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…
Publisher’s View: San Francisco
PV Staff Take this quiz to determine if you’re a real San Franciscan! 1) Which vehicle would you rather be stuck behind? a) A Cruise or Waymo driverless vehicle.b) An Uber driver…
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Potrero View Staff Money for Housing Various state agencies, including the California Department of Housing and Community Development, are gifting the City and County of San Francisco $163.6 million to build new homes…
Letters to the Editor: October 2023
Editor, Potrero Hill is crisscrossed with high voltage power cables. In event of a significant earthquake some of these will fall on to old wooden houses. At the top of…
New Speed Bumps on Wisconsin Street
Terence Jones Last August signs were erected on Wisconsin Street that indicated parking would be prohibited for four days, with a permit reference to Yerba Buena Engineering. Residents were irritated by disruption…
Hill Resident Lucho Ramirez Nurtures Latino Film Festival
Lisa Ryers In 2008 Lucho Ramirez founded Cine+Mas SF, showcasing 15 independent films from the Spanish-speaking world. Today, the festival screens about 70 features a year, including eight short programs. Most of…
Two Days in Dogpatch
Jenna Duncan Dogpatch is a fun place to wander around and explore, with its numerous parks, green spaces, and clearly identified slow streets and walking paths. One place worth visiting, the Museum…
Ice Cream Returns to the Hill
Mike Lin Last month the awning at the former location of Dave’s Food Store on 20th and Connecticut streets sported new signage: Loard’s Ice Cream. The impending arrival of the parlor signaled…
Community Calendar: October 2023
10/13 Friday through 11/4 SaturdayTheater: ReOrient Festival of Short PlaysGolden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company devoted to the Middle East, reprises its signature ReOrient Festival of Short Plays,…
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
Jessica Zimmer 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…
Publisher’s View: Beyond Buzzed
It’s 1:30 a.m. Debbie and I are sound asleep, naked under the covers, when our daughter, Sara, along with her cousin, Sophia – both college seniors home for the summer…
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Potrero View Staff Editorial Tapped Out Harmonic Brewing will close its Dogpatch taproom at the end of October, a few months after Potrero Hill’s Anchor turned off its taps. Harmonic founders Jon Verna and…
Letters to the Editor: September 2023
Editor, As a longtime Potrero Hill resident I’ve seen a lot of changes in our neighborhood. We’ve faced many challenges from greedy developers and municipal agencies. For example, the San…
Dogpatch, Mishpot, Mission Bay, and Potrero Hill Have Younger Populations, Newer Housing, More Renters
Dogpatch and Mission Bay are amongst the last neighborhoods to be settled in San Francisco. More than 50 percent of these communities’ housing stock was built in the 21st Century,…
Community Calendar: September 2023
Community: West SoMA CleanupJoin the Civic Joy Fund, RefuseRefuseSF, Shine On, San Francisco Public Works, and TogetherSF for a friendly neighborhood cleanup! Volunteers will clean for one hour, then enjoy…
Cafe Da Fonk!
Danny Pham Rising expenses, labor shortages, equipment failures, COVID hardships, and the impending sale of the 300 De Haro Street complex in which her bakery was located prompted Yasmin Points to close…
Food Bank Struggles to Meet Demand with the End of Emergency Support
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…
Publisher’s View: 53
Steven J. Moss The View doesn’t have so much a business model as a business prayer. Every month, we hope that enough ads are booked, subscriptions taken, and donations received that we can…
Short Cuts
Anchor Drop After Anchor Brewing Company announced it was shutting down last month several San Franciscans, as well as the brewery’s union, indicated they wanted to purchase the brand. Anchor…
Port, Rec and Parks Assume Responsibility for 18 Mission Bay Parks
Last month, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (RPD) and Port of San Francisco assumed maintenance and operation responsibilities for 18 Mission Bay parks. The more than 24 acres…
