#potreroyard — Public Fediverse posts

The Lurie administration wants to slash #PotreroYard affordable housing because they "just can't find the money."

Our mayor is a billionaire. We have the third most billionaires living here of any city in the world. We can't accept these excuses.

https://missionlocal.org/2025/10/massive-465-unit-mission-district-affordable-housing-project-slashed-to-just-100-units/ #sfpol

In which they spring it on us that they’re canceling about 350 units of affordable housing. I’m not pleased. #potreroYard #sfpol
https://carfree.city/@sfmtadocsbot/115312794676250682

More details on #PotreroYard housing. I believe they said Tuesday the earliest phase 1 housing could open for occupancy was 2029, so this is still relatively long term
https://carfree.city/@sfmtadocsbot/113284626405870721

The planned rebuilding of #PotreroYard has been revised to remove any capacity increase for 60' trolleybuses, used on busy lines like 14/14R. Potrero is now anticipated to be the only yard with trolleybuses, as Presidio Yard will now become battery electric (BEB) only.

This seems to indicate a move away from trolleybuses toward BEBs, which are much less energy efficient, and hold fewer passengers relative to their size.

Lots of misleading news about #PotreroYard housing. Funding's not yet identified for phase 2, with the bulk of the housing, but that doesn't mean it's canceled.

Also Roland Li suggested a false connection in the Chron: "Earlier concepts envisioned as many as 900 homes on the 4.4 acre site at 2500 Mariposa St., but market-rate apartments were later dropped from that plan." Those were 2 unrelated decisions. 1/

Disappointing setback for #PotreroYard housing — not submitting for AHSC* grant this year.

*Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities

And I’ll miss this view: it’s what made me stop and appreciate #PotreroYard in the first place. I’ll try to come by more often to enjoy and photograph it while it lasts: dozens of sleeping Muni buses, with @SutroTower watching over them, day and night.

The end.

But for those who may not be familiar, #sfmta is planning to tear down and rebuild #PotreroYard, which is trolley bus maintenance and parking facility that occupies a whole block on the border of #PotreroHill and the #MissionDistrict.

The facility was built in 1915, and expanded several times, but it is grossly outdated and prevents Muni from using it to its full potential.

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I went on the #PotreroYard #sfmta tour today and I’m going to tell you about it.

https://www.sfmta.com/calendar/potrero-yard-tour-tuesday-jan-24-345-pm-tour-full

I’m by no means an expert on this topic, just a #trolleybus fan but I want to share what I saw and learned, so if I’m wrong about something, please let me know and I will correct the error.

#sanfrancisco #sfmuni #transit #potrerohill

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