Friends of Golden Gateway

This is a reminder about the NEWAG meeting on Wednesday, November 16, 2011.

Northeast Waterfront Advisory Group (NEWAG) meeting.  This special meeting of the NEWAG will be from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Port of San Francisco offices, Pier 1 (The Embarcadero at Washington Street), in the Bayside Conference Room.

The 8 Washington/Seawall Lot 351 proposed development is Number 4 on the Agenda.  The Agenda can be read at this link.  NEWAG Agenda

The developer has revised his proposal.

ALL TENNIS COURTS WILL BE ELIMINATED.

We ask you to attend this meeting and voice your opposition.

Please see this article in the San Francisco Business Times.  Article

This is a follow up to our ALERT of November 7, 2011 about the two upcoming two meetings on the 8 Washington/Seawall Lot 351 proposed project. There is now a third meeting. Read the rest of this entry »

There will be two public meetings where you will have the opportunity to express your support for FOGG’s fight to preserve our community’s Open Recreational Center (GGT&SC). Read the rest of this entry »

We want to update you on the lawsuit filed by FOGG and our twelve coalition partners. Read the rest of this entry »

The Bay Citizen has posted a story on their website about the proposed 8 Washington Street development.  It will also appear in the Sunday, September 25, 2011 issue of the New York Times.

The article can be read at this link:  Bay Citizen – 8 Washington Development

FOGG feels it short changes the importance of how the proposed development would impact the thousands of families, youngsters and seniors who use the City’s only outdoor swim and tennis recreational facility in San Francisco.

The article places too much emphasis on the politics and power brokers at City Hall without considering our neighbors and friends in the community.

FOGG urges everyone to read the article and will look forward to your comments.

This is an update on the lawsuit filed by FOGG and our twelve coalition partners that was heard Wednesday, September 21, 2011 by Superior Court Judge Harold E. Kahn.

We thank all those FOGG supporters who attended this hearing.

Susan Brandt-Hawley, our Coalition attorney, did a brilliant job in presenting the Coalition’s Brief.  Judge Kahn, who had made a prior temporary decision before today’s hearing that would have denied our Coalition’s petition listened intently, and asked great questions.

Judge Kahn will now entertain a further Brief by Ms. Brandt-Hawley.  This brief will be heard on Wednesday, October 5, 2011.

We will provide further details as they become available, and we remain optimistic as to the outcome.

As always, FOGG will continue the effort to preserve our Community’s outdoor recreational facility.  We thank you for your continuing support.

There has been a change of time for the Wednesday September 21, 2011 lawsuit hearing filed by FOGG and our twelve coalition partners.

The scheduled time had been 10:00am.

The new time is 1:30pm.

For those planning to attend, please note the time change.

The hearing will still be at the California Superior Court, 400 McAllister Street (at Polk), Courtroom 220, 2^nd floor on the City Hall side, San Francisco, CA 94102.

We look forward to seeing you there.

On Wednesday, September 21, 2011, the lawsuit filed by FOGG and our twelve coalition partners, will be heard by Judge Harold E. Kahn at 10:00 am.  The hearing will be at the California Superior Court, 400 McAllister Street (at Polk), Courtroom 220, 2^nd floor on the City Hall side, San Francisco, CA 94102. Read the rest of this entry »

FOGG is really pleased at the responses sent by over 50 supporters on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the proposed 8 Washington Street/Seawall 351 project for luxury condominiums and a 420 space underground parking garage to be built on the GGTSC site.

The comments sent were concise, factual and covered all the key issues: Transportation, Height Limits, Shadows, Aesthetics, Parking, Sea Water Levels, America’s Cup Races Impact, Time of Construction, Luxury Condominium Need?, and most important the loss of the City’s Only Outdoor Pool and Tennis Court Recreation Center.  The responses, when printed out, stand 2” high!!

We thank all of our FOGG supporters who took the time and effort to research the issues and submit these comments.  They clearly show how united we are in preserving our open recreational space. Read the rest of this entry »

FOGG thanks those who have already sent their emails/letters to the Planning Department critiquing the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the luxury condominium and 420 space underground parking garage proposed to be built on the existing GGTSC site.  For those who have not yet written, please see the following information. Read the rest of this entry »