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San Francisco's privately owned streets: Do you live on one of them?

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http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-s-privately-owned-streets-Do-you-11746359.php By Mike Moffitt , SFGATE Published 4:37 am, Thursday, August 10, 2017 Photo: Matier & Ross, Courtesy Google Image 1 of / 11 Caption Close Image 1 of 11 Overhead view of Presidio Terrace , the private street that was sold in a tax auction to a San Jose couple even as homeowners were in the dark. Overhead view of Presidio Terrace , the private street that was sold in a tax auction to a San Jose couple even as homeowners were in the dark. Photo: Matier & Ross, Courtesy Google Image 2 of 11 This stretch of Zampa Lane fronting Geary Boulevard provides access to parking for several apartment complexes. This stretch of Zampa Lane fronting Geary Boulevard provides access to parking for several apartment complexes. Photo: Google Street View Image 3 of 11 Seal Cove Terrace , like many of the streets in developments springing up near old Candlestick Park , is private. Seal Cove T...

In SF politics, the action’s in District 6, a bellwether for rest of city

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Take a walk east from the gold-plated cupola of San Francisco City Hall and the landscape transforms into the Tenderloin, a patchwork of residential hotels, small delis and social service clinics that cater to the poor. It winds into the city’s main tourist corridor , and, farther along, a glossy cluster of condominium towers where upper- story penthouses cost millions . These symbols of extreme poverty and prosperity are wedged together in District Six, which serves both as a portal for visitors and a cauldron where San Francisco ’s most pressing political issues simmer . For 20 years, District Six voters have reliably concluded that the solutions to those issues come from the progressive viewpoint. And while it’s more than a year until the next election for supervisor, the contest is already shaping up as a test of whether that is still true. From the Tenderloin to the Mission Bay waterfront , District Six has seen a rush of development over the past two decades, and residents are ...