A Day in Dogpatch
Jenna Duncan Consisting of equal measures of residential and commercial enterprises, Dogpatch increasingly offers destination shopping, eating, and has emerged as a prime node for art galleries and institutions. Located in Crane…
Features
Incidences of Rape Decline, While Robberies and Murders Increase
Jessica Zimmer Between 2022 and 2023, San Francisco saw a three percent dip in overall crime and a marked reduction in certain offenses, including rape, down 17 percent; assault and burglary, both…
Affordable Housing Slated for Pennsylvania Avenue
Rebekah Moan Mayor London Breed’s Housing for All plan, announced earlier this year, has a goal of building 82,000 new homes over the next eight years, with roughly 60 percent, or 46,000,…
Starr King: One Campus, Two Schools
Chaitanya Tondepu Mosaics on the wall, the sound of kids laughing and playing in the yard, a painted eagle, and a sign that says, “LOVE TO LEARN LEARN TOGETHER”. This is what’s…
Fire Erupts at Potrero Terrace-Annex Housing Complex
A one-alarm fire erupted at 74 Dakota Street at approximately 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 27. No injuries occurred; the blaze took place in a vacant unit. The San Francisco…
San Francisco Flower Market to Bloom Next Year
Dwiveck Custodio After a decade of evolving relocation plans and construction delays, the San Francisco Flower Market will open at its new Potrero Hill location the first half of 2024. The move…
Smuin Contemporary Ballet to Celebrate its 30th Anniversary Next Year
With nearly $5 million budgeted for the 2023-2024 season, its largest ever operating expenditure level, Smuin Contemporary Ballet is working to make up a roughly $112,000 funding reduction from San…
Food Bank Struggles to Meet Demand with the End of Emergency Support
Danny Pham Every Saturday afternoon on the corner of De Haro and Mariposa streets, San Franciscans line up at Saint Gregory’s Episcopal Church promptly at noon to collect groceries provided by the…
SFMTA Releases Revised Proposal for 17th Street Bike Lane
Odin Thien-An Marin In June, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) released a revised proposal for a 17th Street Quick-Build Project, which’d rely on non-permanent materials, thereby shortening construction times and cutting…
Neighborhood Leaders Makes Things Better
The View canvassed its readers to identify individuals who volunteer their time to make a positive difference in their community, some of whom are described in this article. The paper…
Potrero Hill Parklets, Here to Stay?
Amidst the pandemic numerous curbside parklets appeared along 18th Street, providing restaurants with a vital lifeline and customers the ability to dine al fresco. The emergency Shared Spaces program enabled…
Potrero Annex-Terrace Mismanaged by Private Firm
Eugene Burger Management Corporation (EBMC) is mismanaging the Potrero Annex-Terrace and Sunnydale housing complexes, according to a San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA) report. Located around 26th and Connecticut streets, the…
Vermont Cleaners Struggles During Retrofit
Vermont Cleaners, located at 600 Vermont Street, has been in Benson Xu’s family since 1986. The business has survived an earthquake, recessions, and multiple robberies. Now as the building in…
City Sees Slow Rise in Pet Adoptions as Cost of Care Increases
Fewer animals are being adopted from San Francisco Animal Care & Control (SFACC) since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021 and 2022, 1,354 and 1,248 found a home,…
Starr King Open Space Elects Two New Board Members
Two new members were elected to the Starr King Open Space board of directors last month. Justin Briggs and Daniel Rozynski will each serve three-year terms, with the opportunity to…
Impulse Labs Cooking with Electricity
Vivien Wang Located at 1409 Minnesota Street, Impulse Labs launched last fall with an ambitious mission: to make it easier to electrify homes with better appliances. The goal originated as part of…
Dogpatch Family’s Entire Belongings Stolen from U-Haul
At the end of March, Deanna Borbon and René Felbermayr packed a U-Haul to move to Los Angeles with their two small children and left it parked on Texas Street…
Potrero Hill Artists’ Exhibition Returns after Brief Hiatus
Amateur and professional artists alike will have a chance to showcase their work at the Annual Potrero Hill Artists’ Exhibition hosted by the Potrero branch library. First launched in 1955,…
Dogpatch, Potrero Hill Beset with Unmaintained Right-of-Ways, Known as “Unaccepted Streets”
Residents of southeastern neighborhoods are frustrated by chronic municipal neglect of unaccepted streets, public right-of-ways also known as “dirt” or “paper” roads. These pathways may be narrow, have rough surfaces,…
Roughly Half of Potrero Hill High School Students Graduate
Downtown High School’s four-year graduation rates compare favorably to the San Francisco Unified District’s (SFUSD) average rates for the 2021-2022 cohort, while San Francisco International High School’s fell short. However,…
Residents Call for City, Developer to Proceed with Promised Rec Center Staircase
For almost a decade, residents have advocated for development of staircases from the point where 22nd Street turns onto Texas Street, next to The Landing at 1395 22nd Street, past…
San Francisco Invests in Youth Psychiatric Services
Matt Namy Late last year, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) awarded a $33.7 million grant to the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) to renovate space at The…
Mission Bay Branch Issues Most Library Cards in San Francisco
Located near the corner of Fourth and Berry streets, Mission Bay library—which opened on July 8, 2006—is the San Francisco Public Library’s (SFPL) youngest branch. With almost 36,000 visits last…
Dogpatch and Potrero Hill Green Benefit District to Hold Elections
Sara Powell The Dogpatch and Northwest Potrero Hill Green Benefit District (GBD) holds board elections this month. There are five open seats, all for three-year terms. Three are set aside for Dogpatch…
High Rates of Student Absenteeism on Potrero Hill
Last year, three public schools located on Potrero Hill grappled with distressing levels of chronic student absenteeism. In 2022, 39 percent of students at Daniel Webster Elementary School, 29 percent…
