The approval of the massive Parkmerced redevelopment project by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has come up against opposition that could send the issue to voters.
San Francisco Tenants Union director Ted Gullicksen submitted 19,050 signatures for a referendum on the Parkmerced vote shortly after 4:30 pm Friday at City Hall.
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A 21-year-old woman was forcibly robbed of her purse in Parkmerced on Thursday, cops said.The woman was walking in the 100 block of Bucarelli Drive around 9:20 p.m. when two suspects came up from behind and pushed her to the ground, police said. One of the thugs, described by police as men in their 20s, held the woman down while the other grabbed her purse. The thieves fled on foot with the victim’s purse and cash, cops said. No arrests have been made.
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Mayor Ed Lee signed legislation Thursday that allows the controversial development of the 152-acre Parkmerced site in The City’s southwest corner, according to spokeswoman Christine Falvey.
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When San Francisco turns a corner, it usually means it’s headed straight into a brick wall.But lately, some controlling forces have taken hold that have helped The City bypass its normal route, resulting in real progress for a place that in recent years has seen reason to take a retreat.
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Keeping San Francisco from becoming a forest of skyscrapers once dominated conversations about development in The City. Opposition to such “Manhattanization” was a platform that environmentalists, neighborhood groups and outright foes of development used to block construction projects.But times have changed.
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Despite concerns from existing Parkmerced tenants about their future housing, a massive development of 5,700 new housing units on San Francisco’s west side was narrowly approved Tuesday.The 152-acre Parkmerced site will undergo a major redevelopment after the Board of Supervisors approved the project in a 6-5 vote.
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The Board of Supervisors is set to consider the massive redevelopment plan for the Parkmerced neighborhood Tuesday, following a two-month delay to consider whether the rights of displaced tenants will be protected during the multidecade project that seeks to demolish 1,500 homes.
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A promise to relocate tenants in 1,538 units slated for demolition at Parkmerced could not be legally enforced if the owners of the development backed out, putting those tenants at risk, according to a civil grand jury report issued Tuesday.
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By:
Steve Falk
05/04/11 10:58 PM
Recently, I wrote about the Treasure Island redevelopment — an important project that business and labor wholeheartedly agree on. Today, the same business-labor alliance is alive and well in Parkmerced.
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A Board of Supervisors hearing on the $1.2 billion Parkmerced redevelopment project has been continued until May 24, when supervisors are set to meet in closed session with developers and the City Attorney’s Office over rent control measures.
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