Posts Tagged ‘money’
Monday, May 20th, 2013
That’s what they’re calling it, MyStreetSF.Com, but all that URL does now is point you to http://www.sfcta.org/mystreetsf-map, which is also new.
Check it, SFCTA is EV ERYWHERE:

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This image is just a snapshot. What you should do is click on over and then start tapping on the interactive map.
[Call and response, like when you were an activist before you became a typical selfish millionaire property-owning NIMBY-type] Whose streets? _MY_ STREETS!
Now you’re on the trolley. In fact, you’re paying for one, right…here. See?
All the deets:
[Click on this link to go directly to the MyStreetSF Projects Map.]
From signals to streetcars, bicycles to boulevards, from pedestrian safety to paving, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) provides funding for hundreds of transportation projects citywide. The MyStreetSF interactive map shows all projects currently underway that are funded by, or prioritized for funding by the SFCTA, as well as those for which the SFCTA provides some level of oversight, in our role as Congestion Management Agency for San Francisco.
Most of these projects are funded with Prop K sales tax funds matching other federal, state, or regional funds. We also provide funding through the Prop AA Vehicle Registration Fee and the Transportation Fund for Clean Air programs.
The MyStreetSF interactive map allows you to search for projects by location, Supervisorial District, project type (e.g., bicycle, pedestrian safety, transit rehabilitation), project sponsor, or timeline. Click on a project on the map to see key information (e.g., short description, schedule, cost) and a link to the project page and/or project sponsor’s main page. The map page also includes information on city-wide projects and programs like Bicycle Education and Outreach.
We’re still beta testing the map and continue to work on new features, such as displaying already-completed projects.
Please let us know what you think. Your comments are invaluable in helping us correct, refine, and improve the map.
Disclaimer This map only shows transportation projects funded or prioritized for funding by the SFCTA, as well as those for which SFCTA is responsible for some level of oversight, acting in its capacity as Congestion Management Agency for San Francisco. SFCTA does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information shown on the map.
Tags: 2013, bay area, bicycle, bikes, bus, california, car, county, district, DPT, funding, Line, map, money, mta, Muni, my street, My Street SF, MyStreetSF, MyStreetSF.com, pedestrian, project, San Francisco, san francisco County Transportation Authority, SFMTA, street, taxpayers, transit, transportation
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Friday, April 26th, 2013
They used to call it Secretaries Day:

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Tags: 1 Bush, 2013, 94104, Administrative Professionals Day, April 24th, begging, cup, district, financh, financial, flowers, homeless, money, sansome, Secretaries Day, sign, sitting, wOMAN
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Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Well, here it is, coming to a drug deal near you, the new $100 bill for 2013 and beyond.
You see, those North Koreans think it’s funny to counterfeit our money and this is the response from the U.S. Treasury.
All right, via NewMoney.gov, from the front:

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Now, see it lit up from the back:

Here’s it lit with ultraviolet light:

And here it is from the back:

“April 24, 2013
Federal Reserve Announces Day of Issue of Redesigned $100 Note
The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced that the redesigned $100 note will begin circulating on October 8, 2013. This note, which incorporates new security features such as a blue, 3-D security ribbon, will be easier for the public to authenticate but more difficult for counterfeiters to replicate.
The new design for the $100 note was unveiled in 2010, but its introduction was postponed following an unexpected production delay. To ensure a smooth transition to the redesigned note when it begins circulating in October, the U.S. Currency Education Program is reaching out to businesses and consumers around the world to raise awareness about the new design and inform them about how to use its security features. More information about the new design $100 note, as well as training and educational materials, can be found at www.newmoney.gov.
For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.”
Tags: $100, 100 dollar bill, 2013, 3d, American, back front, banknote, bay area, beb]njamin, bell, bill, Blue, california, combat fight, copper greenbacklit, counterfeit, currency, Currency Education Program, fake, features, franklin, greenback, hologram, inkwell, light, Mint, money, new $100 bill, newmoney, north korea, North Korean, note, ribbon, San Francisco, secret service, security, strip, Super, treasury, u. s., U.S. Currency Education Program, ultraviolet, ultraviolet light, United States, uv
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Thursday, June 7th, 2012
As seen yesterday:

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Tags: 2012, 456 california, Barack Obama, bay area, brick, buidling, california, fundraiser, money, money money money, open, opening, president, San Francisco, Waiting, windows
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
Do you know why San Francisco enforces parking laws so zealously? It’s because San Francisco makes money enforcing traffic laws so zealously.
This scene reminded me of this album’s back cover, for some reason:

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That’s why.
(Apparently, the SFMTA has abandoned “DPT” as a department name, owing to the baggage associated with it. But the rest of SFGov doesn’t seem to know that. Oh well.)
Tags: 2012, bay area, california, coachmen, DPT, good jobs, good people, met maids, money, money money money, mta, pco's, revenue, San Francisco, SFMTA, street, sweeping, tickets, touch jobs, tough people, western addition
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Well, here they are this morning, on the steps of City Hall.
It’s Jeff Adachi, Michela Alioto-Pier, Dennis Herrera, Joanna Rees, and Leland Yee.
Let’s begin:
“We stand united in our outrage and opposition to he illegal activities that have been going on in the Ed Lee campaign. Recently, there was another revelation about money-laundering…”
I don’t know, click here to see the whole story these past several months.
Le mise-en-scene a l’Hotel de Ville:

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Selected highlights:
Michela: ”Any strong leader would have stopped this from happening.”
Joanna: “Ed Lee saying he can’t stop this from happening is totally ludicrous.”
Jeff: ”Ed Lee gave a large pay raise to city management, and weeks later received their endorsement.”
On It Goes…
Tags: 2011, bay area, california, campaign, corruption, dennis herrera, ed lee, election, federal, fraud, jeff adachi, Joanna Rees, laundering, leland yee, Mayor, Michela Alioto Pier, money, monitors, San Francisco, state, voters, votes
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
So what do you think, Federales? You think you could see your way clear to coming to the 415 for the next week or so to investigate electoral corruption in San Francisco? Come on down to work a week in town. I just know that you’ll find something.
But that’s only from nine to five, you dig? After hours, you can visit whichever new or existing Michelin-starred restaurant that you want. And then, just expense it, baby. Easy peasy.
San Francisco wins, you win.
This will be your 11th course at The French Laundry (yes, Pixar used it as a model for the kitchen in Ratatouille) up in Napa: Feuillentine au Caramel. “Intense oozing,” baby. Serving the Commonweal never tasted so good:

Via ulterior epicure
All right, here’s a cheat sheet to get you started:
“More Ed Lee Money Laundering and Voter Fraud Uncovered – Leland Yee Says Enough Is Enough – State & Federal Election Monitors Needed
SAN FRANCISCO – The well documented scene in Chinatown of Ed Lee IE campaign workers filling out ballots for voters and the Go Lorries money laundering scheme may seem tame in comparison to what two local newspapers documented in today’s paper.
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that a person known for “strong-arming tenants out of rent-controlled apartments” emailed associates of Archway Property Services directing them to attend a Lee fundraiser and telling them they would be reimbursed for their $500 contribution. Campaign finance laws prohibit money laundering.
Andrew Hawkins, the managing director of Archway Property Services, emailed 16 associates the following: “I expect each and every one of you to be at this event tonight. Bring your check books and write a check for $500.00 for Ed Lee donation. You will be reimbursed right away for you coming.”
In addition, the Epoch Times Chinese newspaper went undercover to find Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) and Community Tenant Association (CTA) staff also working on the Ed Lee campaign and even having keys to his office on Clay Street. In addition, the paper found various instances of CCDC, CTA, or Ed Lee campaign staff filling out and mailing voters ballots, in clear violation of law. Many of the ballots from these documented locations arrived at the Election’s Office at the same time.
“This is yet further evidence that we need state and federal election monitors now,” said Senator Leland Yee. “San Franciscans cannot afford to just wait out the clock until November 8. There appears to be massive voter fraud that should be immediately investigated to protect the integrity of this election. Either Ed Lee is condoning these illegal tactics or the wool is being pulled over his eyes – not what we need of our Mayor.”
Filling out their ballots
After describing themselves as prospective voters, two Epoch Times reporters were met by a Lee campaign worker who explained that her role with CTA included working on the Lee campaign.
The worker explained that “helping” voters in fact meant to simply have an elderly person sign and date their ballot, and then she or another campaign worker would take it away to fill it out and mail it in.
Using a nonprofit for campaign purposes
At 777 Broadway – a CCDC building – CTA is apparently running an office out of the community room in which they also distribute Ed Lee campaign literature and make announcements for meetings in support of Lee’s mayoral bid. CCDC says that political advertising is not allowed at their buildings.
Coincidental statistics
According to CCDC website, the 777 Broadway building includes 31 studio apartments. According to voter records, there are 33 registered voters of which 31 are vote by mail voters. This equates to nearly 94 percent of the voters being vote by mail. By comparison, the city at large is only 46 percent. And even as early as October 24, 60 percent of the 777 Broadway voters had already cast their ballots, versus only 6 percent for the rest of the city.
Equally troubling is the fact that 19 of the ballots from the building arrived at the Elections Office within a day of each other. In essence, the public is expected to believe that 1/3 of the ballots arrived at virtually the same time in complete coincidence.
A similar phenomenon exists with another CCDC building – 1590 Broadway – in which 20 absentee ballots arrived at the Election’s department on the exact same day, October 24.
More voter and election fraud
Epoch Times spoke to one elderly woman who sad that she was visited by a CTA worker and signed her ballot without filling it out and was told that it would be filled out for her and mailed in. Filling out and mailing in other people’s ballots is a clear violation of elections law.
A number of CTA and CCDC workers were observed “popping in and working alongside other staff” at Lee’s 943 Clay Street campaign office. In fact, one CCDC worker even had keys to the office and was observed opening the door for the undercover reporters.”
See you soon, Feds!
Tags: 1590 Broadway, 2011, 777 Broadway, Andrew Hawkins, Archway, ballots, bay area, california, campaign, ccdc, chinatown, Chinatown Community Development Center, chronicle, Community Tenant Association (, cta, ed lee, election, Epoch Times, federal, feds, Feuillentine au Caramel., fraud, Go Lorrie's, ie, laundering, leland yee, Mayor, mayoral, money, Money Laundering, Monitor, monitors, Napa, newspaper, property, reimbursed, rent control, San Francisco, Senator, services, state, The French Laundry, voter, workers
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
There’s no reason for me to read the actual bit, AFAIAC, ’cause I already don’t like our troubled CentralSubwayBigDigSubwayToNowhere.

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But as for you, enjoy.
Central T Subway: Connecting People, Connecting Communities, Giving Money to Dog Killers
BTW, here are the policies for the ridiculous Central Subway blog, you know, in case it gets a reader or commenter some day.
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Tags: 2011, approved, art, Art Money for a Dog Killer, artist mta, bay area, big dig, blog, Bridge to Nowhere, california, central, central subway, Central Subway blog, chinatown, Connecting Communities, Connecting People, cover, dog, dogs, Examiner, film, Giving Money to Dog Killers, II, killed, killer, money, Muni, newspaper, San Francisco, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, sculptor, SFMTA, shot, subway, Subway to Nowhere, t, Tom Otterness, west
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
OMG, it’s SMURFS WEEK in San Francisco, just like they had in NYC.
Hurray!
So, even though we might not have a blue* Mayor…

…we do have a blue City Hall. IRL, SRSLY, this is what City Hall, the Highest Classical Dome in the Western Hemisphere,** looks like at night these days:

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And here’s an effort from Do Not Lick, who asks, “How Broke is San Francisco?”

As they, say, Smurf Happens:
San Francisco City Hall Goes Blue in Honor of The Smurfs
City Hall, San Francisco\
Plus:
Smurf Village at Hillsdale Shopping Center, Hillsdale Shopping Center
10AM-3PM - Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Hurray!
Thanks Sony!
*Or sunburned, take your pick. This photo, which is sometimes used to show people what Ed Lee looks like, is way, way, way, way oversaturated. Kind of “gristly,” don’t you think?

I would show you a one-click fix but I am ignorant of how to do such a thing. PhotoShop’s Replace Color on a sunburned area would be a start…
Oh, wait a sec, here we go:

That’s better, anyway…
**That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
“Its dome, which owes much to Mansart‘s Baroque dome of Les Invalides, Paris, is the fifth largest dome in the world, rising 307.5 ft (93.7 m) above the Civic Center Historic District. It is 14 in (360 mm) higher than the United States Capitol“
Tags: 2011, 3d smurfs movie, bay area, Blue, california, City Hall, civic center, colors, dark, ed lee, edwin lee, film, hat, honor, light, lights, lit, Mayor, money, movie, night, paid, pictures, San Francisco, skin, Smurf Happens, smurf week, smurfette, smurfs week, Sony, up, white
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Here’s the news of the day, via the San Francisco Business Times: 3700 post office branches are set to be shut down by the USPS.
Here’s what’s on the chopping block in San Francisco:
| BAYVIEW |
SAN FRANCISCO |
94124 |
| CIVIC CNTR P O BOX UNIT |
SAN FRANCISCO |
94102 |
| FEDERAL BUILDING SAN FRAN |
SAN FRANCISCO |
94102 |
| MCLAREN STATION |
SAN FRANCISCO |
94134 |
| VISITACION STATION |
SAN FRANCISCO |
94134 |
Mmmm.
Now the Federal Building PO is just a little thing, sort of a secret for those in the know – no waiting there. And the Civic Center PO Box Unit, well that’s not really a PO anymore anyway.
So.
We’re going to lose three full-fledged POs and they all just happen to be in the southeast corner?
Two in the 94134…

…and one in the 94124:

Uh….
Uh….
WTF, USPS?
What’s that? You spent all your money sponsoring that drugged-up cyclist? All right, but this one is not going to go down well…
See the entire “Expanded Access study list” for California after the jump.
(more…)
Tags: 2011, 94102, 94124, 94134, African American, agency, bay area, Bayview, branches, california, civic center, closed, closing, cutbacks, federal, hunters point, money, PO, poistal service, post office, San Francisco, united states postal service, usps
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