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Having people on our mailing list is critical:  When there’s a hearing at City Hall, or a “Town Hall” event to discuss a new development, a good turnout can make all the difference. 

So please, let us contact you when we need you!  You’ll also get notices about our monthly meetings and other events, but not too many, we promise.

Click here to add your name to the Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District mailing list.  You can also request to receive notices about specific Committee meetings, if you like. 

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Based on the agreements reached at the recent Facilitated Discussion, and additional discussion at the June 19 Community Meeting, we are pleased to announce that the Proposed Bylaws are “more or less” ready to be submitted to our attorney for final review.

You can view the latest draft on our Google Drive.  (If you have a sflcd.org account, open http://drive.sflcd.org with your sflcd.org credentials,then browse to the “Shared files | General | Governance | [Current] Working Files” folder.

If you do not have such an account, you can still view the files, using these links:

PDF File, showing changes from the widely-distributed version dated March 19, 2019:
[Markup from Previous] Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District Bylaws (June 17, 2019).pdf

PDF File, incorporating all my recommended changes:
[Draft] Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District Bylaws (June 17, 2019).pdf

PDF file, same as above, but using a font made for ease of decoding for dyslexic readers:
[Draft] [OpenDyslexic Font] Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District Bylaws (June 17, 2019).pdf

Microsoft Word file, same content as above,
[Draft] Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District Bylaws (June 17, 2019).docx

Please note that these documents are still undergoing some final edits.  If you spot errors of any kind, please report them to spencer.watson@sflcd.org,

The historic groundbreaking for the world’s first Leather + LGBTQ public plaza — Eagle Plaza — took place on Tuesday, June 18th, with the Mayor, two Supervisors, our own Bob Goldfarb, and numerous other civic leaders all wielding shovels to start the construction.  Attendance was excellent, and press coverage was strong and positive (see links below).

Attendees also took this opportunity to buy tickets for the Eagle Plaza Raffle, and Eagle Plaza commemorative pins.  (Full raffle rules and prize details are at http://eagleplazaraffle.com.)

 

Links:

Bay Area Reporter

SF Examiner

SF Chronicle (online)

SF Chronicle (print)

Curbed SF

SFist

Help Land the Eagle!

To date, the Friends of Eagle Plaza have raised over $80,000 of the $150k total that they need to do the Plaza the way we all want it.

But a few more big donations are needed to complete all the “leather theme elements” planned for Eagle Plaza.

Eagle Plaza will be an important focal point for the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District, and donations at any level are welcome.  You can download the full informational brochure here, or visit the “Friends of Eagle Plaza” Web site here.

Also, be sure to buy your tickets for the Eagle Plaza Raffle! You could win a brand new 2019 Iron 883 Black Demo Harley Davidson Motorcycle, a trip for two to Mexico, VIP ticket packages for IMrL 2020, or tags for Lazy Bear Week 2019 or 2020.   Tickets are available at SF Eagle, or from authorized ticket sellers.  Full rules and details at eagleplazaraffle.com!

The SFMTA Board of Directors will be voting on whether to approve long-term safety improvements on Howard Street between 11th and 4th streets and Folsom St. from 11th to 2nd on Tuesday, June 18. The meeting will be held at 1:00 pm, in Room 400 of City Hall (1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102.)

The board will vote on whether to approve safety improvements including:

• Two-way parking-protected bike lanes
• Six new midblock crossings
• Transit upgrades for Central SoMa
• Separate traffic signal phases for turning vehicles and bicycles

You can learn more about the improvement project here.  You can review the documents that will be considered at this meeting here.

If you would like to weigh in on the project, you can do so either in person at the board meeting, or you can email MTABoard@SFMTA.com. We hope to have your support for these changes that we expect to begin constructing in 2021.