Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Mayor Newsom

Standing Up to Sit-Lie

By Chris Carlsson | Mar 17, 2010 | 64 Comments

Hippies and punks have been sitting on Haight Street for almost a half century. Will they soon be criminals? (Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, via http://foundsf.org) As San Francisco moves closer to a decision on a new sit-lie ordinance that proponents say would facilitate the SFPD’s clearing of unsavory elements off of sidewalks in neighborhoods like […]

The Hopes and Challenges for Remaking San Francisco’s Market Street

By Matthew Roth | Mar 11, 2010 | 21 Comments

Trial traffic diversions on Market Street. Photo: sfbike With six months of hindsight since San Francisco began trial traffic diversions and art in shuttered storefronts on Market Street, city leaders are taking stock of what has been successful and what has been less so. Within weeks, they expect to complete a scoping document and put […]

San Francisco Designing Public Amenities in Empty Lots

By Matthew Roth | Mar 10, 2010 | 3 Comments

Architectural rendering of two parcels adjacent to Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley, one of which is currently vacant and the other a parking lot. The project, called "proxy," would be developed for two to three years in space that will eventually be housing. Images: Envelope Architecture and Design. At a forum hosted by the San […]

Are More Service Cuts the Last Straw For a Public Fed Up With Muni?

By Matthew Roth | Feb 26, 2010 | 48 Comments

Photo: blarfiejandro Widespread outrage at the MTA Board, so visibly on display at today’s meeting on Muni service cuts and fare increases, appears to be driving a growing surge of organizing that transit supporters hope might finally create a sustained movement with the potential to pressure the MTA into developing long-term fixes for Muni. Most […]

Mayor Newsom Announces 12 New Pavement to Parks Projects for 2010

By Matthew Roth | Feb 25, 2010 | 8 Comments

Photo of Showplace Triangle Plaza, formerly a street and parking lot. Photo: Captin Nod San Francisco’s two newest Pavement to Parks plazas got an official launch ceremony this afternoon after several months of public use, along with a promise from the Mayor to build twelve more public spaces like them before the end of the […]

Seniors, Youth and Disabled To Get Reprieve on Muni Fast Pass Increases

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 25, 2010 | 22 Comments

Mayor Newsom fields questions from reporters today at Showplace Triangle. Streetsblog reporter Michael Rhodes in foreground. Photo by Bryan Goebel. MTA Board Director Bruce Oka has confirmed to Streetsblog that a proposal to increase monthly Fast Pass prices for seniors, youth and the disabled will not be considered to help solve the MTA’s budget crisis […]

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