Community Mourns Loss of Defense Attorney
Jacob Bourne “She was a larger than life person,” said Mark Iverson, reflecting on Marla Zamora’s influence as a lawyer in the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office. Iverson, a senior trial attorney…
June 2016
The Hill Has High STD Rates
Annika Darling The incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in San Francisco has been rising steadily over the past several years, mirroring a national trend. And Southside neighborhoods – including Potrero Hill,…
City Eyes Dismantling Interstate-280
Michael Iacuessa One of the possible train routes to the under-construction Transbay Transit Center, located at First and Mission streets, being studied by the San Francisco Planning Department would include dismantling the…
Publisher’s View: Hamilton
Steven J. Moss Hamilton, which opened on Broadway last summer, and has been sold-out ever since, offers a spirited remedy to the current milieu of bigotry, nativism, classism and nascent apathy. The musical…
Short Cuts
PV Staff Mac How much macaroni and cheese can Potrero Hill eat? We’re about to find out. After just five months, Dat Spot, on 18th Street, closed and, last month, reopened as…
OP-ED Vote NO on Proposition B
Joni Eisen The Potrero Hill Democratic Club recommends voting against Proposition B on this month’s ballot. Proposition B would extend and augment the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department’s guaranteed portion of…
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Brilliant April Fools’ issue! Thanks for keeping it creative. Kate Hilsenbeck Denver, Colorado Editor, I was really happy to see Claire Botsy’s piece, “Anti-Abortion “Clinics” Continue to Operate in…
View Election Recommendations
Proposition A, Public Health and Safety Bond: No. Proposition B, Recreation and Open Space Fund: No. Proposition C, Charter Amendment, Affordable Housing Requirements: Yes! Proposition D, Office of Citizen Complaints…
Electricity and Phone Wires Continue to Blight Landscape
Kayci Weaver San Francisco has a long history of investing in municipal improvements, including preserving open spaces, cleaning up the Bay and beautifying the Embarcadero. But one effort to improve aesthetics has…
City and County Has More Than 60 Commissions
Dave Kostiuk The City and County of San Francisco maintains more than 60 commissions and boards, which’re overseen by individuals nominated either by the Mayor or the San Francisco Board of Supervisors…
Showplace Square Parking Gets Metered
The blocks surrounding Showplace Square and the California College of the Arts (CCA) have been a longstanding parking haven for commuters, oversized vehicles, and residents. Over time regulations have tightened…
Parking Debate Continues in Dogpatch
Dogpatch residents and nearby neighbors, as well as San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) representatives, crowded into Dogpatch Neighborhood Association’s April meeting to discuss proposed parking management strategies. Many participants…
California College of the Arts to Build 200-Bed Apartment Complex, 400-Bed Dorm
Jessica Zimmer The California College of the Arts (CCA) plans to add a 200-bed student apartment complex at 75 Arkansas Street, followed by a 600-bed dormitory at 184 to 188 Hooper Street,…
What Constitutes a Neighbor: Homeless on the Hill
Chris Block Last month the City dismantled a homeless encampment located at the knot of streets that feed into Highway 101 and Cesar Chavez, scattering upwards of 100 individuals into shelters and…
Animal Care and Control Eager for New Shelter
San Francisco Animal Care and Control’s 1200 15th Street location was built in 1931 as a warehouse. In 1989, the City took six-months to renovate the building into an animal…
Church Windows’ Fate to be Decided by Planning Commission
Jordan Katz A controversial proposal to build condominiums on the 500 block of De Haro Street will go before the San Francisco Planning Commission on June 2. The plan, in which a…
San Francisco Transitioning Street Lamps to LED
Paige Pollock Technology has come a long way since electrical municipal street lamps were first installed mid-century last. Today’s street lighting provides lower-cost, more environmentally friendly illumination through the use of innovative…
Veterans Find Ways to Express Themselves at Heroes’ Voices
David Matsuda By 2006, politicians realized that American forces in Afghanistan and Iraq weren’t fighting the World War II style mass-on-mass, force-on-force conflicts for which soldiers were trained. Instead, the U.S. military…
SOMArts Cultural Center Hires New Director
SOMArts Cultural Center – which provides space and production support to more than 100 nonprofit events, and offers no- and low-cost art exhibitions, performances, and classes – hired Maria Jenson…
Arts Calendar
June 1 through July 16 Exhibit: Jenny Bloomfield Twinning: Recent Diptychs is an exhibit of new works in oil on canvas in diptych format by Jenny Bloomfield. Born in London,…
Community Calendar
June 6 Family: Yoga and Playtime This song- and play-filled class will help teach your crawler or toddler, up to two years-old, yoga basics. 10 a.m. Recess, 470 Carolina Street.…
Another San Francisco Couple Exits the Scene
Peter Rudolfi I came to San Francisco in 1964. My wife, Rhonda, arrived in the Bay Area in 1981. Last month, after living here for more than a half-century, we sold our…
Advocates Consider Shifting Fields, Relocating Clubhouse, at Jackson Playground
Last month, 50 Potrero Hill residents voted on three alternatives to remaking Jackson Park, with a majority supporting expanding the park onto Carolina Street. Concerns over parking dissuaded most voters…
Community Wants to Repurpose Caltrain Eyesore
What was once a dumping ground is being transformed into an oasis for Potrero Hill and Dogpatch residents. “It was an abandoned lot filled with garbage and trash, really rough…
Why I Choose to Raise my Family in San Francisco
Jason Barton It was a Sunday morning and my then four year-old son, Connor, was getting restless. I offered several of our regular parks – Jackson, McKinley, and Potrero Recreation Center –…