http://missionlocal.org News From San Francisco's Mission District Fri, 24 May 2013 22:00:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/snap-not-your-regular-pinata/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/snap-not-your-regular-pinata/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 16:00:45 +0000 Mission Loc@l Staff http://missionlocal.org/?p=232734 ]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/snap-not-your-regular-pinata/feed/ 0 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/qa-with-scott-wiener-condo-conversion-video-surveillance/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/qa-with-scott-wiener-condo-conversion-video-surveillance/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:45:38 +0000 Tay Wiles http://missionlocal.org/?p=231915 Mission Local sat down recently with District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener to talk about issues affecting San Franciscans and Mission residents. This interview is part of a series of monthly conversations between Mission Local and the supervisor. Readers with questions can send them to MissionLocal@gmail.com. Mission Local: You and Supervisor Mark Farrell recently proposed legislation to address long-standing problems faced by people who want to convert their tenancies-in-common [TIC] to full-ownership...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/qa-with-scott-wiener-condo-conversion-video-surveillance/feed/ 16 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/snap-hampsire-st-home-for-900k/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/snap-hampsire-st-home-for-900k/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:00:50 +0000 Mission Loc@l Staff http://missionlocal.org/?p=229750 ]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/snap-hampsire-st-home-for-900k/feed/ 2 http://missionlocal.org/2013/02/rental-availability-on-the-rise-rates-stabilized/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/02/rental-availability-on-the-rise-rates-stabilized/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:45:33 +0000 George Lipp http://missionlocal.org/?p=222293 It may not seem this way if you’ve been looking for an apartment in the Mission District lately, but there are more available rentals and, contrary to what many think, rates are stable, according to the latest numbers on Craigslist. The graphs below show apartments listed on Craigslist on the first and 15th of each month for the past three years. In the first graph below, available apartments are grouped...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/02/rental-availability-on-the-rise-rates-stabilized/feed/ 3 http://missionlocal.org/2012/11/you-can-live-in-a-shoebox-for-only-1500-per-month/ http://missionlocal.org/2012/11/you-can-live-in-a-shoebox-for-only-1500-per-month/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:00:54 +0000 Mateo Hoke http://missionlocal.org/?p=216874 You know how we San Franciscans are always complaining that our apartments are too big? Well, that’s no longer a problem. No more having to heat our over-sized mansions and furnish that pesky fifth bedroom. Micro-apartments are here! On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors approved plans to build hundreds of 220-square-foot apartments, some of which are slated for the Mission. Mayor Ed Lee still needs to sign the measure, but...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2012/11/you-can-live-in-a-shoebox-for-only-1500-per-month/feed/ 1 http://missionlocal.org/2012/10/developing-environments-celebrates-40-years/ http://missionlocal.org/2012/10/developing-environments-celebrates-40-years/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:00:41 +0000 Erik Neumann http://missionlocal.org/?p=211326 Developing Environments, one of San Francisco’s oldest artist live-work spaces, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this weekend. Behind its unassuming entrance at 540 Alabama St. are raw cement common rooms and the manicured living spaces of the 35 artists housed in the former fruit canning factory. Despite rising rents that have driven many individuals and arts groups to the comparatively cheap East Bay, Developing Environments has stayed vibrant like few...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2012/10/developing-environments-celebrates-40-years/feed/ 1 http://missionlocal.org/2012/09/planning-commission-approves-valencia-condos/ http://missionlocal.org/2012/09/planning-commission-approves-valencia-condos/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:41:46 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=201015 The San Francisco Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve Shizuo Holdings Trust’s plan to erect a 12-unit, 55-foot-tall building with 1,740 square feet of retail on the ground floor at 1050 Valencia St. ]]> http://missionlocal.org/2012/09/planning-commission-approves-valencia-condos/feed/ 24 http://missionlocal.org/2012/08/residents-divided-on-valencia-st-condos/ http://missionlocal.org/2012/08/residents-divided-on-valencia-st-condos/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:00:28 +0000 Liz Melchor http://missionlocal.org/?p=198866 Tensions ran high at a meeting last week when members of the Liberty Hill Neighborhood Association and the developer of a 12-unit building slated for construction at the corner of Valencia and Hill streets disagreed over plans for the project.]]> http://missionlocal.org/2012/08/residents-divided-on-valencia-st-condos/feed/ 91 http://missionlocal.org/2012/07/preservation-hall-west-eyes-fall-opening/ http://missionlocal.org/2012/07/preservation-hall-west-eyes-fall-opening/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:47:35 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=196196 If the folks over at Preservation Hall West, the jazz club under construction at 777 Valencia St., have their way, the venue will open sometime in October. That’s just in time for the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, where the band after which the club is named — Preservation Hall Jazz Band — is expected to perform. The timeline is a hopeful one and not guaranteed because of the complexities associated with a project of...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2012/07/preservation-hall-west-eyes-fall-opening/feed/ 1