Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bevan Dufty

Better Streets Plan Provisions Stripped from Chiu Garage Legislation

By Michael Rhodes | Mar 18, 2010 | 12 Comments

Revised legislation could slow down Ellis Act evictions in Chinatown, North Beach, and Telegraph Hill, but would not require garages to meet the design principles in the Better Streets Plan. Photo: Michael Rhodes In a move to gain the support of Supervisor Bevan Dufty, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu has stripped language from his […]

Supervisors Delay Final Vote on Garage Legislation for Another Week

By Michael Rhodes | Mar 9, 2010 | 9 Comments

Supervisor David Chiu has sponsored a measure to ban garages built following no-fault tenant evictions in parts of the Northeast corner of San Francisco. Photo: Michael Rhodes For a second time in two weeks, the Board of Supervisors today delayed a final vote on legislation that would impose stricter rules on the construction of new […]

Supervisors to Take Final Vote on Garage Legislation Tomorrow

By Michael Rhodes | Mar 8, 2010 | 9 Comments

Flickr photo: ChazWags The Board of Supervisors will vote tomorrow on legislation that would limit new garages in Chinatown, North Beach and Telegraph Hill. After approving the legislation on first reading by a 7-2 vote on February 9, the supervisors voted on February 23 to continue the measure until tomorrow. Supervisor Bevan Dufty, whose vote […]

Dufty Still Deliberating as Garage Legislation Vote Looms

By Michael Rhodes | Feb 22, 2010 | 10 Comments

Preparing for a new garage addition. Photo: Michael Rhodes Supervisor Bevan Dufty says he is still considering how he will vote tomorrow on legislation that would limit new garages in existing buildings in Chinatown, North Beach, and Telegraph Hill and eliminate minimum parking requirements in those neighborhoods. Advocates are urging him to support the measure, […]

Advocates, Supervisors Push for Alternatives to Proposed Muni Service Cuts

By Michael Rhodes | Jan 18, 2010 | 16 Comments

With the MTA proposing deep service cuts to Muni and $5 fares on historic streetcars, transit advocates are concerned about where the city’s transit system is headed. Flickr photo: Thomas Hawk. A proposal to drastically cut Muni service while raising some fares has angered and energized transit riders in advance of Tuesday’s MTA Board meeting, […]

Mayor, MTA and Bike Activists Celebrate First New Bike Lane in Three Years

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 3, 2009 | 18 Comments

SFBC’s Leah Shahum, the MTA’s Oliver Gajda and SFBC Board Member Dan Nguyen-Tan in the freshly painted green bike box on Scott Street at Oak. Photo by Bryan Goebel. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, three members of the Board of Supervisors, MTA officials, SFBC staff and bicyclists — standing in the glaring fall sun amidst […]

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