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Shooting on Buchanan

We’ve reached out to Northern Station for information on last night’s shooting on the 300 block of Buchanan and have spoken to Captain Paul Yep. Details at this time are limited. Shooting incident occurred between 2 vehicles. One person is in critical condition. We’ll report back any updates we receive. Latest Updates

Shooting at Webster and Grove

Neighbors reached out this am about the incident that happened late last night at Webster and Grove. We’ve made an inquiry to Northern Station to get more information. We will provide an update once received. Update September 18th 9:04 am from Captain Yep: Good morning, here is what I can share with the public at this point: SFPD – Incident Type: Homicide SFPD – Secondary Incident Type: SFPD – District of Occurrence: Co. E — Northern Station SFPD – Incident …

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Assaults at Patricia’s Green

Accounts of people assaulted in broad daylight at and near Patricia’s Green. Please be on alert and stay safe. We’ve also made an inquiry about this matter with Northern Station. Update September 13th 3:27 pm from Captain Yep: There was an incident (210582991) Thursday night 09/09/21 involving a group of juvenile subjects, who attempted to rob (food and a purse from) two females dining Patricia’s Green.  A passerby intervened and was threatened with a possible gun (unconfirmed if it was …

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SFMTA Survey

Specific info on the 21 Bus Take the survey here

Proposed Acquisition of the Buchanan Hotel

Our neighbors in Japan Town have reached out to us. We’ve heard from numerous concerned citizens. We’re sharing all collected info here and encourage you to plug in. The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) is seeking to buy the Buchanan Hotel at 1800 Sutter Street to convert it to permanent supportive housing with up to 131 units. FAQ by Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing Statement by the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California PETITION TO …

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The Freeway Commemoration Project: part 4

San Francisco Parks Alliance Project Brief Recap When we initially began to drill down on the Freeway Commemoration project back in early July we could not predict we would be embarking on a campaign for a rectification of a flawed process.  Each attempt to gather information via conversations or meeting attendance has contributed to the handful of summaries we’ve posted on our blog; without the collective effort of HVSafe members none of this would have been possible. If you haven’t …

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Meeting with Captain Paul Yep

We had a productive meeting with Paul yesterday. We discussed several key topics which included: meeting formats, traffic calming, and new approaches being implemented to handle issues relating to encampments and the homeless.

Takeaways from Mocac Meeting (8.16.21) part 3

Takeaways from MOCAC Meeting A handful of community members joined the Market Octavia Community Advisory Committee (MOCAC) meeting last night (Monday August 16th, 2021) to hear item 7 on the agenda (the Freeway Commemoration Project). We checked in with neighbors who attended; for all it was a first time attending a MOCAC meeting. Here’s a brief synopsis of what transpired and takeaways by those that attended: Slide deck presentation available here. Our focus on shining light on the lack of …

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The Freeway Commemoration Project: part 2

San Francisco Parks Alliance Project Project Red Flags As cited in our initial post here, HVSafe was prompted last month about several shenanigans pertaining to the process and conflicts of interest that have transpired in this project. Read our Part 1 for background on the project here. In this post we will drill down on areas that raise red flags. Budget Expenditures We’ve heard rumblings of a $50k contract for this project. We have an open inquiry to San Francisco …

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The Freeway Commemoration Project: part 1

San Francisco Parks Alliance Project Project Background The Freeway Commemoration Project has been a topic of discussion over the last couple of years. The idea of a project to commemorate the historic and activist nature of the event has been well received by residents and merchants of Hayes Valley. While there are many moving parts to this story and the situation remains fluid, we thought it would be a good idea to provide a bit of background… Since the passing …

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