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Hey all,<br>
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Any of you with any influence on Peskin should tell him to get the hell
back in the progressive camp, or we will campaign against him if he
runs for higher office.<br>
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In the latest of a long string of betrayals, Peskin is preparing to
make a compromise on parking. see below or
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<div id="article_headline">Opponents ask for space on S.F. parking issue</div>
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A possible compromise would bring an end to a controversial parking
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<p class="article_meta"> Alexandria Rocha, The Examiner<br>
2007-08-06 16:10:00.0<br>
Current rank: # <strong>10</strong> of 7,004 </p>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">SAN FRANCISCO</span> -
<p>A
controversial parking initiative slated for the November ballot may be
left by the wayside, as a proposed deal between opposing forces could
leave the measure with little financial and political support. </p>
<p>Weekend
negotiations between downtown business-interest groups, transit
advocates and Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin produced a
possible compromise that would derail a November measure to increase
The City’s parking supply and, at the same time, fuel support for a
separate Muni reform initiative.</p>
<p>While it’s too late to make
changes to either initiative, both of which will appear on the November
ballot, transit advocates have asked backers of the parking initiative
to withdraw support from the measure. In exchange, they will support a
third initiative on the February ballot that would help increase
parking throughout The City, but with greater restrictions than the
current measure. </p>
<p>“This is predicated on them no longer running
a campaign,” Peskin said. “It’s ‘yes’ on Muni reform, ‘no’ on adding
100,000 cars to a city that already has half a million, and ‘yes’ to a
sensible parking policy in February.”</p>
<p>The neighborhood parking
initiative, backed by downtown businesses, would loosen parking
restrictions and allow developers to build parking garages with little
planning oversight. Transit advocates claim the measure would reverse
decades of transit-first planning guidelines. </p>
<p>If backers agree
to withdraw support of the November parking measure, Peskin said he is
ready to introduce a measure for the February ballot as early as today.
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<p>However, Jim Ross, a consultant for the parking initiative, said
Sunday that the campaign for the November parking initiative is still
moving forward. “That may change next week,” he said. “But as far as I
know, there’s no compromise or deal.”</p>
<p>Peskin’s Sensible Parking
Initiative for the February ballot would allow developers to build one
parking space for each new unit in the Marina, Sunset, Richmond and
Outer Mission neighborhoods. Specific neighborhood plans designed
around public transit, such as the Balboa Park plan, could apply for an
exemption from the one-to-one requirement.</p>
<p>The February measure
would retain the current parking restrictions downtown, while allowing
developers to build one or more parking garages with a total of 1,500
new parking spaces in the South of Market neighborhood, according to
Peskin, specifically the area bordered by Townsend Street in the
southeast, 10th Street in the southwest, Howard Street in the
northwest, and Sixth Street in the northeast.</p>
<p>“What this
compromise would do is allow us to make real progress on Muni and add a
moderate amount of parking in appropriate places,” said Gabriel
Metcalf, executive director of the San Francisco Planning and Urban
Research association, a local think tank.</p>
<p><a href="mailto:arocha@examiner.com">arocha@examiner.com</a></p>
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