Author Archives: BCNA Board

OFFICIAL BCNA NEWS

Although almost everyone in San Francisco thinks The City needs more affordable housing, when it comes to getting agreement on where to place those units, the devil is in the details.

The Barbary Coast Neighborhood Association (BCNA) has taken a leadership position in fleshing out the various scenarios that an affordable housing project on Seawall Lot 322 might look like.

The Port of San Francisco is proposing to develop just such a project project on a Port owned lot at Broadway and Front streets.  And like most development proposals, there is little consensus.

In November, the BCNA co-sponsored a community meeting to ensure the neighborhood was informed about the proposal.  Continue Reading→

On the Waterfront is a regular column by June A. Osterberg

OFFICIAL BCNA NEWS

Much of the ongoing, and sometimes dubious, transformation of the waterfront results from the fact that the Port of San Francisco is an enterprise agency.

When the State gave the Port back to the City in 1968 the Port became part of the city framework but has to support itself.  (The airport also is an enterprise agency.) Continue Reading→

OFFICIAL BCNA CONTENT

The coalition that helped defeat the 8 Washington condo project have now started to actively solicit funds to pay for legal expenses in a court battle to keep an initiative on the ballot that would make developers get voter approval for waterfront projects that exceed current height limits.

On Feb. 14, two of the 8 Washington luxury condo proponents backed by a big waterfront developer sued the City of San Francisco in a attempt to remove the Waterfront Height Limit Protection Initiative from this June’s ballot. Continue Reading→