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The extra weight from the rain caused the wall to buckle, burying Papson’s vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our first reaction was obviously shock,” Papson said. “And then, the next one was, ‘OK, we need to call the insurance company, and I don’t remember if we even \u003cem>have\u003c/em> coverage that would take care of any of this.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944951\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944951\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_1201-scaled-e1680040683289.jpg\" alt=\"Rain pours down on a navy blue Subaru Outback that is surrounded by rubble and debris from a landslide that totaled the vehicle.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_1201-scaled-e1680040683289.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_1201-scaled-e1680040683289-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_1201-scaled-e1680040683289-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_1201-scaled-e1680040683289-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_1201-scaled-e1680040683289-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_1201-scaled-e1680040683289-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_1201-scaled-e1680040683289-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katina Papson’s Subaru Outback was totaled during storms on New Year’s Eve when a concrete wall that lined two San Francisco residences in Glen Park buckled, sending debris and rubble onto the car. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Katina Papson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Papson is just one of many people who’ve discovered firsthand how these kinds of storms can bring down trees, topple walls and leave damaging debris everywhere — and that sometimes, those items fall onto your property. So, if you wake up to a tree (or concrete wall) on top of your vehicle, what do you do?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. Stay back, stay safe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First, assess the damage — from a safe distance.\u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en_US/safety/emergency-preparedness/natural-disaster/storms/storms.page#:~:text=Stay%20away%20from%20downed%20power,%2D800%2D743%2D5000.\"> PG&E advises people to avoid downed power lines\u003c/a> and call 911 immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. Tell your city\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>How you contact your city will depend on where you live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, you can either \u003ca href=\"https://sf311.org/help/sf311-mobile-app\">download the SF311 app\u003c/a> or visit \u003ca href=\"https://sf311.org/\">SF311.org\u003c/a>. You can also call 311 and ask to be connected to the \u003ca href=\"https://sfpublicworks.org/about/contact-us\">Department of Public Works\u003c/a> to report a downed tree; DPW manages \u003ca href=\"https://sfpublicworks.org/streettreesf\">StreetTreeSF, a program that professionally maintains and cares for more than 124,000 street trees\u003c/a> growing throughout the city. According to its website, street trees are pruned on a three- to five-year cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11937459 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115067-1020x668.jpg']Similarly to PG&E, SF311 advises residents who see a downed tree that has struck power lines, vehicles or buildings to call 911. Be sure to take detailed notes of the damage: Write down the street address, vehicle license plate number (if a car has been hit) and nearest cross street to where the fallen tree or limb is located. You can also fill out \u003ca href=\"https://sf311.org/new-request-main/tree-maintenance\">a tree maintenance request form online\u003c/a>, depending on whether you notice a tree that appears to be in danger of falling or one that has fallen and caused surrounding damage. You can upload photos with the request and include a brief description of what occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Other ways to report a fallen tree in the Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/services/oak311\">OAK311\u003c/a>: In Oakland, you can report emergencies like downed trees or limbs, flooding, sewer overflows and street signal outages to OAK311 by dialing 311 or calling 510-615-5566. On the OAK311 home page, residents can also submit reports for all nonemergency issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://seeclickfix.com/us-ca-alameda\">SeeClickFix\u003c/a>: This 311-based online reporting service works by city. In \u003ca href=\"https://seeclickfix.com/us-ca-alameda\">Alameda\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://seeclickfix.com/web_portal/Q4nTBJPnrfGyosn85v3Js1Uq/issues/map?lat=37.866488440719856&lng=-122.29885534264011&max_lat=37.875245700793144&max_lng=-122.27997259117531&min_lat=37.8577301397966&min_lng=-122.31773809410494&zoom=14\">Berkeley\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://seeclickfix.com/web_portal/7YixXMWCgFA1uHbZX8c9YTuR/issues/map?lat=37.838869251925544&lng=-122.29969973805726&max_lat=37.84762979361093&max_lng=-122.28081698659244&min_lat=37.830107669645855&min_lng=-122.31858248952206&zoom=14\">Emeryville\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://seeclickfix.com/web_portal/pjqrRrbqWEvUPoXTQYvBCN2E/issues/map?lat=37.65345277746831&lng=-122.41660015369848&max_lat=37.662235296934696&max_lng=-122.39771740223368&min_lat=37.64466921914891&min_lng=-122.43548290516331&zoom=14\">South San Francisco\u003c/a> and beyond, residents can visit the \u003ca href=\"https://seeclickfix.com/\">SeeClickFix\u003c/a> home page, create an account and report and upload photos of downed trees or limbs, street signal outages, illegal dumping and other safety concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyca.gov/city-services/streets-sidewalks-sewers-and-utilities/city-trees-and-coast-live-oak-ordinance\">Urban Forestry\u003c/a>: Berkeley residents wanting to request the removal of a city tree can call 311 if it is within city limits, or dial 510-981-2489. You also can email a request with photos and necessary street information to trees@cityofberkeley.info.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you live outside these areas, your city or county may have its own process for reporting a fallen tree. Google “report a fallen tree” plus the name of your city or county to find the website, email address or phone number that’s recommended as the fastest way to alert local authorities to the hazard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944966\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944966\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/JeepTreeCrop.jpg\" alt=\"A gigantic tree with dark bark has fallen to the ground with thick branches busted open to reveal tan wooden insides. A black Jeep has taken on large fallen branches and debris to the left of the disaster as wet soil and muddy puddles surround the area.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1486\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/JeepTreeCrop.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/JeepTreeCrop-800x619.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/JeepTreeCrop-1020x789.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/JeepTreeCrop-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/JeepTreeCrop-1536x1189.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A massive blue spruce fell on power lines in Oakland during storms on Jan. 4, 2023, damaging the electrical panel at a nearby home and causing an outage. The city has received more than 324 tree-related service requests since New Year’s Eve due to torrential rains and wind. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>3. Document everything for your insurance\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Take photos and document everything. Snap photos from multiple angles of your vehicle or property, and write down the date and time(s) the damage happened. Be sure to do all of this before your car gets safely moved.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Katina Papson, San Francisco artist and educator\"]‘Our first reaction was obviously shock. And then, the next one was, ‘OK, we need to call the insurance company, and I don’t remember if we even have coverage that would take care of any of this.”[/pullquote]You’ll also want to gather receipts: namely, receipts of recent car maintenance you paid for. This could include fresh tires, engine parts and even a new radio or speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those who’ve experienced unexpected property damage like Papson, it’s important to have all these receipts, photos and files to prepare for the next step: calling your auto insurance company.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. Start the conversation with your insurance provider\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Be prepared to talk to a lot of people about your claim. “You will start to see that there are just so many individuals in the insurance companies that you will have to talk to, like an auto damage adjuster, and then there’s a supplement adjuster,” Papson said. “They are all in communication with the body shop — and with you — so there’s a lot of communication.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"left\" citation=\"Katina Papson, San Francisco artist and educator\"]‘One thing that you’ll notice about the auto adjusters is there are less of them now since COVID, and they are starting to do assessments via FaceTime.’[/pullquote]One tip Papson said she found useful was downloading her insurance company’s app, which she used to file a claim and upload all the photos she took. She also recommends creating a simple spreadsheet with insurance policy information, important phone numbers and individuals you speak to along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing that you’ll notice about the auto adjusters is there are less of them now since COVID, and they are starting to do assessments via FaceTime,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s all the more reason to be diligent when photographing and documenting all damages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Communicate and advocate strongly for yourself,” she said. “You’ve got to just keep calling the insurance company — and it’s an incredible amount of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. How to file a claim with the city for your damages\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you live in San Francisco, once you’ve notified DPW and filed a report with your insurance company, it’s time to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityattorney.org/claims/\">file a claim with the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office\u003c/a> for damages to your vehicle and/or property if, say, a city tree did in fact fall onto and damage your property. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityattorney.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Claims-Form-02-14-1.pdf\">Here’s a PDF link to the direct form\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityattorney.org/claims/\"> city attorney’s website\u003c/a>, “claims for death or injury to persons or damage to personal property must be filed within six months after the accident giving rise to the claim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once a claim is filed, you should receive a letter of acknowledgment with a claim number notifying you that the claim has been received. Be sure to write this important information down and reference it as you follow up on the case’s status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944950\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944950\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_2554-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A Subaru Outback is buried beneath rubble and dirt from a landslide. One worker stands at the top of a hill with two houses behind him. Yellow caution tape blocks off the perimeter.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_2554-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_2554-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_2554-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_2554-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_2554-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_2554-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/IMG_2554-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A concrete wall in the Glen Park neighborhood buckled under the torrential downpour, which caused a landslide and totaled Katina Papson’s Subaru Outback (bottom left). \u003ccite>(Courtesy Katina Papson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>6. Seek transportation support if you’re left temporarily without a car\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First, check whether your vehicle’s insurance coverage plan includes providing you with the use of a rental car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it doesn’t, consider telling friends and co-workers about your situation and requesting to carpool. You can also brush up on your public transportation routes, much like Papson did: For the past two and a half months, she’s carpooled with friends and ridden Muni.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Katina Papson, San Francisco artist and educator\"]‘Be diligent about your paperwork, and be ready to go back and forth with the insurance company. … There’s so many ways that you can kind of fight with them a little bit and stand up for yourself.’[/pullquote]“We did have an umbrella coverage plan with Geico. But under that plan, we didn’t have a rental car. So I took the bus up until last week when I just bought another car,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>7. Lastly, make sure you know your car’s worth\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Papson said that, in the end, she received under $10,000 for her totaled Subaru. She pointed out that the used-car market is “bizarre” right now and that people are selling their vehicles for significantly more than the Kelley Blue Book value — all of which went into her decision to go with Geico’s assessment to total the vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Be diligent about your paperwork, and be ready to go back and forth with the insurance company,” she said. “Sometimes, you can find listings online for the same car, like a used-car listing. [Your insurer is] going to look at the Kelley Blue Book value, which isn’t accurate anymore. …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so many ways that you can kind of fight with them a little bit and stand up for yourself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, helpful explainers and guides about issues like COVID-19\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger and help us decide what to cover here on our site and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10483\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published on December 21, 2023.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Similarly to PG&E, SF311 advises residents who see a downed tree that has struck power lines, vehicles or buildings to call 911. Be sure to take detailed notes of the damage: Write down the street address, vehicle license plate number (if a car has been hit) and nearest cross street to where the fallen tree or limb is located. You can also fill out \u003ca href=\"https://sf311.org/new-request-main/tree-maintenance\">a tree maintenance request form online\u003c/a>, depending on whether you notice a tree that appears to be in danger of falling or one that has fallen and caused surrounding damage. You can upload photos with the request and include a brief description of what occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Other ways to report a fallen tree in the Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/services/oak311\">OAK311\u003c/a>: In Oakland, you can report emergencies like downed trees or limbs, flooding, sewer overflows and street signal outages to OAK311 by dialing 311 or calling 510-615-5566. On the OAK311 home page, residents can also submit reports for all nonemergency issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://seeclickfix.com/us-ca-alameda\">SeeClickFix\u003c/a>: This 311-based online reporting service works by city. In \u003ca href=\"https://seeclickfix.com/us-ca-alameda\">Alameda\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://seeclickfix.com/web_portal/Q4nTBJPnrfGyosn85v3Js1Uq/issues/map?lat=37.866488440719856&lng=-122.29885534264011&max_lat=37.875245700793144&max_lng=-122.27997259117531&min_lat=37.8577301397966&min_lng=-122.31773809410494&zoom=14\">Berkeley\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://seeclickfix.com/web_portal/7YixXMWCgFA1uHbZX8c9YTuR/issues/map?lat=37.838869251925544&lng=-122.29969973805726&max_lat=37.84762979361093&max_lng=-122.28081698659244&min_lat=37.830107669645855&min_lng=-122.31858248952206&zoom=14\">Emeryville\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://seeclickfix.com/web_portal/pjqrRrbqWEvUPoXTQYvBCN2E/issues/map?lat=37.65345277746831&lng=-122.41660015369848&max_lat=37.662235296934696&max_lng=-122.39771740223368&min_lat=37.64466921914891&min_lng=-122.43548290516331&zoom=14\">South San Francisco\u003c/a> and beyond, residents can visit the \u003ca href=\"https://seeclickfix.com/\">SeeClickFix\u003c/a> home page, create an account and report and upload photos of downed trees or limbs, street signal outages, illegal dumping and other safety concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyca.gov/city-services/streets-sidewalks-sewers-and-utilities/city-trees-and-coast-live-oak-ordinance\">Urban Forestry\u003c/a>: Berkeley residents wanting to request the removal of a city tree can call 311 if it is within city limits, or dial 510-981-2489. You also can email a request with photos and necessary street information to trees@cityofberkeley.info.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you live outside these areas, your city or county may have its own process for reporting a fallen tree. Google “report a fallen tree” plus the name of your city or county to find the website, email address or phone number that’s recommended as the fastest way to alert local authorities to the hazard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944966\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944966\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/JeepTreeCrop.jpg\" alt=\"A gigantic tree with dark bark has fallen to the ground with thick branches busted open to reveal tan wooden insides. A black Jeep has taken on large fallen branches and debris to the left of the disaster as wet soil and muddy puddles surround the area.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1486\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/JeepTreeCrop.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/JeepTreeCrop-800x619.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/JeepTreeCrop-1020x789.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/JeepTreeCrop-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/JeepTreeCrop-1536x1189.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A massive blue spruce fell on power lines in Oakland during storms on Jan. 4, 2023, damaging the electrical panel at a nearby home and causing an outage. The city has received more than 324 tree-related service requests since New Year’s Eve due to torrential rains and wind. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>3. Document everything for your insurance\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Take photos and document everything. Snap photos from multiple angles of your vehicle or property, and write down the date and time(s) the damage happened. Be sure to do all of this before your car gets safely moved.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Plans years in the making to renovate a park and community square in San Francisco’s Chinatown appear to have again stalled, concerning neighborhood advocates for the redesign who say that it may now never be funded after the project was dropped from a multimillion-dollar city bond package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent saga over redesigning the historic Portsmouth Square involves an apparent holdup between city departments and private ownership of a pedestrian bridge over the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the supervisor who represents the district has raised more startling concerns, calling for the city attorney to investigate in light of public corruption charges leveled against former San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I smell a rat,” District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin said. “For almost two years, Mohammed refused to move on it, and then of course in January of this year, he was arrested by the FBI ... And now mysteriously the park is not being included in the current bond.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This comes as federal officials announced this week that restaurateur Nick Bovis, an alleged co-conspirator with Nuru, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11818263/owner-of-lefty-odouls-restaurant-to-plead-guilty-to-fraud-counts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pleaded guilty\u003c/a> to felony charges and agreed to cooperate with an ongoing federal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Struggle to Renovate Portsmouth Square\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>During a Tuesday meeting before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Mayor London Breed presented a plan that had been months in the making: the multimillion-dollar \u003ca href=\"https://onesanfrancisco.org/sites/default/files/2020-05/Agenda%20Item%205%20-%20November%202020%20Health%20and%20Recovery%20Bond%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 Health and Recovery bond\u003c/a> project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This money was originally slated to be a parks bond, totaling $255 million. But in November 2019, Breed asked the city's Capital Planning Committee to explore replacing it with a “mental health bond.” If the new proposal is passed by the voters later this year, this bond would provide funding for housing and homelessness, infrastructure improvements and projects to improve open-air spaces and parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one item that was absent from the bond for stakeholders and residents of Chinatown: Portsmouth Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given the current city budget situation, we don’t know when the city will put another bond package together,” said Erika Gee with the Chinatown Community Development Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given the city’s finances, it’s really important that this park is included in the bond,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11818695\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11818695\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/portsmouth-2_1920x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1398\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/portsmouth-2_1920x.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/portsmouth-2_1920x-160x117.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/portsmouth-2_1920x-800x583.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/portsmouth-2_1920x-1020x743.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinatown residents look over plans for the square renovations. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Chinatown Community Development Center)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Chinatown’s 'Living Room'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Portsmouth Square sits at the corner of Clay and Kearny streets, on the eastern edge of Chinatown. It's home to several \u003ca href=\"http://sfrecpark.org/893/Portsmouth-Square\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">notable moments in San Francisco history\u003c/a> — including the first raising of the American flag in the city in 1846. For decades, the park has served as an essential meeting place for the community and has been referred to as Chinatown’s “living room.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when plans began to coalesce around redesigning the park in 2017, the community had a lot to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were over five community design workshops, which is extraordinarily high in the park world,” said attorney Allan Low, who serves as vice president of the Recreation and Park Commission. “Over 100 people attended, which shows high community engagement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After numerous neighborhood meetings, a design plan was selected in July 2018 and brought to the San Francisco Department of Recreation and Parks, which then made it one of the department’s “core projects,” according to Low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, so good, Low said: The community had decided on a design, the Parks Department approved it and things were moving forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the project hit a snag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11818803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1919px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11818803\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43209_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_PortsmouthSquare_05142020-qut-e1589588548641.jpg\" alt=\"Public Works officials said 'discretionary actions' — in this case keeping or revoking the adjacent Hilton Hotel's permit for its pedestrian footbridge — require an environmental analysis before they can move forward.\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1279\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Public Works officials said 'discretionary actions' — in this case keeping or revoking the adjacent Hilton Hotel's permit for its pedestrian footbridge — require an environmental analysis before they can move forward. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>A Bridge Too Far\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The preferred design from the community required the removal of a pedestrian walkway over part of Portsmouth Square. The bridge extends across Kearny Street, connecting the park with the Chinese Cultural Center and the towering Financial District Hilton hotel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the 1970s, the city Department of Public Works issued an encroachment permit to a company called Justice Investors, one of the companies that owns and manages the Hilton. This permit granted it “air rights” to the bridge, allowing the company to build and manage the walkway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 2018, dozens of District 3 residents signed a petition to revoke the permit and submitted it to Public Works — and then-Director Nuru.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Allan Low, vice president of the Recreation and Park Commission\"]'The dates don’t line up to the justification given by the Department of Public Works.'[/pullquote]“The matter was fully heard, briefed, argued. Public testimony opened, public testimony closed, in October 2018,” Low said. “To date, there has been no decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public Works officials said “discretionary actions” — in this case keeping or revoking the permit — require an environmental analysis before they can move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Low said that explanation doesn’t make sense and questions why an environment review wasn’t started until a full year after the October 2018 hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The dates don’t line up to the justification given by the Department of Public Works,” Low said. “If it is true that the decision wasn’t issued because of environmental review, they should have said so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There currently is an analysis underway as part of a larger environmental impact review of the site. City officials expect the review to be completed in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sarah Madland, director of policy and public affairs for the Recreation and Parks Department, said it’s impossible to know if revoking the bridge permit would have made the project move forward sooner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madland said that the timeline for Portsmouth Square, including a complex environmental review involving property not maintained by the city, is not atypical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of what happened with the permit in the past, the project is on track and all stakeholders are on board, Madland said. That includes Hilton, which Madland said has committed to the project through multiple conversations, and the hotel’s support is documented in the environmental review submission from late last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hilton did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin said he raised concerns with the city attorney’s office about Nuru’s involvement in the Portsmouth Square project shortly after the former Public Works director’s arrest. The city attorney’s office did not confirm if an investigation involving the park project is taking place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nuru was arrested by the FBI in late January under suspicion of fraud, including allegations that he and restaurant owner Nick Bovis attempted to bribe a San Francisco International Airport official. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Plans years in the making to renovate a park and community square in San Francisco’s Chinatown appear to have again stalled, concerning neighborhood advocates for the redesign who say that it may now never be funded after the project was dropped from a multimillion-dollar city bond package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent saga over redesigning the historic Portsmouth Square involves an apparent holdup between city departments and private ownership of a pedestrian bridge over the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the supervisor who represents the district has raised more startling concerns, calling for the city attorney to investigate in light of public corruption charges leveled against former San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I smell a rat,” District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin said. “For almost two years, Mohammed refused to move on it, and then of course in January of this year, he was arrested by the FBI ... And now mysteriously the park is not being included in the current bond.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This comes as federal officials announced this week that restaurateur Nick Bovis, an alleged co-conspirator with Nuru, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11818263/owner-of-lefty-odouls-restaurant-to-plead-guilty-to-fraud-counts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pleaded guilty\u003c/a> to felony charges and agreed to cooperate with an ongoing federal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Struggle to Renovate Portsmouth Square\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>During a Tuesday meeting before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Mayor London Breed presented a plan that had been months in the making: the multimillion-dollar \u003ca href=\"https://onesanfrancisco.org/sites/default/files/2020-05/Agenda%20Item%205%20-%20November%202020%20Health%20and%20Recovery%20Bond%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 Health and Recovery bond\u003c/a> project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This money was originally slated to be a parks bond, totaling $255 million. But in November 2019, Breed asked the city's Capital Planning Committee to explore replacing it with a “mental health bond.” If the new proposal is passed by the voters later this year, this bond would provide funding for housing and homelessness, infrastructure improvements and projects to improve open-air spaces and parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one item that was absent from the bond for stakeholders and residents of Chinatown: Portsmouth Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given the current city budget situation, we don’t know when the city will put another bond package together,” said Erika Gee with the Chinatown Community Development Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given the city’s finances, it’s really important that this park is included in the bond,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11818695\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11818695\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/portsmouth-2_1920x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1398\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/portsmouth-2_1920x.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/portsmouth-2_1920x-160x117.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/portsmouth-2_1920x-800x583.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/portsmouth-2_1920x-1020x743.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinatown residents look over plans for the square renovations. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Chinatown Community Development Center)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Chinatown’s 'Living Room'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Portsmouth Square sits at the corner of Clay and Kearny streets, on the eastern edge of Chinatown. It's home to several \u003ca href=\"http://sfrecpark.org/893/Portsmouth-Square\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">notable moments in San Francisco history\u003c/a> — including the first raising of the American flag in the city in 1846. For decades, the park has served as an essential meeting place for the community and has been referred to as Chinatown’s “living room.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when plans began to coalesce around redesigning the park in 2017, the community had a lot to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were over five community design workshops, which is extraordinarily high in the park world,” said attorney Allan Low, who serves as vice president of the Recreation and Park Commission. “Over 100 people attended, which shows high community engagement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After numerous neighborhood meetings, a design plan was selected in July 2018 and brought to the San Francisco Department of Recreation and Parks, which then made it one of the department’s “core projects,” according to Low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, so good, Low said: The community had decided on a design, the Parks Department approved it and things were moving forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the project hit a snag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11818803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1919px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11818803\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43209_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_PortsmouthSquare_05142020-qut-e1589588548641.jpg\" alt=\"Public Works officials said 'discretionary actions' — in this case keeping or revoking the adjacent Hilton Hotel's permit for its pedestrian footbridge — require an environmental analysis before they can move forward.\" width=\"1919\" height=\"1279\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Public Works officials said 'discretionary actions' — in this case keeping or revoking the adjacent Hilton Hotel's permit for its pedestrian footbridge — require an environmental analysis before they can move forward. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>A Bridge Too Far\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The preferred design from the community required the removal of a pedestrian walkway over part of Portsmouth Square. 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