Potrero View: January 2018
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January 2018
A Day in Dogpatch, Potrero Hill, and Environs – January 2018
Brett Yates Last year, I recounted in this column that, while walking home from an automobile repair shop, I discovered Martita’s Kitchen, a Mexican restaurant on Marin Street located amidst the mostly…
St. Ignatius Creates Junior High School Program
Jacob Bourne St. Ignatius College Preparatory, a Catholic Jesuit high school located on 37th Avenue, has been educating Bay Area children for 160 years. Tuition for the 2017-2018 school year is $22,780…
Mission Rock Development Continues to Roll
Michael Iacuessa The San Francisco Planning Commission’s October approval may not have been the fall victory San Francisco Giants fans would’ve liked, but it’s a solid leadoff single for the team’s plans…
Publishers View: Heat
Steven J. Moss Last year’s heat waves – peaking at a scorching 106 degrees in San Francisco in the fall – may be the new normal. There’s nothing we can do about whatever…
Letters to the Editor
Editor, I noticed that in the December issue headlines above articles written about three men running for District 10 Supervisor mentioned each candidate by name. Yet Uzuri Pease-Green, the only…
Short Cuts
Potrero View Staff Editorial Corovan Last fall, Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ming-mei Lee issued an order that upheld San Francisco Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors approvals for a mixed-use project at 901 16th…
Vis Valley Activist Neo Veavea Vies for District 10 Supervisor
Jessica Zimmer At the end of last year, community activist Neo Veavea launched his campaign for the District 10 Board of Supervisors seat. Veavea, who has lived in the District for 50…
Buy Nothing Inspires Local Gift Economy
An initiative to foster communities of giving and sharing that started in Bainbridge, Washington, in 2013 now has a local group serving Potrero Hill and Dogpatch. The Buy Nothing project…
City Continues to Grapple with Homelessness
Chris Block and Steven J. Moss Last fall, Randy Quesada, Communications and Community Relations Manager for the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (DHSH), provided the View with a tour of the Central Waterfront Navigation Center,…
Longtime Potrero Hill Resident Ron Miguel Moves Across Town
Rebekah Moan Despite decades engaged in public forums, former San Francisco Planning Commission president Ron Miguel is a private person. Don’t expect a tell-all memoir from him anytime soon; he’d rather talk…
Community Calendar: January 2018
Now through 1/6/18 – Art: Xiaoze Xie: Nocturnes Xiaoze Xie observes daily life, particularly night scenes, to create theatrically lit, stage-like spaces with an ambiguous atmosphere and mood in paintings…
Margaret Keyes, Potrero Hill Resident, Passes
Last fall, several months after moving to St. Paul’s Towers in Oakland, Margaret Frings Keyes died, at the age of 88. Keyes, a Jungian psychotherapist and writer, participated in clinical…