Miraloma Life Online – February 2012

  • The Redistricting Process: Status and Implications
  • Supervisor Elsbernd Talks to the MPIC Board About the Bicycle Plan: Status and Effective Input by
    Residents
  • See the Natural Areas Program’s Plans for Mt. Davidson on a Guided Walking Tour: Saturday, February 25, 10 am
  • Here We go Again: UCSF, the Sutro Stewards, and the Fund-raising “Fire Hazard”
  • From the MPIC Safety Committee
  • Summary of MPIC Board Meeting on January 5, 2012
  • Pressure Cooker
  • From the Legal Files:If a Tenant’s Dog Bites Someone, is the Landlord Liable?
  • The Producers Opens at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts Starting February 23
  • Rebuilding Together San Francisco: A Home Safety Program for Low-Income Residents
  • San Francisco Recreation and Parks Urban Trails Corps: Get Out and Volunteer with SF Rec and Park

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Miraloma Life Online – January 2012

  • MPIC Holiday Party and Pot-Luck and Cook-off: A Grand Time Had by All
  • From the MPIC Safety Committee
  • Summary of MPIC Board Meeting on December 1, 2011
  • Left Turn Lane from Portola to Fowler Reduced to One Lane
  • The SF School of the Arts Program
  • Mt. Davidson Forest and the Natural Areas Plan
  • From the Legal Files: Uphill/Downhill Neighbor Law

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Miraloma Life Online – December 2011

  • Reminder: MPIC Holiday Party and Pot-Luck Cook-Off on December 4!
  • The 2010 Census: What Changes Have You Seen in Miraloma Park?
  • From the MPIC Safety Committee
  • Summary of MPIC Board Meeting on November 3, 2011
  • From the Legal Files: Some Facts to Know About Renting Out Your San Francisco Home
  • Notice of Event
  • Winter Poem: Waiting for the Rain
  • Miraloma Park Residential Design Guidelines (MPRDG)

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Miraloma Life Online – November 2011

  • MPIC Holiday Party and Pot-Luck Cook-Off on December 4!
  • MPIC Clubhouse Rental Liability Coverage Policy
  • City Ordinance Requires ‘Hidden’ Disposal Bins
  • Summary of Minutes of Board Meeting of October 6
  • From the Legal Files: How Much is Your Neighbor’s Nuisance Worth?
  • Yards to Gardens, a Project of Earth Island Institute
  • Fog Rise
  • Miraloma Park Residential Design Guidelines (MPRDG)

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Miraloma Life Online – October 2011

  • Mt. Davidson Park – An Open Space Preserved for Recreation or Native Plants?
  • T-Mobile Withdraws Cell Tower Application
  • Report from the Membership Committee
  • Ingleside District Community Safety Update
  • Chaves Burglary
  • Beautify Miraloma Park!
  • All I’ve Ever Known
  • Miraloma Park Improvement Club Fall Fiesta
  • From the Legal Files: The Sun Will Come out Tomorrow: San Francisco Courts Avoid Some Closures

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Miraloma Life Online – September 2011

  • Miraloma Park Fall Fiesta
  • West of Twin Peaks Central Council – Mayoral Candidate Forum
  • An Open Letter to the Miraloma Park Improvement Club – Ned Dahdah of Miraloma Auto Care
  • Miraloma Elementary School Traffic
  • Report from the MPIC Board of Directors Safety Committee
  • There’s Still Time to Participate in the Neighborhood Tree Planting
  • Are you ready for the BIG SHAKE!
  • The SF Botanical Garden Grey-to-Green Program
  • Coyotes In Urban Areas, Miraloma Park Included
  • Miraloma Church sold to Cornerstone Church
  • MPIC Board Meeting Summaries

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Miraloma Life Online – June 2011

  • Bad Decisions: Supervisors Accept 2004-9 Housing Element EIR and Recommend Adoption of Housing Element
  • Update on the New CVS Drugstore
  • MPIC Spring Social and Board Election on June 16
  • About Parking: What’s Up With That?
  • Neighbor Alert: Arson
  • From the Legal Files: Why Arbitration is Fundamentally Unfair
  • Summary of Minutes of MPIC Board Meeting of May 5, 2011
  • Miraloma Park Residential Design Guidelines (MPRDG)

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Miraloma Life Online – May 2011

  • The Destruction of San Francisco’s RH-1 and RH-2 Neighborhoods
  • Auto Break-ins in Miraloma Park
  • Miraloma Community Church Cell Tower – On Hold Indefinitely!
  • Welcome, NERT Members: Coming Activities
  • Let’s Plant More Trees in Miraloma Park
  • From the Legal Files: Should Condominium Homeowners Associations Be Shielded From Lawsuits?
  • NOTICE: Nominations Open for MPIC Board
  • Summary of Minutes of MPIC Board Meeting of April 7, 2011

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Miraloma Life Online – April 2011

  • How Would You Survive for 72 Hours?
  • The Housing Element: SF Continues to Try to Build up the Neighborhoods
  • Where is Miraloma Park?
  • Reported Crimes in Miraloma Park, February 15 to March 15, 2011
  • Catskill Gnats
  • From The Legal Files: Why Words Matter in a Contract
  • Summary of Minutes of MPIC Board Meeting of March 3, 2011

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Miraloma Life Online – March 2011

  • Miraloma Church Cell Tower Neighborhood Alert!
  • Follow-Up Report: JP Murphy Clubhouse Meeting on Parks Privatization Plan
  • Update on the Proposed CVS Drugstore
  • Sunnyside Park Surplus Dollars Community Meeting
  • Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT)
  • Community Police Advisory Board – Crime Alert Posters
  • MPIC Board Welcomes Shannon Chu and Says Goodbye to JoAnn Eastep
  • From The Legal Files:  Boundary Issues
  • Summary of Minutes of MPIC Board Meeting of February 3, 2011

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Miraloma Life Online – February 2011

  • SF-DPW’s Graffiti Advisory Board
  • Sunday Farmers’ Market Proposed for Glen Park BART Parking Lot
  • Miraloma Park Improvement Club (MPIC) Activities and Achievements
  • Monthly Crime Chart – (December 2010)
  • MPIC Appeals Exemption from Environmental Review for Proposed Los Palmos Development
  • From The Legal Files: Your Neighbor’s Trees
  • Summary of Minutes of MPIC Board Meeting of January 6, 2011

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Miraloma Life Online – January 2011

  • A Holiday Party for All Ages
  • 2010 Holiday Party Donors
  • CVS Drug Store May Replace Portola-Fowler Gas Station
  • From the MPIC Safety Committee: Quarterly Crime Report and Other Safety Tips
  • Gone But Not Forgotten:
    The End and the Start of My Wireless Telecommunications Equipment Story
  • From the Legal Files Condominium HOAs, or How the Wrong Shade of Paint Can Cost Over $60,000
  • Don’t Flush It! Dispose of Meds Safely and Easily
  • Summary of Minutes of MPIC Board Meeting of December 2, 2010
  • The Mountain, Christmas Eve

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Miraloma Life Online – December 2010

  • Fostering Quality Residential Design and Preserving Neighborhood Character Through Design Review
  • Update on 701 Portola and the New CVS Drugstore
  • From the Safety Committee
  • Convenient to Miraloma Park: CCSF Veterans Resource Center
  • What Is That? Coming Your Way: Cellular Transmission Equipment On Private Property Without Owner Approval
  • Please Stop the Recreation and Park Department’s Privatization Of JP Murphy Park and Other City Parks
  • Adopt an Animal Friend at SF Animal Care & Control
  • From the Legal Files: An Arbitration Clause in a Home Purchase and Sale Agreement
  • Summary of Minutes of MPIC Board Meeting of November 4, 2010

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Miraloma Life Online – November 2010

  • Mt. Davidson Bench Removed: Towards a Balanced Plan for Park Management
  • 19th Annual Holiday Party and Neighborhood Bake-Off!
  • The Glen Park Community Plan
  • The Pre-Application Requirement for Proposed Developments
  • Notes from the MPIC Safety Committee
  • Graffiti Removal and other methods to keep our property values up
  • Why the Miraloma Community Church Stands Empty
  • PG&E GAS TRANSMISSION LINES
  • Summary of the Minutes of the MPIC Board Meeting of October 7, 2010
  • A Plan for Industrial Uses in Golden Gate Park

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Miraloma Life Online – October 2010

  • Fall Ballot Issues Forum
  • Update From the MPIC Safety Committee
  • Captain’s Message
  • Scented Geraniums Are Really Pelargoniums
  • From the Legal Files: An Arbitration Clause in a Home Purchase and Sale Agreement
  • Return of the Repressed
  • Summary of the Minutes of the MPIC Board Meeting of September 2, 2010

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Miraloma Life Online – September 2010

  • Wind Power in Miraloma Park: Installation of a Nascent Technology Challenged
  • Fall Ballot Issues Forum
  • Youth-Related Problems in Miraloma Park
  • Miraloma Elementary School Traffic and Parking Mitigation Plan
  • Co-Existing With Coyotes
  • June 17 MPIC Election Results
  • Summary of Minutes of MPIC Board Meeting of August 5, 2010

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Miraloma Life Online – June 2010

  • Greg Gaar Presents a Slide Show of the Natural and Cultural History of Glen Park, Mt. Davidson, Twin Peaks Following the MPIC Board Elections on June 17
  • MPIC Board Moves to Oppose Conditional Use Permit for Cell Phone Transmission Antennae in Residential Area
  • Urgent: Survey Regarding Cell Phone Service Quality
  • Stories and Tips from the Police: Selections From Ingleside Police Captain Louis Castanego’s Daily Email Newsletter
  • Public Notice: Park Merced DEIR
  • From the Legal Files: Friends of the Urban Forest
  • Jewels in Miraloma Park
  • Late Winter Outside Prescott, Arizona
  • Summary of Minutes of MPIC Board Meeting of April 1, 2010

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Miraloma Life Online – May 2010

  • Special May Event: A Miraloma Park Literary Soiree and Book Sale
  • A Great Day at the MPIC Parking Lot Party and Barbecue
  • Update on the Proposed Development on Los Palmos
  • “No” to Extended Parking Meter Hours and Enforcement
  • Laguna Honda Hospital Opening Celebration and Tours
  • Celebrating Restoration of Mt. Davidson Park and SFPUC Water Facilities
  • Public Interest Notices
  • San Francisco Police Urge Safety Awareness
  • From the Legal Files: Dog Bite and Your Liability
  • Splashin’ in the Rain
  • Summary of Minutes of MPIC Board Meeting of April 1, 2010

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Miraloma Life Online – April 2010

  • First Annual MPIC BBQ and Parking Lot Party
  • Miraloma Park Community Alert
  • Changes at Miraloma Elementary
  • Miraloma Elementary Annual Auction
  • March 11, 2010 Mt. Davidson Park Stabbing
  • A Marijuana “Grow” in Miraloma Park
  • Neighborhood Scams—Watch Out!
  • From the Legal Files: Dog Matters
  • Gitmo Diary: the Geneva Conventions Revisited
  • Summary of Minutes of MPIC Board Meeting of March 4, 2010
  • Fool’s Luck
  • Keep Miraloma Park a Drug-Free Neighborhood!

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Miraloma Life Online – March 2010

  • First Annual MPIC Parking Lot Party: Saturday, April 17 at the MPIC Clubhouse
  • Notes from the MPIC Safety Committee
  • The Tragedy of Semmelweis: Have We Learned Our Lesson?
  • Creating a 21st Century Police Force:  Big Changes in the SFPD
  • A Cold? The Flu?  H1N1? What Have I Caught?
  • From the Legal Files: Prenuptial Agreements: What They Are and Why You Might Need One
  • Public Interest Notices
  • Summary of Minutes of MPIC Board Meeting of February 4, 2010

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Miraloma Life Online – February 2010

  • December Crimes in Miraloma Park
  • Our Rare Community Asset
  • Laguna Honda Hospital Policy Questions—Part 2
  • Tips from San Francisco SAFE
  • More Fraud, and How to Avoid it!
  • Aunt Denise’s New York Cheesecake
  • The Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year
  • Coyote Chowder
  • What is an Advance Health Care Directive?
  • Organizing a Tree Planting in Miraloma Park
  • Highlights from the MPIC Board Meeting of January 7, 2010
  • Notice: volunteers are invited to help

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Miraloma Life Online – January 2010

  • Best Ever Holiday Party and Pot-Luck Cook-Off
  • Laguna Honda Hospital Policy Questions—Part 1*
  • Clean Out the Medicine Cabinet But Dispose of Drugs Properly
  • Coping With Winter Weather
  • From The Legal Files: What is a Living Trust?
  • Highlights from the MPIC Board Meeting of December 3, 2009

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Miraloma Life Online – December 2009

  • Remember: Holiday Party and Pot-Luck Cook-Off on December 6!
  • The 36 Teresita Bus Route Will Change on December 5, 2009
  • Miraloma Park Graffiti Team Signs Up Newest and Youngest Volunteers
  • In Memoriam, Joseph Thomas Elsbernd
  • Let’s Get A Wildlife Care and Nature Center in San Francisco
  • Beware Scams! Two Case Histories from SFPD Ingleside District Captain Lazar’s Daily E-mail Message
  • From The Legal Files: What is a Will and Why You Need One
  • Camping
  • Did You Know?
  • Mice in Winter
  • Winter Rains: How to Protect Your House
  • Fifty Years Ago in Miraloma Park:
    Highlights from the November and December 1959 issues of Miraloma Life
  • Highlights from the MPIC Board Meeting of November 5, 2009
  • Miraloma Park Residential Design Guidelines

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Miraloma Life Online – November 2009

  • MPIC Annual Holiday Party
  • Pro-active Community Safety Practice: Reporting Suspicious Activity
  • San Francisco Gets Tougher on Graffiti
  • From The Legal Files
  • Tips for a Healthy Bay
  • Into the Past
  • Highlights from the MPIC Board Meeting of October 1, 2009
  • Lost Cat – (Poem)

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Miraloma Life Online – October 2009

  • Summary of the November 3 Ballot
  • Beware of Scams!
  • Get Involved in Your Neighborhood
  • The San Francisco Bicycle Plan and Miraloma Park
  • Enlightened
  • NERT News
  • Sunnyside Park and Conservatory Being Readied for Community Use
  • Highlights: MPIC Board Meeting of September 3, 2009
  • Miraloma Park Residential Design

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