Fogcutter Blog

For years, the Greater West Portal Neighborhood Association has published a quarterly newsletter (The Fogcutter) and distributed it to members and neighbors as a printed publication. In 2011 the GWPNA Steering Committee approved changing from a paper format to an on-line format. This allows us to reduce our annual printing and mailing costs and at the same time, increases the speed of our publishing. We can now get important news out to the neighborhood faster.

GWPNA moves meeting date to first Wednesday of the month Traditionally GWPNA has met on Wednesday nights, but that can conflict with SF Board of Supervisors meetings on some evenings, so starting in the Fall of 2013, the monthly GWPNA ...
Posted Jun 18, 2013, 1:47 PM by Matt Chamberlain
Raise $ for West Portal Elementary School while you shop! Friday, October 5, 2012 through Monday, October 8, 2012 Raise money or store credit for West Portal Elementary school by shopping at Bookshop West Portal during Fall School Days from ...
Posted Oct 5, 2012, 9:05 AM by L Hsu
Off The Grid Food Trucks Coming to West Portal by Avrum ShepardHave you noticed all the food trucks parked around the City? It’s hard to miss them, since they have jumped in number from only 20 four ...
Posted Aug 13, 2012, 3:28 PM by GWPNA Account
Process for getting utilities moved underground by Avrum Shepard Neighborhood groups are often asked by neighbors "Can I have my above ground utilities moved underground?" This article summarizes the process here in San Francisco for doing ...
Posted Nov 18, 2011, 12:40 PM by GWPNA Account
AT&T to install additional utility boxes in West Portal by Rae Doyle On May 24, in a 6-5 vote, the SF Board of Supervisors agreed with the SF Planning Commission's decision to allow AT&T to install ...
Posted Nov 11, 2011, 1:01 PM by GWPNA Account
10th Annual Wawona St. Halloween Block Party By Rae Doyle The Grinch may have stolen Christmas, but this year the dastardly villain threatening the Harry Potter themed Halloween Party on Wawona Street is Father Time. How it ...
Posted Nov 3, 2011, 3:48 PM by GWPNA Account
Join GWPNA May 3rd - Prep for the June Elections I’m really excited to announce that the Greater West Portal Neighborhood Association (GWPNA) is gearing up to help you understand the issues in the coming June and November elections ...
Posted Mar 31, 2011, 6:19 PM by Matt Chamberlain
Tucson Shooting - Mental Health Care could have prevented it By Fred J. Martin Jr. - GWPNA Member The fundamental issue in the Arizona shooting was that a pot-smoking, chronically mentally ill person went untreated, was expelled from an educational ...
Posted Mar 27, 2011, 10:03 AM by Matt Chamberlain
Phil Ginsburg - Explains Clubhouse Plans In a posting on the SF Recreation and Parks web site, Phil Ginsburg explains the options for keeping neighborhood clubhouses open. It essentially boils down to: 1) RPD finds a ...
Posted Mar 20, 2011, 3:54 PM by Matt Chamberlain
SF Recreation & Parks Department leasing neighborhood clubhouses to for-profit businesses! SF Recreation & Parks Department has scheduled a 6:00pm public meeting on Monday, November 15th at the JP Murphy clubhouse to discuss the RPD’s leasing of the JP Murphy ...
Posted Sep 11, 2011, 2:45 PM by Matt Chamberlain
Supervisor Elsbernd's District 7 Newsletter Supervisor Sean Elsbernd (District 7) publishes an E-Newsletter that you can subscribe to and have emailed directly to you. The newsletter provides updates on important work facing the Board ...
Posted Sep 11, 2011, 2:45 PM by Matt Chamberlain

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HIGHLIGHTS

November 2011 - GWPNA Helped neighbors negotiate the placement of AT&T Utility Boxes near their homes

October 2011 - GWPNA donated $300 to help fund the Wawona St. Halloween Party

October 2011 - GWPNA co-hosted a Mayoral Candidates Forum with the WTPCC at St. Stephen's Parish Hall

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