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District 3 Update
Legislation
See You in theDistrict
CommunityCalendar &Announcements
NeighborhoodOffice Hours
See you in theDistrict!
I always appreciatethe opportunity tomeet with myneighbors in District3. Please email myaide Amy Chan [email protected] you plan to comeby, since office hoursoccasionally need tobe rescheduled.
Upcoming OfficeHours: Friday, March 28,1:30 p.m. 2:30
Supervisor David Chiu March 2014NewsletterFriend- I'm excited to announce that District 3 will be kicking off a newround of Participatory Budgeting next week! Last year, myoffice piloted San Francisco’s first Participatory Budgetingprogram, giving District 3 residents the opportunity to directlyshape and vote on how to spend city monies on projects thathave already had an impact on our communities. Because thepilot was very successful, we were able to renew the funding forthe process again this year. District 3 residents over the age of 16 will have anotheropportunity to propose, deliberate and then vote on how tospend $100,000 of discretionary funding. I'm excited thatSupervisors Malia Cohen and Norman Yee have also decided toimplement participatory budgeting process in their districts tomake this a multi-district process. Join us for the first community meeting for District 3 nextWednesday:
Wednesday, 3/266:00 to 7:30 p.m.Tel-Hi Neighborhood Center, 660 Lombard Street
At the meeting, we will give an overview of participatorybudgeting and start brainstorming project ideas for our district.Those ideas will then be analyzed for cost and implementation
p.m.ChinatownSF Chinatown Library,1135 Powell Street Saturday, March 29,11:00 a.m. 12:00p.m.Middle PolkThe Crepe House,1755 Polk Street Friday, April 11, 1:30p.m. 2:30 p.m.ChinatownSF Chinatown Library,1135 Powell Street Saturday, April 19,11:00 a.m. 12:00p.m.Russian Hill Saint Frank Coffee,2340 Polk Street
Upcoming 2013CommunityCalendar
Saturday, March 22, 1p.m. 4 p.m.Fisherman’s WharfCBD Job FairTelegraph HillNeighborhood Center,555 Chestnut Street Polk StreetscapeProject Open HouseWednesday, March26, 5:30 7:30 p.m.Tenderloin ElementarySchool, 627 TurkStreet Wednesday, March 266 p.m. 7:30 p.m. District 3 ParticipatoryBudgeting KickoffMeetingTelHi NeighborhoodCenter, 660 LombardStreet Monday, March 31Cesar Chavez Day
feasibility by city departments and the Office of the Controller.We will return for another community meeting in April to decidewhich projects to put onto the ballot for voting. Please help us get the word out by inviting your neighbors to thekickoff meeting. For more information about participatorybudgeting and to start submitting project ideas, check out ournew website! You can also contact my aide Amy Chan [email protected] if you have any questions. Hope to see you next week!
David Chiu
District 3 Update
Time to Get Health Insurance Under the Affordable CareActThe next deadline for Covered California health insurance sign-ups is March 31, and the Department of Public Health (DPH) issponsoring a free health insurance event this Saturday, March22, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at City College. The event is free ofcharge and will help participants determine what programs theyare eligible for and how to enroll. More information is alsoavailable by checking the Covered California website, calling(800) 300-1506 or visiting SF Benefits Net at 1440 HarrisonStreet, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday April 9, 7p.m.Lower Polk NeighborsMonthly MeetingFirst CongregationalChurch, 1300 PolkStreet Saturday, April 12,12:30 p.m.District 3 ParticipatoryBudgeting ProjectVetting MeetingChinatown YMCA, 855Sacramento Street Sunday, April 13, 11a.m. 4 p.m.Sunday Streets,Tenderloin Wednesday, April 16,5:30 p.m.SFPD Central StationCommunity MeetingCentral Station, 766Vallejo Street Saturday, April 19,9:45 a.m.Middle PolkNeighborhood CleanUp Brownie’s HardwareStore, corner of Polk& Sacramento Sunday, April 20Easter
***If we missed yourevent or meeting,please send futureevents [email protected] we’ll include asmany as we can.
Market Street Safety Improvements Closer to RealityAfter years of pushing from pedestrian and bicycle safetyadvocates, my office (with two of my resolutions passed at theBoard), my colleague Supervisor Scott Wiener, and members oftheir own Board of Directors, the San Francisco MunicipalTransportation Agency (SFMTA) has finally provided the initialdetails of a plan to increase pedestrian and bicyclist safety onMarket Street. Market Street serves as the spine of SanFrancisco's sustainable transportation system, with more than200,000 transit riders on surface Muni routes, more than200,000 people walking, and thousands of people bicyclingevery weekday. If approved this summer, the changes onMarket Street, between Fifth Street and Montgomery Street,could begin later this year and will include traffic diversions thatwill direct private vehicles to turn off of Market Street atnumerous locations (similar to the existing diversions at 10th and6th streets). These safety improvements will be most welcome asthe City continues to work on the broader, more comprehensiveBetter Market Street plan. Polk Streetscape Open HouseAfter years of work and community input, City departments arehosting the final open house for the Polk Streetscape Projectnext Wednesday, March 26, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at TenderloinElementary at 627 Turk Street. Since releasing the PreferredAlternative for roadway design last July, the project team hasbeen refining the roadway design concept and investigatingoptions for public realm enhancements such as lighting,landscaping, bulbouts and alley improvements. PlanningDepartment, Department of Public Works, and SFMTA staffcollaborated with neighborhood group leaders and advocateslast fall to identify community preferences, and then investigatedthe feasibility and costs of these improvements. The open house will feature plans and illustrations of the visionfor Polk Street, and City staff will be on hand to answerquestions and listen to your thoughts on the conceptual design.Additional public input will be part of approval process for theroadway changes later this year at the SFMTA Board. Women’s History Month
I was proud to honor Kristie Fairchild for her incredible leadership addressing the needs of our
homeless residents at North Beach Citizens during the March 4 celebration of Women’s History
Month at the Board of Supervisors.
Legislation
In-Law Legislation at Land UseI’m happy to report that my legislation to legalize existing in-lawunits was recommended by the Planning and BuildingInspection Commissions, and will be heard at the Land UseCommittee this upcoming Monday, March 24th at 1:30pm inCity Hall. Over the decades, an estimated 40,000 in-law units were built inour city without permits, and a recent survey showed that theyhouse many of our most vulnerable San Franciscans - seniors,working families, immigrants and low-income residents. Ourlegislation, which was developed last year by a working groupof housing and tenant organizations, creates a voluntary programfor homeowners to apply for one additional unit to becomelegalized if it meets health and safety building coderequirements. Density and planning restrictions would bewaived. The goal is to bring tens of thousands of housing unitsinto the legal affordable housing stock, to protect tenants whohave lived without tenant protections in units that may not besafe, and to help homeowners make a long-term investment inaffordable housing. It’s important that we address the current housing affordabilitycrisis by looking at preserving existing affordable housing andprotecting our tenants in addition to developing new housing. By legalizing in-law units, we can make sure that we do notlose this vital source of affordable housing. Please join me inasking my colleagues for their support at the Land Use hearing.
Helping All San Franciscans Join Our Growing EconomyAs we work to make sure all San Franciscans can participate inour growing economy, we have a responsibility to ensure thatwe invest our workforce development dollars wisely. That’swhy I introduced legislation this week to better coordinate theCity’s $67.7 million spending on workforce developmentprograms. Currently, some 15 departments independently setpolicy for their own workforce programs without coordinationwith other similar workforce programs. Our City has lacked asystematic needs assessment, a citywide analysis of industrylabor demand, a comprehensive map of existing workforcedevelopment programs, and standardized performance measures.My legislation proposes a new entity that will oversee andcoordinate the plans, budgets and performance measures of theworkforce development initiatives in all City departments. Thisproposal will organize the existing fragmented system and createa coherent workforce strategy for the first time. For moreinformation about the proposal, please contact my aideCatherine Rauschuber at [email protected].
Nonprofit DisplacementMy legislation to assist non-profit organizations impacted byrising commercial rents in the Mid-Market area passed the firstreading at the Board of Supervisors. Funded in part with theincreased property tax revenue from the area, our $4.5 millionsupplemental appropriation would be used to fund anti-displacement measures like grants for rent subsidies, technicaland legal assistance, and property acquisition.
The Board has given first approval to generally allocate thefunding, and will later decide to release the funding for specificpurposes after the Mayor’s Office of Housing presentsrecommendations on programmatic and legislative solutions forhelping non-profits that are facing displacement. Oursupplemental appropriation would provide the funding to helprealize this comprehensive plan. It’s important that we are alsodoing everything we can to make sure that our non-profitorganizations are not left behind as we see success in Mid-Market and the rest of the City.
PAID FOR BY SUPERVISOR DAVID CHIU
Phone: (415) 5547450 • Fax: (415) 5547454 • [email protected]
