Dear Neighbors,  

 

Last Tuesday August 12, DTNA members and other neighbors gathered for our 4th Neighborhood Meeting of 2025.  Facilitated by Vice-President Dennis Richards, the meeting's highlights include:

 

Our New SF Police Park Station Captain

• Introductions of Angela Wilhelm, the new Captain of SF Police's Park Station (SFPS), along with Officers Payne and Bratchikov.  We will be working with them to bring a member of their safety team to an upcoming meeting to help neighbors do their best to protect against bike stealing, car beak-ins and package theft, as well as other safety concerns. They reminded us to disable pull cords in garages, not to leave anything in your cars, and take care of your neighbors by bringing packages in for them.  And if you have cameras, SFPD can use those to help track down any culprits. For those who want to attend Park Station community meetings, they occur on the 4th Wednesday of every month at 6:30 via the zoom link here.

Upcoming Events

• Thursday August 21, 4:30 - 6:30: the inaugural Third Thursday Happy Hour on Noe between Henry and 14th, brought to you by Friends of Slow Noe.  Bring your own beverages, bring your kids, spend time with neighbors, and help make Noe a safe and enjoyable street for all!
• Saturday August 23, 12 - 5pm: Castro Carnival at Noe and Market Streets, brought to you by the Castro Merchants Association.  The event is free, full of games, clowns, magic,  food, and a dunk tank, where you can try your luck at dunking Supervisor Rafael Mandelman! If you care to volunteer, especially with the bake sale led by our own Kimyn Braithwaite, reach out to her at social@dtna.org.  
• Saturday August 23, 12 - 5pm: Duboce ParkJam is back, brought to you by Friends of Duboce Park. Learn more at friendsofdubocepark.org/parkjam.
• Saturday September 13, 11- 4pm:  Celebrate the 125th birthday of Duboce Park, brought to you by the Friends of Duboce Park. To register, check out the FODP wesbite here.

Our City Our Power

• Elisa Rodriguez Furey and Kristen Frick from the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) spoke with neighbors about Our City Our Power, the PUC's initiative to buy back our City's power grid from PG&E.   You can learn all about Our City Our Power here, and if you want to take action to support the initiative, click here.

Land Use, Vision 2030 and Beautification

• Land Use co-lead Dennis Richards presented on the process the Committee is undergoing to analyze the Mayor's Family Zoning Plan legislation, coalescing neighborhood survey results, and bringing the findings to Supervisor Mandelman in time for consideration by the Board of Supes, SF Planning and the Mayor's Office.  To learn more, reach out to Dennis or co-lead Eric Munsing at landuse@dtna.org.
• Vision 2030 co-lead Nathaniel Edwards presented on the Mayor's Love Our Neighborhoods program, which aims to simplify the permitting process for San Franciscans to make their neighborhoods more vibrant and welcoming. Reach out to vision2030@dtna.org to learn more.
• Our Beautification team wants you to know about a grant opportunity to have a Sidewalk Garden installed by Friends of the Urban Forest.  Turaround on this grant opportunity is fast upon us.  To learn more, join the Friends of the Urban Forest Sidewalk Gardens Duboce Triangle community meeting on Wednesday, August 27 from 6:30 – 7:30pm.  Join by video @ https://meet.google.com/vbq-eegm-nke, or dial in @ ‪(US) +1 240-558-8041‬ PIN: ‪475 792 368‬#. If you are interested, you should virtually attend this meeting and then will have a one-on-one 1/2 hour meeting with Peggy Lau, project manager in the days following.  Reach out to Peggy to learn more at plau@fuf.net.

 

Phew! That was a lot.   Thanks for reading and as always, reach out with questions at president@dtna.org.

 

Warmly,

 

Jon Moscone