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Ocean 海灘總體規劃建議草案 在過去的一年，三藩市規劃及城市研究協會(The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, SPUR) 正與公共機構、社區人士、權益關注者和其他持份者一同 工作，為Ocean 海灘總體規劃建議草案提供建議。這份總體規劃建議的目標旨在應對 Ocean 海灘一系列複雜的問題，當中包括基建、消閑娛樂、開放空間、瀕危的動植物、 以及在將來的可持續性等。在一系列讓公眾參與的研討會中，每一個備受關注的領域都已 被清楚解釋和作出討論。 最終建議包括以下六項重要舉措: 重要舉措 1 改變位於動物園後Great 高速公路在Sloat 大街和Skyline 街之間的路線 重要舉措 2 引入多用途海岸保護/ 修復/ 入口系統 重要舉措 3 為管理設施的用地而減少Great 高速公路的寬度 重要舉措 4 中段海灘沙丘的收復 重要舉措 5 為金門公園通往海灘提供更好的連接 重要舉措6 改善Balboa 街以北的自行車道及行人道 要閱讀整個 Ocean 海灘的總體規劃，可瀏覽網頁 : http://www.spur.org/ocean-beach 。 歡迎公眾提供意見，如果想知道如何去提出您的意見，可到網頁 http://www.spur.org/ocean-beach 查看相關的指示。請將您的意見在2 月29 日之前提 交。

Members-only walking tours are one of the great benefits of joining SPUR. Tour leaders such as planners, architects, elected officials and other insiders spend a few hours with us, sharing their expert lens on our region. Want to know what's in store for 2012? Our new calendar of spring tours and other events is now online. For a peek at the kind of insight…

Thank you very much for your interest in the Ocean Beach Master Plan and for your help reviewing this draft document. The Ocean Beach Master Plan process was built around public and stakeholder input. The main purpose of the document review is for you to confirm the message and content is consistent with the past 12 months of discussion, input and alternatives development. The draft document review…

How can a rich historical space welcome visitors and new community members while ensuring that it continues to work for current residents? This question is central to the future of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Stockton Street, one of the busiest corridors in the city, must decide how to accommodate additional growth and change in the coming years. To address these concerns while maintaining affordable housing, transit equity, pedestrian safety and a sense of community, SPUR and the Chinatown Community Development Center are undertaking a re-envisioning process for Stockton Street. Join us!

On December 20, the California Supreme Court upheld the legislature’s elimination of redevelopment agencies. Each city now needs to figure out how to do what has been traditionally been done with redevelopment funds. What does this surprising turn of events mean for the urbanist agenda in California?

The Draft Ocean Beach Master Plan will be available for public review on January 27, 2012. It will be available for download here. The public will have until February 29 to provide comments and feedback on the draft plan. The Final Plan will be available in early March.

Starting a garden or farm in San Francisco just got a little bit easier. Pulling together the most recent changes to city laws, the San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance recently released a guide to the regulations for growing and selling food within San Francisco. The guide covers a host of topics including: Finding land Gardening on private versus public land Water access Selling what…

SPUR is pleased to issue a call for applicants for a twelve-week fellowship in the summer of 2012. The Piero N. Patri Fellowship in Urban Design is a hands-on position for a current graduate student or 2010/2011 graduate in urban design, architecture, landscape architecture or a related field. The fellowship provides the opportunity to gain firsthand experience working in the urban design and planning field on a project that will have a positive impact on the city of San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Ever the pioneer in the political process, California is once again experimenting with its democracy, this time with new approach to helping the public understand reform proposals. Conducted earlier this year, the What’s Next California Project is California’s first state-wide deliberative poll, in which a random sample of the population is polled on important public-policy issues, then gathers to discuss them and is polled again. Is this the future of polling?

This is a time of significant flux in the Bay Area’s regional planning landscape. There is a serious proposal in the California State Legislature to change the way the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is governed and increasing talk about whether it and other regional agencies can play a stronger role in economic development.

Thanks again to all who have provided input on the Ocean Beach Master Plan Draft Recommendations from Public Workshop #3. We received valuable comments, ideas, and feedback from over 100 community members. We will take this feedback into account as we refine the recommendations and develop a Draft Ocean Beach Master Plan document. Below you can read comments received from three sources: via…

Urban animal husbandry, though nothing new, is a cause for concern for many people – especially planners. Chickens, rabbits, bees and goats conjure up nightmares of odors, noises and animal cruelty. When Oakland’s planning department held a meeting to discuss changes to urban agriculture regulations, nearly 300 people showed. Like many other jurisdictions nationwide, the city is proceeding cautiously as it updates its animal regulations.

In San Francisco, traffic planners are reversing the outdated, 20th-century strategy of engineering downtown streets into multi-lane, one-way motorways. Last month, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) converted a one-way commercial stretch of eastern Hayes Street to a calmer two-way traffic configuration. It’s just one project in a larger move toward making streets less focused on whisking cars through town and returning them to…