Posts Tagged ‘zone’
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
This was the scene down on MACALLISTER Street in the Western Addition PJs last year, on govmint land of course.
…and here’s the same scene these days:
Let’s see here:
“When flags of states, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the US flag, the US flag should always be at the peak.”
NOPE! Believe it or not, that rat tail you can see at bottom is our Stars and Stripes. Above it is the flag of the State of California. (You can still see the bear a little bit.)
“The flag may be displayed twenty-four hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness.”
NOPE!
“The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.“
NOPE!
I could go on…
There’s a little black spot on the sun today
It’s the same old thing as yesterday
There’s a black hat caught in a high tree top
There’s a flag pole rag and the wind won’t stop
Tags: 2012, 2013, America, bay area, bear, Blue, california, central subway, code, drug free, drug free zone, flag, Housing Authority, mcallister, old glory, patriots, red, San Francisco, San Francisco Housing Authority, SFHA, stars, street, stripes, tattered, The Fillmore, torn, United States, western addition, white, zone
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Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Well here’s the statement:
“The San Francisco Housing Authority does not transfer any family to any particular apartment, community, neighborhood or development because of race, color, sex, religion (creed), disability, familial status, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, source of income, or age.”
Of course it’s not true, but that’s the statement.
The point of it is to discourage transfer requests, that’s true.
But they could have phrased it differently, that’s all.
Alemany (938 Ellsworth Street)
Alice Griffith (207 Cameron Way)
Bernal Dwellings (313 Kamille Street) (HOPE VI)
Great Highway
Hayes Valley (401 Rose Street) (HOPE VI)
Holly Courts (100 Appleton)
Hunter’s Point (90 Kiska Road)
Hunter’s View (112 Middle Point Road)
North Beach (455 Bay Street) (HOPE VI)
Ping Yuen North (838 Pacific Avenue)
Ping Yuen (795 Pacific Avenue)
Plaza East (642 Linden) (HOPE VI)
Potrero Terrace & Annex (1095 Connecticut Street)
Randolph & Head (200 Randolph/409 Head)
Robert B. Pitts (1150 Scott Street)
Sunnydale (1654 Sunnydale Avenue)
Valencia Gardens (390 Valencia) (HOPE VI)
Westbrook (90 Kiska Road)
Westside Courts (2501 Sutter Street)
Public Housing Project, McAllister Street, Western Addition (aka The Fillmore), San Francisco, 2012:
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Tags: 2012, 2013, America, American, asian, bay area, bear, Blue, california, central subway, chinese, drug free, drug free zone, Family, flag, Housing Authority, mcallister, old glory, patriots, race, red, San Francisco, San Francisco Housing Authority, SFHA, stars, street, stripes, tattered, The Fillmore, torn, transfer, United States, western addition, white, zone
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Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Do you remember this one, from last month?
I do.
Good times.
Well, since then, this vehicle has been making waves, you know, getting pulled over by the SFPD, getting ticketed by SFMTAMUNIDPTSFBC meter maids (Tough People, Good Jobs), and getting towed outta Chinatown like a beached whale.
And you know what the little people, the tiny topolino, those boring, mousy types who can only dream of being piloti di Lamborghini or a sexy-time lover of piloti di Lamborghini, you know what they do? They whip out their cell phones and then post photos to the Internet.
Fucking haters!
As here on Market last month, via my Samsung Galaxy Note II phablet:
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And here’s an effort from Lulu Vision a few days later:
But there was no ticket issued for this particular yellow zone violation. Lucky Devil!
Now speak of the Devil, El Diablo, here’s a list of recent citations issued for this whip by the SFMTA:
02/13/13 T37C STREET CLEANING $62.00
02/25/13 T202.1 PRK METER DOWNTOWN $72.00
02/28/13 T37C STREET CLEANING $62.00
03/01/13 T38C WHITE ZONE $98.00
03/02/13 V22502A OVER 18 IN. FRM CURB $57.00
03/02/13 T38C WHITE ZONE $98.00
03/02/13 T38A RED ZONE $98.00
Of course the cops don’t care about you parking in the yellow zone when they’re pulling you over, as here on Kearny. Also via Lulu Vision:
Hey look what came out of the Lambo – it’s a quarter ounce of medicinal Mary Jane plus a quarter gallon of medicinal luxury vodka.
Good times. Good times for 32-year-old Mr. Cheng.
(Good thing that vodka was capped, Brother. Anyway, the SFPD let him go with a ticket.)
But getting towed from the front of the Chinatown McDonalds because of corrupt Rose Pak’s Chinese New Year’s parade, well that’s the limit, am I right, people?
Via Angimm11
I’ll tell you, I don’t know if this kind of exoticar lifestyle is sustainable.
Well let’s the driver of this car can Go Forth And Sin No More…
Tags: 18 inches, 2013, American, asian, bay area, Blue, california, car, chinatown, chinese, cops, curb, dept., driver, exotic, gallardo, italian, lambo, lamborghini, marijuana, market, mary jane, McDonalds, medicinal, meter, new year, parade, police, polizia, pulled over, San Francisco, SF, SFPD, stopp, street, supercar, ticketed, tow truck, vodka, white, yellow, zone
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Friday, June 15th, 2012
Public Housing Project, McAllister Street, Western Addition (aka The Fillmore), San Francisco, 2012:
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This area is about six blocks from San Francisco City Hall.
Here’s the exact same pair of flags from three years ago, would you agree?
And the DRUG FREE ZONE warning sign is still there as well. (But, of course, this isn’t actually a drug-free zone. Not in the least.)
Oh well.
So, why do we even have flagpoles then?
Perhaps putting them in was a bad idea? Perhaps it’s easier to put in a flagpole than to take care of a flagpole over its lifetime? Perhaps we should take these flagpoles down if this how City, County, State and/or Federal officials are handling things?
Perhaps Redevelopment of the Fillmore was a bad idea?
Perhaps other federally-funded projects, such as the useless Central Subway, are bad ideas as well?
Mmmmm.
Tags: 2012, America, bay area, bear, Blue, california, central subway, drug free, drug free zone, flag, Housing Authority, mcallister, old glory, patriots, red, San Francisco, San Francisco Housing Authority, SFHA, stars, street, stripes, tattered, The Fillmore, torn, United States, western addition, white, zone
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
See? The brand-new Mercedes Benz and the Lexus have blue placards but the Honda has to make do with just a red placard.
Financial District, San Francisco:
Why is it that every brand new Mercedes parked in San Francisco’s Financial District has a blue handicap placard hanging from the rear view? Are these things like a no-cost option or something?
The fact that no California physician has ever been disciplined in the slightest for improperly signing the DMV form in the history of the state puts a lot of pressure on area doctors. Everybody knows that they won’t get caught. It’s like all the doctor needs to do is write down his or her name once and that will earn said doctor a fan for life.
A long healthy life.
In a new Mercedes Benz.
With an improperly-gotten handicap placard.
Hurray! Free parking. For life!
And when those downtown core congestion charges come, then free driving. For life!
Tags: 2012, bay area, benz, Blue, california, car, DPT, free, handicap, handicapped, luxury, Mercedes, mta, parking, placard, red, San Francisco, SFMTA, space, spot, zone
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
Well, this one should be simple:
“Green zones and green meters are for public use and are not reserved for particular establishments.”
And yet:
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Also, if you want a wedding dress cleaned the charge is $140, but if you go someplace else and say it’s a Black and White Ball dress, then the charge is just $15. And, of course at Bluebird Cleaners, girls pay more, as always. It’s all on the Yelp.
Why do people out in the West Bay think they own the streets adjacent to their private property?
Oh well.
“Green zones are for short-term parking, generally less than 10 minutes. In non-metered areas, green zones are indicated by a green curb marking with a ten-minute time limit. Standard effective hours are 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
In metered areas, short-term parking can be designated by a green meter with either a 15- or 30-minute time limit, in lieu of a painted curb. The effective hours for green meters are the same hours of operation as adjacent meters. Green zones and green meters are for public use and are not reserved for particular establishments. Please also note that vehicles bearing disabled placards or plates are exempt from the time limits for green zones or green meters.
Green zones or limited time meters are not intended for private parking. Such zones are intended for establishments where transactions are predominantly short-term – 10 minutes – in nature. Typical establishments that may qualify for a green zone are dry cleaners, florists, small neighborhood grocery/deli convenience stores, audio-visual repair shops, shoe repair shops, postal shipping centers, and hardware stores. Other establishments are reviewed on a case-by case basis. Among other reasons, green zone requests may be denied if private off-street parking is available, there are adjacent limited time zones nearby, or the establishment’s transactions are not predominantly short-term in nature.
A processing fee is required for either a green zone or a green meter. If approved at the public hearing, painted green zones are required to be renewed every two years thereafter; see the white/green zone fee schedule. When applying for a painted green zone, please do not combine processing with painting/installation fees. Please send only the processing fee with your application. Green meter zones are not required to be renewed and there is no paint/installation fee.”
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Here’s an example of what I was talking about in the comments section here:
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IMO, any cyclists who get into collisions on Market Street as seen above would be held not at fault, but the law’s a tiny bit ambiguous on this one.
This is not the typical dooring situation that was on the minds of the people who drafted CA’s dooring law back in the 1960′s, anyway.
Personally, I’d have the van’s right-side tires hugging the curb before I let anyone open the door on the right side, but maybe that’s just me.
Tags: 2011, bay area, bicycle, bike, bikes, california, California Vehicle Code, cyclist, divisidero, door, doored, lane, lane take, mcallister, middle, San Francisco, tool time, zone
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Well, looky here – that TCWZ is paying dividends already, or something. Here’s the newest “Chinese art museum” to hit the Mid -Market, at 1023 betwixt 6th and 7th. See?
Though there is Great Disorder Under Heaven, the Situation is Excellent for opening an art museum in the Tenderloin-ish Mid-Market area:
Nosy area provocateur The Tens is all over this sitch as was Curbed SF and SFist before him.
But what’s this? You need to contact a security guard before attempting to leave the building?
Wasn’t that how the Movementarians kept people in line? I think so.
Courage.
I fear that God is Not in Heaven
In the dark of the night
The dark of the night
The I Ching
Wang Chung
(more…)
Tags: 1023, 2011, art, bay area, california, China, chinese, corporate welfare, cult, market, mid market, museum, San Francisco, sect, street, superb, tenderloin, tens, the tens, twitter, Twitter Corporate Welfare Zone, zone
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
This wasn’t a temporary thing or nothing, this is just the way this guy rolls – like right down the center of the lane, block after block.
A fairly wide lane, IMO. A lot wider than what they’re giving you these days on the new and so-called “improved”* DivCo (Divisidero Corridor, srsly) where cyclists “take the lane” whether they want to or not, whether they’re in the door-zone or not.
Oh well.
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*”Improved” in this case means widening the useless median and narrowing the slow lanes. Oh well.
Tags: bicycle, bike, bikes, California Vehicle Code, cyclist, divisidero, door, doored, lane, lane take, mcallister, middle, tool time, zone
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011
You know why you almost never see Lamborghinis with licence plates on the back in the 415? ‘Cause when you register them in CA, it costs low five-figures, baby.
And that’s a lot of scratch for a toy.
(Of course, if you want a sexy, imported, Lambo two seater for a little cheaper, there’s always the tandem Viaggio bicycle, right?)
Now, take it away Andyi – here’s an accounting of the fuss in Union Square last night:
“I dunno. There’s something about a expensive supercar being towed from a no-parking zone with the same care and indignity as a Toyota Celica that makes you smile and take photos. One thing worries me, though. This is:
1) A super-expensive car,
2) With no license plate,
3) Parked illegally,
4) Outside the Apple Store.
I’m 10% sure that I might have just missed a Steve Jobs sighting.
(Aside: another demo of the Nikon P7000′s special super-high-sensitivity shooting mode. The feature really shines in street shots like this one, where there’s enough light to see by but not enough to get a good shot from a normal camera. Apart from the low 3-megapixel resolution, there’s really nothing wrong with this shot. I tweaked it a little bit in Aperture, but no more than I’d adjust a shot I took in bright sunlight with any other camera. It was more or less fine as-is.)”
Million dollar pig junior
You’re my Bangladesh
I’m crazy dynamite
I’m the cactus man
I drive a Lambourghini
I stop for petrol
You mangle my pig junior
There’s tornadoes in Spain
I’m alone tonight
I’m the cactus man
I drive a Lambourghini
I stop for petrol
Mangle my pig junior
Mangle my pig junior
So far away
So far away…
Tags: 2011, apple, auto talent, autotalent, bay area, california, car, department, dept., gallardo, illegally, italian, italy, lambo, lamborghini, Lamborghini Schadenfreude!, Lambourghini, license, Nikon P7000, parked, petrol, plate, police, purple, red, San Francisco, Schadenfreude!, SFPD, steve jobs, store, tow, truck, zone
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