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Important CEQA - Tonight/Tomorrow: Contact/Speak To Planning Commission To Support Jane Kim's Community Alternative (Thu, Apr 25 11:30am & Noon, SF City Hall Cafe & Room 400)
by Eric Brooks 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Hi all, Sorry for the short notice but Jane Kim's CEQA Community Alternative, which we have all been working so hard for, was very quickly scheduled for tomorrow's (Thursday, April 25) Planning Commission hearing, and we need to get comments to the commission, and attend the hearing, to support the Kim alternative. Kim's CEQA measure is the first major item on the Planning agenda tomorrow, so we will convene just a brief pre-hearing strategy meeting tomorrow at 11:30am in the SF City Hall basement cafe and then go up to the hearing, which begins at noon in Room 400. IMPORTANT: If you cannot attend the hearing tomorrow please make sure you use the attached talking points and info sheet for ideas - and email support comments on the Kim CEQA measure to the following Planning commissioner and Planning staff addresses by 9am tomorrow morning: hs.commish(a)yahoo.com - Mooreurban(a)aol.com - plangsf(a)gmail.com - wordweaver21(a)aol.com - cwu.planning(a)gmail.com - richhillissf(a)yahoo.com - planning(a)rodneyfong.com - jonas.ionin(a)sfgov.org - john.rahaim(a)sfgov.org As always, please reply to brookse32(a)earthlink.net to confirm if you are attending the strategy meeting and hearing. See attached: 1) Talking Points For Apr 25 Planning Commission CEQA Hearing which focuses on supporting Jane Kim's excellent Community Alternative CEQA Legislation, and 2) Kim CEQA Legislation Highlights which gives more details on the strengths of Jane Kim's alternative. Here again are the meeting and hearing details: 1) PRE-HEARING CEQA STRATEGY MEETING - Thursday, April 25, 11:30am - SF City Hall Basement Cafe (to nail down our Planning Commission public comment strategy) 2) PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING ON KIM CEQA COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVE - Thursday, April 25, 12 noon - SF City Hall, Room 400 (to support Kim's community alternative) cheers all, Eric Brooks Campaign Coordinator, Our City 415-756-8844 -- "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." Che Guevara

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Important: Port Infrastructure Financing District (IFD) Legislation In Budget Committee This Wed Apr 17 - (Similar To Redevelopment Financing)
by Eric Brooks 13 Apr '13

13 Apr '13

Hi all, Jane Kim is introducing a Board resolution detailing Infrastructure Financing District (IFD) financing mechanisms for Port of San Francisco projects this Wednesday, April 17, 10am, Room 250, (Budget & Finance Committee). I personally am already overtaxed by the CleanPowerSF and CEQA fights and so likely won't be able to go over this resolution. But we should definitely take a look at it, because it could have profound implications to future Port projects. Note: IFD financing uses 'tax increment financing' which essentially borrows from future project tax income (that would normally go to the city's General Fund) to pay project costs that ought to be paid for by developers themselves. See the Budget & Finance agenda at: http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=45068 Eric B -- "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." Che Guevara

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ALERT! - WIENER-CEQA: Pre-Hearing Strategy & LAND USE HEARING Next MONDAY APR 8, 12:30pm & 1:30pm
by Eric Brooks 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Hi all, This is the BIG one! Supervisor Wiener is taking his attack on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to the Board of Supervisors Land Use Committee next Monday April 8, and then potentially to the full Board the very next day! It is vital for every group opposing the Wiener measure to as rapidly as possible endorse the sign-on letter sent out two days ago (see the newest version attached). And it is equally important for all of us to then attend next Monday's hearing, which is our key (and likely only) moment to tell the Board of Supervisors in public comment that we strongly oppose Wiener's measure and want Kim's Community Alternative to be considered in its place. Board President David Chiu is on the Land Use Committee with both Supervisor Wiener and Supervisor Kim, and so Chiu's vote is extremely important to winning a delay of the Wiener measure in committee so that Kim's legislation can come forward and be considered. We need to arrive in force before David Chiu in this hearing. As before, we will gather in the City Hall Basement Cafe an hour prior to hearing time so that we can nail down our public comment strategy, and then come in hard into Wiener's hearing and show him no quarter! PRE-HEARING STRATEGY MEETING - Monday, April 8, 12:30pm - SF City Hall Basement Cafe LAND USE COMMITTEE HEARING - Monday April 8, 1:30pm - SF City Hall Room 263 As always please RSVP to brookse32(a)earthlink.net if you plan to attend the strategy meeting and/or the hearing. Let's kick some butt at zero hour! cheers, Eric Brooks 415-756-8844 -- "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." Che Guevara

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