Let's take down all of the hanging flower baskets and use the resources to make our neighborhood safe. I've noticed that all of the flowers in the Civic Center and around City Hall look healthy and fresh - but along 3rd Street especially between Folsom & Townsend - they are quickly drying out, many have dead spots and trash in them. Maybe the city has already cut back on maintaining them. The real priority for lower Rincon Hill/Eastern SOMA should be protection. My friend's car was broken into two weeks ago, one of my neighbors was raped and a guy Read This Posty »

1. Raise money by issuing tickets to commuters who instead of stopping before red lights, stop after the lights on the pedestrian crosswalks. Worst offenders are found on the corner of Folsom and Fremont after 5PM. Pull the ones on the sidewalk aside and issue $100 tickets. Easy money and you save the lives of pedestrians who have to dodge traffic because their cross walks have cars on them. 2. For the last year I've seen broken glass  from people breaking into cars all along Folsom street especially before and after 2nd street. Why isn't the police preventing this? Why don't Read This Posty »