Staff reports, The Examiner
2007-08-21 10:00:00.0
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SAN FRANCISCO -

Supervisor Chris Daly has not given up on his resolution that would call for a permanent halt to Blue Angels flyovers during the annual October event known as Fleet Week.

Daly has reintroduced the resolution for consideration by the full Board of Supervisors on Sept. 11, after a board committee voted 2-1 on Aug. 13 to table the resolution, not allowing the full board to vote on it.

The resolution says the flyovers are a public safety risk, that the thunderous sound of the Blue Angels flying overhead puts veterans of war “at risk of being traumatized,” and that the jet fuel that is burned harms the environment.

PLANNING DEPARTMENT

Progress report on land-use program presented next week

The Planning Department, along with the Mayor’s Office of Housing, will present a progress report on the Eastern Neighborhoods Program to the commission next week.

The presentation will include a hearing on the socioeconomic impact assessment of the program and proposed zoning for the project. An update will be given on affordable housing strategies.

The presentation will take place Aug. 30, 6 p.m. at City Hall, Room 400. For more information on the project, go to easternneighborhoods.sfplanning.org.

MAYOR’S OFFICE

Group calls for action in light of recent pedestrian accidents

After two pedestrians were killed in hit-and-run collisions last weekend and another was killed by a Muni bus last week, pedestrian advocacy group Walk San Francisco urged The City to take action Monday.

The group called on Mayor Gavin Newsom to offer rewards in the two unsolved hit-and-runs. It also called for extended Muni driver training and a new fare-enforcement system that would free drivers of the responsibility.

E-mail your city officials:

Mayor: Gavin Newsom

Supervisors: Jake McGoldrick - District 1; Michela Alioto-Pier – District 2; Aaron Peskin - District 3; Ed Jew - District 4; Ross Mirkarimi - District 5; Chris Daly – District 6; Sean Elsbernd - District 7; Bevan Dufty - District 8; Tom Ammiano - District 9; Sophie Maxwell - District 10; Gerardo Sandoval – District 11