City gets a big pile of fresh sand for Dolores Park — for free
Cemex USA, which has 450 concrete plants across the country, donated 20 tons of sand to Mission Dolores Park to replace sand that had to be removed when some thoughtless idiots broke beer bottles in the sandbox about two weeks ago.
The vandals smashed so many beer bottles that the play area was declared unsafe and the decision was made to remove all 20 tons of sand.
In February, someone hot-wired a construction vehicle and went for a joyride around the construction site, causing over $100,000 in damage.
“It’s a real pleasure to help ensure the prompt reopening of the sandbox,” said Cemex spokeswoman Sara Engdahl.
Supervisor Scott Wiener’s bill to slow down the explosion of “monster homes” in Corona Heights is headed to the Board of Supervisors for a vote Tuesday.
The legislation would require a conditional use hearing, a more in-depth environmental evaluation than is typical, for any new structure that exceeds 3,000 square feet or for any addition that increases the size of an existing home by more than 75 percent.
Investors have snapped up a dozen lots in the neighborhood, taking advantage of large hillside “through lots” that run between States Street and Ord Court.
Dozens of Corona Heights residents spoke in favor of the legislation at a Land Use and Transportation Committee meeting Monday, where the bill passed unanimously.
Judith Hoyem, president of the Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association, said she supports density and affordable housing, but not oversized homes.
Sonja Trauss, who heads the pro-development Bay Area Renters Federation, said if the city wants to reach its goal of 5,000 new housing units annually it’s going to be hard for every neighborhood.
[...] Wiener, who is generally pro-development, pointed out that Upper Market is part of the explosion of building currently going on in the city, with 1,000 new units recently completed, under construction or planned.
Rampant double parking is causing havoc on San Francisco’s streets, Supervisor Scott Wiener said Monday, calling on the city to issue more tickets to violators.
[...] double-parking citations decreased from 2013 to 2014, said Camron Samii, enforcement manager for the Municipal Transportation Agency, who gave an update to the Land Use committee Monday.