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We post updates on our current and past projects, media coverage and initiatives here. Check back often for our most current news or browse through our archived newsletters to read our previous work.
San Francisco Beautiful in the News
The media turns to San Francisco Beautiful for comments and insight on livability and quality of life issues. We offered our positions on such items as general advertising, real estate development, urban design plans, parks, cable cars, our annual Beautification Awards and Grant Programs.
2011 Coverage
CBS News: SFB sues to Halt AT&T's Encroachment on Sidewalks: Reporter Phil Matier interview past SFB president Milo Hanke on our recent lawsuit to require an EIR for AT&T's plan to install 726 utility boxes in San Francisco's public right of way.
San Francisco Beautiful's Dinner Launch Party a Fantastic Success: On August 4, San Francisco Beautiful kicked-off our annual beautification awards dinner, "Together for San Francisco, the Inuagural Masquerade Soiree." The lovley setting was attended by beautifully dressed guests and graciously hosted by Nordstroms. AT&T Wants Revises Plan After Fear of EIR Vote: SF Beautiful and Planning Association for the Richmond continue to fight for the enforcement of existing regulations and to protect the public realm.
Supervisor Wiener asks AT&T to Literally "Think Outside the [Utility] Box": 5 week delay sought by Supervisor Wiener as AT&T preps scaled-down utility box installation plan.
Living Wall brings Life and Vitality to Mid-Market: With funding support from San Francisco Beautiful, the Luggage Store Gallery beautifies a section of Mid-Market Street.
Showdown at City Hall over Utility Boxes: With the help of over 25 neighborhood groups, SF Beautiful stages a press rally in front of City Hall in support of an EIR for the installation of 726 utility boxes.
AT&T Wants Dated Technology on Sidewalks: Gigabit bandwith internet speeds are installed in tech-savvy cities globally, but AT&T and San Francisco can't compete without a full fiber network.
EIR Needed for Massive AT&T Project: SF Beautiful calls for existing regulations to be enforced to proect the public realm.
AT&T's Plan Further Crowds San Francisco Sidewalks: AT&T pushes for U-Verse installation originally presented in 2007.
2010 Coverage
Tenderloin Garden Opens: Klussmann Grant makes possible garden that is bringing together different cultures and ages.
Lands End Renovation wins Beautification Award: 2010 award goes the this shoreline effort.
Mid-Market Street: Study by SF Beautiful promotes ideas to bring new life to Mid-Market.
SF Green Schoolyard Alliance: Klussmann Grant goes toward SFGSA conference.
Mid-Market: Letters from our Readers: Civic group keeps focus on Mid-Market cleanup: A recent letter writer commenting on the state of Mid-Market is clearly uninformed about what civic organizations are doing to clean up the area. San Francisco Beautiful led the successful effort to defeat the November 2009 measure that would have blighted the neighborhood with billboards.
Vacant Lots: SAN FRANCISCO - A temporary forest may sprout in SoMa under a proposed program that could see empty lots filled citywide with community projects until widespread construction activity resumes.
Jim Chappell: SF Beautiful Interim Executive Director wins award
2009 Coverage
Tighten the law on billboards: March 29, SF Chronicle
They (sign companies) are taking something that does not belong to them - your line of sight - and selling it to someone else for a profit," Baughman said.
Issue growing about trees and billboard: March 19, SF Examiner
San Francisco Beautiful, an organization that campaigned to outlaw new billboards in The City, is also weighing in on the conflict between trees and advertising. Executive Director Leigh Ann Baughman says there needs to be a plan in place.
City seeks input on parks' future: March 11, SF Examiner
We want to make sure we are all on the same page on how open space is used,” said Leigh Ann Baughman, executive director of San Francisco Beautiful, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving The City’s natural environment.
2008 Coverage
Company seeks community support for new utility boxes: Dec. 16
Lake Merced Restoration and the Pacific Rod and Gun Club: April 23 & May 9
Enforcement of Illegal Billboard Ban, $50,000 fine: May 8
New height limits at Transbay Terminal area: April 27
Rooftop Gardens: April 2008
Past SFB Board Member George Fleharty Dies: April 2008
Fines on free papers?: March 19
San Francisco Beautiful opposes nomination of Ryan Brooks to Planning Commission: March 14
2007 Media Coverage
Golden Gate Bridge advertising: Listen to Barbara Taylor interview Executive Director Dee Dee Workman on KCBS radio. http://podcast.kcbs.com/kcbs/633223.mp3
Here is a list of the press SFB received on the Golden Gate Bridge advertising.
KCBS Radio: Barbara Taylor interviews Executive Director Dee Dee Workman
New York Times
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Examiner
Marin Independent Journal
The Seattle Times (reprint of NYT article)
The Houston Chronicle (reprint of NYT article)
KRON 4 - San Francisco
KRON Videos - Golden Gate Could Gain Sponsor to Help Ease Debt
Other selected 2007 Press Coverage: June: 60th Anniversary, Cable Cars, Stairway Grant, Golden Gate Park; May: Grants, Stairways, Bus Shelters, Wheat Pasted Posters; April: Livability Issues, Cable Cars, Grant, Mural; March: Litter; Februrary: Beautification Awards, Wheat Pasted Posters
Selected 2006 Press Coverage, Beautification Award Nominations Wanted, Rincon Hill Plan (op ed) and (letter to editor), Billboards, Neighborhood Conservation, Cable Cars, Beautification Awards, Neighborhood Beautification Fund, Golden Gate Park South Windmill and Newsracks
2006 Beautification Awards Dinner
2005 San Francisco Prize: Octavia Boulevard Housing Design Competition (SFB on Planning Committee)
Invasion of Movie Poster-Sized Signs
McLaren Park Watertower Redesign
SFB Reviews Above-Ground Utility Boxes
School Bond Passes: Money for Greening Schoolyards
Green Schoolyard Conference Set for 2004
Board Identifies Priority Projects for Coming Year
Foundation Grants Received
Windmill Campaign Receives Funding
Banner Legislation Retooled
Signs on Poles Focus of New Legislation
S.F. Green Schoolyard Alliance-Making Major Strides
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