http://missionlocal.org News From San Francisco's Mission District Thu, 23 May 2013 16:00:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/conversation-with-campos-14/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/conversation-with-campos-14/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 14:30:00 +0000 Tay Wiles http://missionlocal.org/?p=233120 Editor’s note: This column is part of Mission Local’s series of conversations with Supervisor David Campos, addressing issues and events in the Mission and the city of San Francisco. If you have questions for Campos, send an email to missionlocal@gmail.com. Mission Local: Mission Local has been covering the buffer zone for reproductive health clinics in San Francisco, [a measure] which you spearheaded. Was there a specific incident that motivated you to write...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/conversation-with-campos-14/feed/ 13 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/the-mission-braces-for-street-and-sewer-overhauls/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/the-mission-braces-for-street-and-sewer-overhauls/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 13:45:45 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=232052 Mission residents can anticipate seven more months of open trenches and orange vests as city agencies prepare to add one more street to the neighborhood’s growing portfolio of aging roads and sewers getting an overdue makeover. Guerrero Street between 19th and Cesar Chavez streets, which hasn’t been resurfaced in 30 years, is the latest to go under the knife — the sixth project in the Mission for city agencies this...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/the-mission-braces-for-street-and-sewer-overhauls/feed/ 17 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/valencia-sewer-system-to-get-green-improvements/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/valencia-sewer-system-to-get-green-improvements/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 14:00:01 +0000 Laia Gordi http://missionlocal.org/?p=231966 When most people think about sewer systems, they’re likely to envision unsightly industrial facilities like pump stations and treatment plants. But in several San Francisco neighborhoods, including the Mission District, public debate is focusing increasingly on innovative approaches to public water management through green projects like rain gardens, vegetated roofs and sidewalk trees as ways to improve the city’s sewer system. With its Mission and Valencia Green Gateway project, the...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/valencia-sewer-system-to-get-green-improvements/feed/ 5 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/conversation-with-campos-13/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/conversation-with-campos-13/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:45:19 +0000 Tay Wiles http://missionlocal.org/?p=231600 Editor’s note: This column is one of a biweekly series of conversations with District 9 Supervisor David Campos addressing issues and events in the Mission. If you have questions for Campos, send an email to missionlocal@gmail.com. Mission Local: Condo conversion has come up again recently, as legislation has been proposed to help people convert their tenancies-in-common to condos in order to have full ownership over their unit. But tenants’ rights...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/conversation-with-campos-13/feed/ 6 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/24th-street-to-be-repaved-this-summer/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/24th-street-to-be-repaved-this-summer/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:45:55 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=231389 After more than two decades, 24th Street is set to be repaved from Guerrero Street to Potrero Avenue this summer, said officials from the Department of Public Works. Crews from Ruiz Construction Company are currently excavating to replace sewer lines on Shotwell Street and repaving part of the north sidewalk of 24th between Treat Avenue and Harrison Street. The work will set the stage for repaving 24th, which will begin...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/24th-street-to-be-repaved-this-summer/feed/ 7 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/open-source-software-maker-races-to-funding-deadline/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/open-source-software-maker-races-to-funding-deadline/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:36:24 +0000 Christy Khoshaba http://missionlocal.org/?p=230467 In a bold experiment, nonprofit Mission software developer Yorba Foundation is bidding for sustainable support through crowdfunding for its open-source email program, Geary. Founded in 2009 by Google alumnus Adam Dingle, the Capp Street nonprofit aims to raise $100,000 in the next nine days via a campaign on the funding platform Indiegogo. If the plan works, Yorba’s strategy could blaze a trail for other open-source companies to support the creation...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/open-source-software-maker-races-to-funding-deadline/feed/ 1 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/conversation-with-campos-12/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/conversation-with-campos-12/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:45:01 +0000 Tay Wiles http://missionlocal.org/?p=230620 Editor’s note: This column is one of a series of biweekly conversations with District 9 Supervisor David Campos addressing issues and events in the Mission. If you have questions for Campos, send an email to missionlocal@gmail.com. Mission Local: Wednesday was a national day of action to support immigration reform, which is being debated in Washington, D.C. What specifically would you like to see in an immigration reform bill? David Campos:...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/conversation-with-campos-12/feed/ 8 http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/conversation-with-campos-11/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/conversation-with-campos-11/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:45:26 +0000 Tay Wiles http://missionlocal.org/?p=229486 Editor’s note: With this column, Mission Local is resuming its biweekly conversations with District 9 Supervisor David Campos, addressing issues and events in the Mission. If you have questions for Campos, send an email to missionlocal@gmail.com. Mission Local: The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week regarding the constitutionality of same-sex marriage. Justice Samuel Alito was quoted as asking: “You want us to step in and render a decision based...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/conversation-with-campos-11/feed/ 4 http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/protesters-at-planned-parenthood-may-face-new-25-foot-buffer-zone/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/protesters-at-planned-parenthood-may-face-new-25-foot-buffer-zone/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:45:23 +0000 Carly Nairn http://missionlocal.org/?p=228841 Protesters against Planned Parenthood may have to shout a little louder to be heard if the amendments to the San Francisco Access to Health Care Facilities ordinance introduced by Supervisor David Campos on Tuesday are approved. The amendments would create a buffer zone in front of health care facilities like the Valencia Street Planned Parenthood clinic that would prohibit protesters, whose main objections are the abortions performed at the clinic,...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/protesters-at-planned-parenthood-may-face-new-25-foot-buffer-zone/feed/ 51 http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/new-northeast-mission-parking-plan-draws-heated-response/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/new-northeast-mission-parking-plan-draws-heated-response/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:49:49 +0000 Tay Wiles http://missionlocal.org/?p=228878 A plan to install parking meters in the northeast Mission, brought to a halt over a year ago by community opposition, has come back to life amid renewed skepticism from some residents and business owners. “Parking is the most controversial topic that any neighborhood ever takes on,” said Jeffrey Tumlin, a transportation consultant helping the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency present its proposal to a fractious community. In January of last year,...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/new-northeast-mission-parking-plan-draws-heated-response/feed/ 17