ha! the same should be done on noriega and taraval. with the addition of firebombing all cars that double park on those streets, especially taraval. with a streetcar running up and down that street, people who double park there really do deserve their own special and more depraved ring of hell!!

but as for things that can really be done, adding trashcans is a nice idea but what i've noticed is how filthy the busier business laden streets are. when i lived on twin peaks my roomie and i bought a bunch of litter collection gear and would walk up there multiple times a week and pick up trash like a couple of felons. it really bothered us that one of the prettiest spots in the city was so filthy (we surmised it was at the hands of teenagers since the bulk of the trash was fast food containers, condoms and ridiculously cheap booze bottles), especially since so many tourists go up there and that might be one of their impressions of our beautiful city. i feel the same way about my hood -- it really could be nice despite the dingy weather...

other than that an outreach program to ease racial tensions would be really nice. i really love it here but i would never raise my kids here simply because of the gang violence exhibited by the chinese in this neighborhood. it's really a shame since my husband was born and raised here, but i don't want my children in danger of getting their asses kicked or worse, stabbed or shot, because they are white. it's my understanding (and this could be false) that a lot of young chinese kids turn to gangs because their homes are so overcrowded with often older relatives they can find no sense of companionship or privacy, so they turn to other avenues. i really think there should be some type of community recreation center like there is in many projects and other troubled neighborhoods to steer these kids in a healthier direction. i don't know if it would work, but it's an idea...

amy thank you so much about the community garden!!!! Sunset pride!

There's El Beach Burrito, on Judah btwn 44th & 45th aves...

And isn't there a Crepevine on Irving?

God forbid a landlord would have to do some upkeep! ~sigh~
Sorry, I'm jaded by 16 years of SF landlords.

I would LOVE for the power lines to go underground. I don't just think its the era in which is was built, but the milieu as well - this was cheap working class housing. St. Francis Wood was in before us & they have grass by the sidewalks (the status quo in LA, WTF?) and buried lines. But I love the Sunset anyway, wires and all! It kinda sucks that there's a big ole giant pole w/major lines right smack in front of the ocean view from my desk. EVERYONE should have my problems, no?

Waffles? Did I hear something about waffles? Who what were? I'm a waffle freak!

Whatever has changed recently that there are more gunshots and such things late at night - some of it started when Java Beach added the bar - I live 2 blocks away and the weekends are noisier and there are more people/bottles/action/wrecks/etc on the weekends. From hit and runs to homeless to sideshows - not the sleepy little place it was 2 years ago. I'd like to see it safer.

I found Friends of the Urban Forest - www.fuf.net - who do tree plantings in the City. Think we should hit em up?