SF Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee Meeting

On the agenda [PDF]:

1. 130128 [Hearing – Street Furniture Clutter]
Sponsor: Wiener
Hearing to review the efforts and strategies of the Department of Public Works, Municipal Transportation Agency, and Planning Department to reduce clutter on sidewalks, specifically focused on news racks, large kiosks, and Muni bus shelters, including improving pedestrian access, and ensuring that City contractors install and maintain these structures in a manner that respects the needs of neighborhoods.

4. 130523 [Major Encroachment – San Francisco State University – Pedestrian Tunnel Below Winston Drive]
Resolution granting a revocable permission to San Francisco State University (SFSU) to occupy portions of the public right-of-way to construct and maintain a pedestrian tunnel below Winston Drive to provide a safe and accessible connection from the main campus
of SFSU to the site of a new Recreation Wellness Center; and making environmental findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Public Works Department)

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