URGENT - Call SF Supervisors & Moblize for Aug 7 - 4:30 Hearing

Richmond District residents and businesses are mobilizing to oppose another Starbucks in our Neighborhood for the Tuesday August 7 SF Board of Supervisors meeting at City Hall where they will discuss and vote on an appeal of the SF Planning Commission's granting of a conditional use permit to Starbucks for Geary and 4th Avenue.

Author of the 'Block Starbucks' petition Brian Mckeon says that speakers should try to arrive before 4:30 and encourages anyone to speak out at the meeting as well. Thousands of signed petitions will be presented to the Supervisors at the meeting.

The Appeal was brought by longtime Richmond District small business owner Jesse Fink, owner of Toy Boat Dessert Cafe on Clement @ 5th Avenue. Fink is a leader of the Clement Street Merchants Association.

Please join us on Tuesday August 7th for the hearing. We need everyone that can make it to show up in force.

More info: Contact Bryan Mckeon 415-379-9135 or email him at topbolt@aol.com

SPECIAL ORDER 4:30 P.M.
51. 071031
[Public Hearing - Conditional Use Appeal for 4041 Geary Boulevard]
Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 17448 dated June 14, 2007, approving Conditional Use Application No. 2007.0286C, subject to certain conditions, to allow the establishment of a Formula Retail Use (dba Starbucks, retail coffee store), with approximately 750 square feet in floor area in a vacant commercial space located in a recently approved auto service and repair shop (dba"Service Center for San Francisco Toyota"), a one-story commercial building. The project site is located in an NC-3 (Moderate Scale) Neighborhood Commercial District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District on property located at 4041 Geary Boulevard, Lot 050 on Assessor's Block 1540. (Appellant: Jesse Fink, Clement Street Merchant Association.)
(Filed 7/11/07; companion meaure to Files 071032, 071033, 071034; District 1.)
Action:___________________________

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, the following notice is hereby given: if you challenge, in court, the conditional use application decision described above, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Legislative Chamber - Second FloorCity Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett PlaceSan Francisco, CA 94102-4689

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WRITE AND CALL the SF Supervisors!

You can also email and call San Francisco Supervisors to tell them that we don't want STARBUCKS or any another corporate chain stores in the Richmond because of the harm to our local businesses and neighborhood.

Supervisor District Phone Fax Email
Alioto-Pier, Michela 2 554-7752 554-7843 Michela.Alioto-Pier@sfgov.org
Ammiano, Tom 9 554-5144 554-6255 Tom.Ammiano@sfgov.org
Daly, Chris 6 554-7970 554-7974 Chris.Daly@sfgov.org
Dufty, Bevan 8 554-6968 554-6908 Bevan.Dufty@sfgov.org
Elsbernd, Sean 7 554-6516 554-6546 Sean.Elsbernd@sfgov.org
Jew, Ed 4 554-7460 554-7460 Ed.Jew@sfgov.org
Maxwell, Sophie 10 554-7670 554-7674 Sophie.Maxwell@sfgov.org
McGoldrick, Jake 1 554-7410 554-7415 Jake.McGoldrick@sfgov.org
Mirkarimi, Ross 5 554-7630 554-7634 Ross.Mirkarimi@sfgov.org
Peskin, Aaron 3 554-7450 554-7454 Aaron.Peskin@sfgov.org
Sandoval, Gerardo 11 554-6975 554-6979 Gerardo.Sandoval@sfgov.org

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Thousands of Richmond District Residents Oppose Another StarBucks in our Neighborhood

[Photo: Portland Independent Media]
Petition to block Starbucks Corporation from moving into the Inner Richmond District of San Francisco

Let's keep "formula retail" (chain) stores out of our neighborhood.

Both Hayes and Cole Valley, North Beach and a section of Divisadero have in the past few years been protected by legislation (sponsored by Matt Gonzales, Aaron Peskin, and Ross Mirkarimi respectively) from formula retail establishments. All of these in an effort to preserve the uniqueness, character and personality of these neighborhoods. To protect their "San Francisconess".

Why shouldn't we do the same for our Neighborhood.

The Inner Richmond in addition to Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell and a slew of other international chains is now host to "Quickly" at Clement and 5th another "formula retail" store. Now Starbucks is planning to move into the new Toyota repair shop on Geary between 4th and 5th Avenues in order to "preserve and enhance the cultural and economic diversity of the neighborhood...". As of June, 6, 2007, there are already 80 Starbucks locations in San Francisco "preserving" and "enhancing" the neighborhoods of San Francisco.

Small independently owned businesses have historically recirculated 60% of revenues into the neighborhoods they reside in. Formula retail stores (like Starbucks) recirculate only 20% of revenues from the neighborhoods they reside in. As we plan our neighborhood of tomorrow, which type of business would you rather see?

Please help to conserve the uniqueness of your neighborhood and keep Starbucks out.

This is YOUR PETITION for us to be heard by the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Please help send a message to chain stores that we the residents of San Francisco do not want them in our neighborhoods.

It's YOUR City!!

This Petition endorsed by the Clement Street Merchants Association and thousands of Richmond District residents.

Petition contact: Bryan Mckeon 415-379-9135

Email: Topbolt@aol.com