northernmost point of the hospital site. In addition, UCSF will be conducting a helicopter test flight:

Sunday, October 21, 2007 beginning at 8:30 a.m. (or as late as 12:00 p.m. depending on weather conditions )

We expect the test to last about 15-20 minutes. If it appears that the test will not take place at 8:30 due to weather conditions, I will keep you posted on email that morning.

Flight Paths

Three proposed flight paths will be flown (see attached “Flight Paths”) provided wind conditions allow:

1. Primary flight path: Helicopter arrives from east, descends to a height of 140 feet above ground; hovers for approximately 5 seconds; ascends and departs to east.
2. Alternative flight path: Helicopter arrives from east, descends to a height of 140 feet above ground; hovers for approximately 5 seconds; ascends and departs to west before turning north and then east.
3. Secondary flight path: Helicopter arrives from east, descends to a height of 140 feet above ground; hovers for approximately 5 seconds; ascends and departs to west to Highway 101 before heading to the east.

For your information, 140 feet is the estimated height of the proposed helipad.

In addition, a neighbor who lives near the hospital site has volunteered to ride in the helicopter to observe. Therefore, before the test, the helicopter will arrive from the east and land on the ground at the hospital site to pick up the neighbor. At the end of the test, the helicopter will arrive, hover for about 10 seconds at about 5-10 feet above ground, and land again to drop the neighbor off. Please see attached “Landing Location.”

Noise Measurement

Our noise consultants are installing noise monitoring equipment at several locations and will be measuring noise levels during the test. They will also be collecting noise data in the days leading up to the test. Please see the attached “Noise Measurement Locations” showing the proposed noise monitoring locations.

Thanks

We thank the neighbors on our Flight Test Working Group for working with UCSF and our consultants to plan this test. We greatly appreciate the generosity of the neighbors who volunteered to serve as monitoring hosts.

 

 

==========Background information on UCSF’s need for a helipad===========

Need for Helipad:

• UCSF Children’s Hospital provides a vast array of expert care from routine immunizations to the most advanced treatments for serious, life-threatening childhood diseases. This expertise is available to the children of San Francisco , and of California and beyond.

• Rapid access to this specialized level of care is vital when a child is critically ill or a baby is born with a devastating birth defect.

• Community hospitals are not able to provide the level of resources and numbers of pediatric specialists available at UCSF Children’s Hospital.

• A helipad at Mission Bay would provide more immediate access for the most critical of these children. Speeding the UCSF Transport Team to the bedside, or airlifting from a remote hospital will save many lives.

Use of Helicopter Transport:

• Helicopter access to UCSF Children’s Hospital will be limited to the most critical and life-threatening situations

• The types of patients that would require helicopter transport include:

- A newborn with a life-threatening heart defect that requires immediate surgery to survive

- A child with septic shock and organ failure who may die within hours

- A pregnant woman with severe pre-eclampsia, threatening her life and the life of her baby

• Helicopter transport requires a physician’s approval before it is dispatched

• All patients with less serious conditions will be transported by ground ambulance or airplane ambulance for longer distances

A helicopter will NOT be used for:

• Routine transport of stable patients

• Transport of patients from UCSF to other facilities

• Transport of staff, administrators or other non-patient related travel

Estimated Transports Per Day:

Current information on actual projected use of the helipad is as follows:

Projected Annual Transports: 500 per year

Projected Monthly Transports: 40 per month

Projected Daily Transports: 1.4 per day

(This is well within the average for other non-trauma center children’s hospitals, and includes neonatal, pediatric, and maternal patients).

 

Helicopter Daily Average Arrival Times:

7 a.m. – 3 p.m. 0.58 per day (42%)

3 p.m. – 11 p.m. 0.55 per day (40%)

11 p.m. – 7 a.m. 0.25 per day (18%)

Helicopter Monthly Average Arrival Times:

7 a.m. - 3 p.m. 17.5 per month (42%)

3 p.m. – 11 p.m. 16.6 per month (40%)

11 p.m. – 7 a.m. 7.5 per month (18%)

Approvals:

• San Francisco Board of Supervisors must approve the helipad before the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) - Aeronautics Division will consider UCSF’s application to construct and operate the helipad.

• UCSF is also required to obtain an FAA Airspace Determination to ensure that the proposed flight paths are clear of obstructions and meet dimensional requirements, prior to requesting approval by Caltrans.

You are invited to community meetings to discuss the proposed exterior design of the

UCSF Mission Bay hospital complex:
Tuesday, Oct. 2 and Wednesday, Oct. 24
6:00-8:00 p.m.

UCSF Mission Bay Campus
Genentech Hall, 600 16th Street, Room N-114

See flier: hosp ad pot view oct 2007.pdf

You are invited to community meetings to discuss the proposed exterior design of the

UCSF Mission Bay hospital complex:
Tuesday, Oct. 2 and Wednesday, Oct. 24
6:00-8:00 p.m.

UCSF Mission Bay Campus
Genentech Hall, 600 16th Street, Room N-114

See flier: hosp ad pot view oct 2007.pdf

(reprinted from the September 2007 Potrero Boosters newsletter)

Since December, dozens of Potrero Hill residents (between 30 and 70 neighbors at every meeting so far) have been working to come up with a stronger, more responsive, and more thorough community-based planning process. These workshops were convened by the Boosters, the Dogpatch Neighborhood Association, the Potrero Hill Association of Merchants and Businesses, and Save Potrero as a way to improve the long-term rezoning process that has taken the City’s Planning Department most of this decade to develop. We will be publishing our community land use recommendations in late October.

At Tuesday’s Boosters meeting (September 25), we be will continuing our conversation from the last meeting on September 8, where we discussed strategies to get meaningful contributions to public benefits into our neighborhood planning.

Here’s some of what we’ve accomplished at Plan Potrero Hill in these past months:
• We’ve built a growing consensus around a new land use map, showing the centers of our new neighborhoods, and locations for open space.
• We’ve contained bioscience uses and large offices in one large portion of the Central Waterfront.
• We’ve combined the Showplace Square and Central Waterfront neighborhoods, and added the Port, Mission Bay, UCSF, and public housing land to our planning area.
• We’ve added the Department of Public Health’s ENCHIA standards to our public benefits discussion.
• We’ve demanded that transit improvements have to be part of new developments in our neighborhoods.
• We helped develop one of the best Planning Dept. proposals in years for getting sites for affordable housing.
• We’ve revived discussion about legalizing in-law units.
• We’ve influenced the Planning Department staff consensus, changing their proposed zoning map and getting us closer than we have ever been to good planning for our new neighborhoods.
None of these things were true in December 2006.

The big remaining problem, as it was in December 2006, is creating a real public benefits program to go along with the zoning. It’s hung us up for most of the summer, just like it’s hung up the Planning Department.

In December 2006, the proposed Potrero Hill area plan needed strong analysis of neighborhood needs, a clear strategy for funding necessary improvements, and official ‘nexus’ studies connecting the two. In September 2007, those things are still needed, especially the ‘nexus’ studies. The Planning Department tells us they will have those studies late this year.

But what are our neighborhood’s priorities, once we have those studies? (We will make some progress on this question at Tuesday night’s Boosters meeting.) And, just as important, how does the Planning Department handle building projects in the ‘pipeline’ – those who have current applications and are pushing for approval now, before the plans are adopted?

The city’s Planning Commission’s made one ill-considered attempt at a decision on that second question with a vote on August 30, where they decided to exempt all pipeline projects from making any significant contributions to public improvements if they are approved in the next few months. That was a spectacularly stupid vote (some commissioners were falling asleep as they were voting!), with potentially huge implications. At this point, many years into a long planning process, there are dozens and dozens of projects, with thousands of housing units, in the Showplace Square/Central Waterfront ‘pipeline.’ Any decision on those pipeline projects could affect more than half of the entire future development of our new neighborhoods; so exempting those projects from contributing to public benefits could destroy our planning before it’s even completed.

Fortunately for us, we continue to have a Board of Supervisors that is willing to protect our neighborhoods during this critical final stretch of the community planning process. This past Tuesday, Supervisor Tom Ammiano introduced a strong set of interim controls designed to limit approvals of ‘pipeline’ projects in the Eastern Neighborhoods while plans for those neighborhoods are being completed. At the moment, interim controls are our best hope to ensure that everyone contributes their fair share to our future neighborhoods, and Potrero Hill has to show up to support the Board when the time comes to consider the controls in October.

For more background and info, join us on Tuesday! NOW MORE THAN EVER, your input is critical in making this neighborhood, your neighborhood.