Saturday, November 7, 2009

Sharp Park News from the Usual Suspects.


■S.F. plan to alter golf course to save critters (Chronicle) 11/07/09
■Fight continues over fate of Sharp Park course (Chronicle) 08/31/09
■San Mateo County, Pacifica brought into Sharp Park talks (San Mateo County Times) 05/11/09
■Big plans for Sharp Park Golf Course move forward in San Francisco (San Mateo County Times) 05/01/09
■Sharp Park might be returned to wetlands (Examiner) 04/30/09
■Sharp Park losses less than expected (Examiner) 04/29/09
■Habitat restoration at golf course target of legislation (Examiner) 03/18/09
■City Insider: Change ahead at Sharp Park? (Chronicle) 03/18/09

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Prop C Passes. SFRPD to generate a little more revenue.


(Senator Leland Yee, LiUNA!, Local 261 and SEIU UHW help kickoff the Prop C campaign.)
Just 15.4 percent of the city's 452,000 registered voters cast ballots in the election. Results here.

Another measure drawing some attention was Proposition C, to repeal a voter-approved 2004 proposition requiring the 49ers football stadium to be named Candlestick Park. Voters overwhelmingly approved the measure Tuesday.

It will allow the selling of stadium naming rights, with 50 percent of the proceeds received by the city going to fund directors at city recreation centers.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/04/BA9O1AE5TM.DTL#ixzz0W0t8Y8IO