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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 up on previous work and developments.
San Francisco Beautiful in the News
The media turns to San Francisco Beautiful for comments and insight on livability issues. We’ve weighed in on such items as general advertising, real estate developments and urban design plans, parks, cable cars, our Beautification Awards and Grant Programs and the preservation of our historic landmarks.
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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