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Legislation
Forest Knolls and its’ SF Overlook Development
SF Overlook Development, LLC have completed their environmental review with pending planning approval to build a proposed 34 units on the hillside below Crestmont Dr. in San Franciscos’ Forest Knolls neighborhood.
Crestmont Preservation is an organized group of home owners and community members with the common cause of preserving the quiet and peaceful enjoyment that is their right as homeowners. Their primary concern is the additional 340 person trips, (136-170 car trips…based upon round trips per person for average of 5 residents per 2-3 bedroom unit per day), moving through this quiet, residential neighborhood of narrow, hilly streets along with the increased density this large development will bring to the end of this cul-de-sac, already the city’s longest.
SF Overlook states their 34 unit project is 44% less units than the max allowed by zoning. The mix of units are two and three bedroom family townhomes and one 11 unit building. This project will improve hillside stability through water management, new retaining walls and drainage improvements. They propose to add 51 off-street covered parking spaces and will apply for up to 68 parking spaces Continue reading
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Tagged Crestmont Preservation, Erika Burke, Sam Sobol, San Francisco City Planning Commission, San Francisco Homes for Sale, San Francisco New Construction, San Francisco Overlook Project, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco Realtor
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1st Time HomeBuyer – You may be able to use the tax credit for San Francisco Real Estate
Here’s the latest on the first time home buyers tax credit!!!
http://www.edesignations.com/blog/2009/10/real-estate-loans-first-time-home.asp
San Francisco Real Estate Links for GREEN Buyers and Sellers
Hey Folks!
Gavin Newsom just Twittered me about the launch of the new Green Cities Website, which is a collaboration of 10 cities GREEN Goals, we can participate in helping our City “Go GREEN”, read about Best Practices and keep up with what’s happening. Very inpsirational. I’ll be sure to post some of their San Francisco initiatives and events here.
See the article about the launch Here:
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/blog/2009/10/21/green-cities-california-unveils-best-practices-website
and the visit the New WEBSITE website here:
http://greencitiescalifornia.org/
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Tagged Green San Francisco, GREEN Websites, San Francisco Real Estate, Sustainable San Francisco
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Great Local San Francisco Real Estate Resource Website here
The Association’s web site for homeowners, www.sfbaywindow.com, contains more than 130 articles on subjects important to owners. From “Adding a Room” to “Zoning Districts,” it’s all there, making the site the most robust resource guide for San Francisco homeowners on the web.
Want to know more about sidewalk repair? What to do about barking dogs? Confused about who’s responsible for repairing the fence between your backyard and your neighbor’s? Aren’t sure if you need a permit to remodel your bathroom? The answers to all these questions and many more can be found on the Association’s very informative and unique site.
Topics are separated into three easy-to-navigate sub-headings: Your House, Your Neighborhood and Your City.
In addition, the site contains a fourth, separate category—Your Government—which provides descriptions of legislative proposals and ballot measures affecting the interests of property owners at the local, State and federal levels. Sometimes accompanying these descriptions are letters supporting or opposing legislative proposals (as the case might be) that site visitors can send to selected legislators, with their name attached to the letters with a single mouse click. To view the political content, however, the visitor must click on the separate Your Government link. The site was set up this way so that REALTORS® would not feel uncomfortable about referring their clients to the site because the “political point-of-view” expressed may be different than that of site visitors and client alienation would occur.
Assembly Bill makes it Easier to Return Units into Service after Meth Lab Remediation
State law requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to take removal actions with respect to illegal substances. On or before October 1, 2008, DTSC was required to develop health-based target remediation standards for methamphetamine labs. CAA worked actively on the initial law that put these DTSC standards in place. Hundreds of single family rentals and even some apartment units have been boarded up after a meth lab was found. Clean up standards were imperative in order to get these units back on line.
AB 1489 changes existing remediation standards for the benefit of the property owners while taking into consideration the safety of the tenants. The standards have now been developed and various studies have found that property contaminated by methamphetamine laboratory activity is safe for human occupancy if the level of methamphetamine on an indoor surface is less than, or equal to 1.5 micrograms per 100 square centimeters. The standard currently established in law is lower and harder to achieve at .1 micrograms per 100 square feet.
CAA supports this legislation. The bill currently has passed out of the Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and is currently awaiting a hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.









