New: Sunnyside after-school program at Clubhouse

UPDATE Aug 30): This program is now full, but they are still accepting people for the waiting list, so you are encouraged to apply.

Thanks to behind-the-scenes work by Supervisor Yee and the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association, SF Recreation and Parks Dept is now starting up an after-school program at the Sunnyside Playground Clubhouse. The price is affordable with scholarships available.

To register: sfrecpark.org/register  > search SUNNYSIDE > page down when you get Activity Search page to “Sunnyside After School Program”

A minimum number of Sunnyside ES students are needed for a school pickup (walking bus).

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Youth Art on Ocean Avenue

Thanks to D7 Participatory Budgeting money, Youth Art Exchange is putting high school students’ art onto utility boxes on Ocean Avenue. Read more here:

https://hoodline.com/2018/08/high-school-students-install-mixed-media-artwork-on-ocean-avenue-utility-boxes

Image from Hoodline. 

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From Supervisor Yee: Invitation to D7 Youth Council

From District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee:

Dear community members,

I hope you’ve all enjoyed your summers and are looking forward to the back-to-school season! This fall I will be kicking off my 3^rd year of D7 Youth Council—a youth leadership and civic engagement program for youth ages 13-23. I’d like to invite our youth community members to apply. Please share this via your networks and on NextDoor. The more youth we have civically engaged, the more informed our next generation will be.

• If interested, we invite you to apply to the 2018-2019 program by completing this application: https://tinyurl.com/d7youthcouncil1819. Deadline to apply is Sept 7, 2018. Interviews will be scheduled mid-September.
• Meetings will take place on Monday evenings, from 5-7pm, twice a month.
• If you have any questions, please reach out to Jarlene Choy at Jarlene.Choy@sfgov.org

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In appreciation: Lisa Spinali, founding Chair of the Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee

Effective this month, Lisa Spinali has resigned as chair of the Balboa Reservoir Community Advisory Committee (BRCAC) in order to pursue other projects. Her public service for three years on this precedent-setting community forum is greatly appreciated by the officers of Sunnyside Neighborhood Association and many others in the community.

Lisa served as SNA President 2012-2016, and it was during her term that the need for effective local community input on the proposed housing development became clear.

Mayor Ed Lee began the process of developing housing on the seventeen-acre Balboa Reservoir land in late 2014, and a dysfunctional community meeting soon after illustrated the importance of a good community process. Lisa brought her long experience in enabling community involvement to bear on the matter, and it was through her initiative that the BRCAC was formed in 2015, a process facilitated and supported by Supervisor Norman Yee (District 7), and requiring the approval of Mayor Lee and the Board of Supervisors. 

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Traffic Calming for your block

From Supervisor Yee’s Office and SFMTA.

Speed hump and zebra crosswalk. Photo: SFMTA

SFMTA’s Residential Traffic Calming Program is a resident-directed, annual application-based program to address mid-block speeding on residential streets in San Francisco, and we are currently accepting applications for the 2018-2019 program.

The deadline for submitting completed applications and petitions for the 2018-2019 traffic calming program is June 30, 2018.   

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All four Sunnyside Participating Budgeting projects won!

Just released: the winners of this year’s District 7 Participatory Budgeting include the four projects designed by Sunnyside residents for our neighborhood:

• Vision Zero / traffic calming on Judson Ave;
• Sunnyside Elementary School playground improvements;
• Increased pedestrian safety at the Mangels/Foerster crosswalk;
• Needed tables and chairs for the Sunnyside Playground Plaza, so that it can be used for events.

Here is the full list:

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May 7: SNA Quarterly Meeting

You are invited: the quarterly meeting of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association is next Monday. Open to all residents. Agenda below.  Monday May 7th, 2018, 7-8:30 pm. This meeting held at SUNNYSIDE CONSERVATORY (236 Monterey Blvd).

The speakers and subjects will include:

• State Senator Scott Wiener to speak on housing legislation.
• Representative Kimerlee West from SFPUC to speak on sewer rate increases.
• Update on the Balboa Reservoir Project from our BR Committee.
• D7 Supervisor Norman Yee to speak and answer your questions.
• News about the Sunnyside proposals in the recent Participatory Budgeting vote.
• Election of new Member-at-Large for SNA.
• Report on new Sunnyside Playground Clubhouse programming.

Time to join or renew your membership? Pay at the meeting, or click ‘Donate’ button below.

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