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		<title>Full Fell Street Bike Lane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An idea occurred to me on my commute along Fell &#8211; why does the bike lane have to disappear at the Panhandle?  Why not simply continue the bike line all the way to Shrader, where the bike route currently turns back on to Fell St. I actually saw a car queued perfectly for the Arco [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sftod.com/2010/09/08/full-fell-street-bike-lane/</link>
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		<title>Giving ArchiPorn a Bad Name</title>
		<description><![CDATA[End of ReignIn case you&#8217;ve missed it, thus far 5 people have had to leave the Planning Department because of charges related to viewing pornographic material at work.  Insert bad joke here.  Originally the discipline was for &#8216;receiving emails&#8217;, but now we&#8217;re up to &#8216;spending hours a day&#8217; looking for photos.  So when does a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sftod.com/2010/07/15/giving-archiporn-a-bad-name/</link>
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		<title>Great MUNI representatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick story from my experience on the N-Judah last week&#8230; I reverse commute on the N every day, and often take the train to downtown or City offices on Van Ness during the workday.  I&#8217;ve never seen fare enforcement during anything other than the evening commute.  And they always manage to catch at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sftod.com/2010/06/13/great-muni-representatives/</link>
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		<title>What can a planner actually do?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our small corner of the blogosphere is seemingly up in arms about Stanley Saitowitz&#8217;s designs, and what the Planning Department says.  While many architects have their own stories about designs being ruined, there&#8217;s also the Planner&#8217;s point of view.  After many years of training and experience, they know what works best in different areas of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sftod.com/2010/05/27/what-can-a-planner-actually-do/</link>
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		<title>How to read building plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Without going into potentially compromising detail, recently I had an eye opening experience.  Someone who has authority over one of my building permits simply didn&#8217;t know how to read plans.  I&#8217;m not talking about anyone unimportant here, but a major figure who can weigh in on all building permits.  Couldn&#8217;t tell where the rear yard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sftod.com/2010/05/09/how-to-read-building-plans/</link>
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		<title>Eastern Neighborhood Zoning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past few weeks our office has had our hands full in trying to learn the intricacies of the new Eastern Neighborhood zoning.  The problem is, there is no easy answer &#8211; and that&#8217;s exactly the way land use should be dealt with. We&#8217;ve had projects in UMU (Urban Mixed-Use), MUR (Mixed-Use Residential) and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sftod.com/2010/03/23/eastern-neighborhood-zoning/</link>
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		<title>Discretionary Review Reform, Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I again spent an afternoon with the Land Use &#38; Economic Development Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.  While I would love to report that the goal of Discretionary Review Reform has been achieved, it once again has been tabled for further discussion.  What follows is a quick summary of what has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sftod.com/2010/02/23/discretionary-review-reform-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Proxy War at 555 Washington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know by now, last Thursday February 11th, the Planning Commission and Rec and Parks held a joint hearing on the proposal for 555 Washington St.  Instead of a simple proposal for a residential tower, it has become a proxy war between the forces of growth and the preservationists.  Both sides were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sftod.com/2010/02/16/proxy-war/</link>
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		<title>A New Jobs Proposal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What if there were something would create or save thousands of jobs in San Francisco and California, yet save money, energy, and people&#8217;s lives?  Inevitably every proposal along these lines has some crazy caveat, but not here.  The only catch would be finding a politician with enough gusto to actually get it done.  I&#8217;m sure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sftod.com/2010/02/01/a-new-jobs-proposal/</link>
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		<title>Back Door!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a regular rider on SF Muni, all too often I see people confounded by the multitude of door opening mechanisms.  Several times a week I see people unfamiliar with the various systems, and either have to watch them struggle, or yell out at the driver to open the door.  The familiar chime of &#8220;Back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sftod.com/2010/01/18/back-door/</link>
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