BCNA: On the Waterfront by June A. Osterberg, 8-15-14

OFFICIAL BCNA NEWS

ON THE WATERFRONT

Some of the Port’s Ups and Downs

Monique Moyer, executive director of the Port of San Francisco, opened her regular report to the City’s Port Commission August 12th with the comment that there was “a great turnout” for the Tuesday public meeting.

Indeed, the meeting room at the Ferry Building was full of people presumably eager to hear the Port’s own Review of the Waterfront Land Use Plan  1997-2014. (See Barbary Coast News dated August 13.) Continue Reading→

BCNA, area groups urge moderate-income, senior housing

OFFICIAL BCNA NEWS

The Port, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), is proposing to build affordable housing on the lot located at Broadway & Front Streets.  At a recent public meeting, the MOHCD recently outlined its objectives for the project.  Subsequently, BCNA and seven other neighborhood organizations released a joint letter urging the MOHCD to take a different approach toward the project. Continue Reading→