After around an hour of tense discussions and an expletive-laden ejection of one unruly member of the public, the Board of Supervisors narrowly passed the Parkmerced Plan on a 6-5 vote. Dissenting supervisors Avalos, Campos, Kim, Mar and Mirkarimi all opposed the plan the controversial plan that will demolish 1,538 residential units in the process of redesigning the 152-acre site. Over the next twenty to thirty years, the plan will add 5,679 total new units, neighborhood level retail, a new elementary school, 68 acres of open space and bring the M-Ocean View line out through the development. As usual, we'll have a full meeting recap tomorrow. In the meantime, Bay City News reminds us there's still a final vote set for June 7th. more ›

The folks at Parkmerced, the big suburban-ish development out by the ocean near Lake Merced, are looking to add 7,000 new units, effectively adding 10,000 or more people to the city's population. more ›

Blocker, No. 37: Serrano Dr. in Parkmerced

Every now and again, we’ll hear a resident of one of San Francisco’s older, more visitor-visible neighborhoods dismiss the western side of town in one fell swoop, and fog often doesn’t even come into play. Is that even San Francisco out there?, the statement often riffs atonally; common targets are the Richmond, Sunset, and/or Parkside.

Rarely is Parkmerced whirled into west San Francisco’s pooh-pooh (quite different from “poo poo”) stew. Before its come-live-here advertising campaign carpet-bombed a great percentage of MUNI vessels the last couple years, Parkmerced was one of the city’s lowest-profile neighborhoods. Maybe it still is. One thing’s certain: It stands alone within San Francisco, and not just geographically. more ›