Pacific Heights Residents Association

July 2009	Click for PDF Version Neighborhood Associations Appeal Drew School's Plan Popular Columnists to Speak at PHRA Annual Meeting Proposed Tower Stirs Stiff Neighborhood Opposition CPMC Leads Effort to Inform Drivers Which Way to Go Construction Saga Continues but the End is in Site City Considering Incentives for Seismic Upgrade of 'Soft' Homes Residents Can Help Each Other in Fighting Crime #3 Jackson Bus Survives Again

February 2009	Click for PDF Version Illegal Home-Based Business Remain Troublesome Issue What's Legal, What's Not School Site Gets New Tenant Supervisor Challenges DPW to Solve Street Sweeping Problem Lafayette Park Playground Getting Parents' Attention Two Residents Added to PHRA Board of Directors District 2 Coalition to Meet Developer Makes Second Presentation on Condo Project What Should CPMC Do? Musical Events Worry Nob Hill Agreement Paving Wayf or Foundation Office Time to Voice Your Opinion on the City's Parks and Open Space

October 2008	Click for PDF Version PHRA, Supervisors Act to Restore Streetsweeping Newspaper Article Spotlights Residence Used for Business Come to the Annual Meeting PHRA Continues Effort to Keep Business Out of a Residence Residents Wants Streets Swept Lankmarks Open for Tour New Tenant for 'Newcomer' Wanted; PHRA Directors Comment Period Extended On Presidio Expansion District-Wide Forumto Cover Many Issues: Supervisor Will Attend

August 2008	Click for PDF Version Neighborhoods Collaborate to Preserve the Presidio Development of the Presidio's Main Post City’s Planning Director To Speak at Annual Meeting Library Grounds Under Review School Volunteers Wanted Negatives of ‘Formula Retail’ Become Positives with PHRA Help Muni Considers Route Change; PHRA Has a Better Idea for #24 Bus Neighbors Continue to Oppose Modern Design

March 2008	Click for PDF Version PHRA Merchants Team Up To Defeat Chain Store on Fillmore Muni Proposes Major Changes In Pacific Heights Routes Drew's Building Plans Proceed Plant Grass, Not Concrete Rebuilding Japan Center May Wide Ripple Effect CPMC Submits Revised Environmental Study Request Proposed Presidio Museum Deemed Inappropriate for Area Disaster Training Schedule Preserving Residential Quality Means Limits on Home-Based Business

Oct 2007 No Photos This Issue	PHRA Actions Begin with Input from City and Neighbors Urban Design Writer to Speak at PHRA Annual Meeting PHRA Raises Questions About Proposed Museum in the Presidio Association of Associations Formed PHRA Board Adds Two For Cell Phone Users, An Alternative to Calling 911 Good Neighbor Policy is a Good Idea

May 2006 No Photos This Issue	PHRA Mounts Effort to Retain Newcomer High School Bush Street Restaurant Okayed Cell Phone Antennas Approved Lafayette Park Work Continues Disaster Plan Moving Ahead Street Closure Ordinance Stalled Double Parking is the Culprit on Congestion at CPMC PHRA Rejoins Coalition Overnight Walk to Use Park Housing Element Appealed

February 2006 No Photos This Issue	Neighbors Taking a Larger Role on Issuance of City Permits Neighborhoods Hope to Win on Appeal Against Housing Element Local Disaster Planning Begins Planning Staff, Commission Struggle for Policy on Merging Units "Snout" Garages Newcomer High School Moving

October 2005 No Photos This Issue	Are 'Better Neighborhoods' Really Better? PHRA Thinks Not Come to the Annual Meeting PHRA Fights to Maintain Family Housing Units City Approves Ski Jump Over Strong Neighborhood Objections Wanted: Spacious Rear Yards Members Opinions Sought

May 2005 The On-going Effort to Fulfill the PHRA Mission Alta Plaza -- Jackson Street 2500 Block California	Save the Date -- Annual Meeting -- Oct. 25th PHRA Supports Downzoning Events to Close Fillmore Hill Bush Street sign is a Turn-Off Status Quo for #3 Jackson Bus Friends of Lafayette Park Planning Department to take New Tack for Next Housing Elements University High School Expands to Sacramento Street

February 2005 No Photos This Issue	Neighbors Schedule Regular Cleaning of Lafayette Park Alta Plaza's Friends Continue Fundraising It's Time to Pay PHRA Dues Lawsuit Demands an EIR on City's Housing Element Neighbors Rally to Preserve Family Housing Retiring Director Decries Presidio Over-Development Wanted: Residents Concerned About Future of the Presidio Supes Pass Restrictions on Banners in Residential Areas Wither the #3 Jackson Bus

May 2004 No Photos This Issue	New District 2 Supervisor To Speak at PHRA Reception 'Formula Retail' Bill Passes Environmental Impact Report Requested on Housing Element Neighbors Ask CPMC Not To Increase Level of Activity Waldorf School Seeks to Expand to Sacramento Street Along Fillmore Street Sandra Kirshenbaum Mourned Survey of Loading Zones Nets More Parking on Fillmore Neighbor Group Wants Hospital To Regain Historic Dimensions What's a Parade Ground For? Muni Considers Abandoning #3 or #4 Trolley Lines

September 2003 Spreading the word about PHRA, volunteers braved cold winds to staff a booth at the Fillmore Fair. Here, Board Member Alice Piccus (left) and Board Secretary Hennie Wisniewski provide information on current activities to a prospective member.	Residential Design Guidelines -- Are they Suggestions or Rules? 'Housing Element' Threatens City-Wide Height/Bulk Limits Community Meeting Provides Hope for More Parking on Fillmore Street Meet Your Neighbors... And the Mayoral Candidates PHRA Wants Non-Historic Hospital Wings Removed -- No Replacement (Presidio Notes) Disaster Training Session Offered Hospital Neighbors Complain of Noise, Traffic and Lack of Communication

June 2003 (From left) Mary Travis-Allan, Supervisor of Muni's Presidio Division; Ayn Antonio, Supervisor of the Kirkland Division, and Peter Straus, Manager of Service Planning listen as Tom Folks, a DPT engineer, addresses the audience at a PHRA-sponsored community meeting.	Neighbors, Merchants Sound Off About Muni, Parking and Traffic 'Housing Element' May Undermine Zoning and Density Controls Residential Design Guidelines to be Heard July 24 PHRA Opposing Change in Housing Law CPMC to Close Traffic Lane One Year Three Community Events Scheduled for PHRA Members

February 2003: No Photos This Issue	Legislation Introduced to Curb Illegal Demolitions Annual Meeting Celebrates 30 Years of Achievement Hearing Scheduled on Street Banners The Speedy Work That Created PHRA and Changed the City PHRA Raises Many Questions About Presidio Watershed PHRA Moves to Save Victorian House Meet PHRA's Newest Director Dog Run South for Lafayette Park: Fence, Water, Lighting Needed

September 2002: Fixing the Traffic Mess on Pacific Avenue (above) is a current PHRA effort	30 Years of Accomplishment to be Celebrated at Annual Meeting Pacific Avenue Residents Fight Construction Mess Update on Issues in Our Area 2607-2610 Jackson Street Chong Wo Laundry (2863 California Street) The Presidio Crystal Market (2794 California Street) Street Banners House Tour Provides Look Inside Classic Victorians First Annual Picnic in the Lafayette Park Help Needed on CPMC Plans Upcoming Events Focus on Alta Plaza