District 10: Malia Cohen

Routinely, the 4 way stop signs at Newcomb and Keith streets are ignored by speeding drivers. We have elders crossing the streets in fear after they get off the MUNI and children going to school down the hill.

10 mucho junk cars & trucks, storage junks parked in Bayview/Newhall streets, moving onley on street cleaned days. Owner do not live in this area. Police & dpt ignor and do not pay care or ticket. Uses up owners &renters parking spots. DPT not following 72 hour parking law rules, this is not right.I live here 9 years- no change in that time.

permanent homeless camp due to blight from cal trans lack of maintenance

An apparently homeless family has been living out of a maroon Honda (with white racing stripe) on Newhall between Jerrold and Kirkwood. The kids are very small, 0-6mo. and ~2 years. I have seen the father more than the mother and feel badly for them, of course, but the father is rather sketchy in his appearance and how he looks around at people in the neighborhood. He also left a gallon container of used car oil uncapped just out on the curb after changing the oil on a car in the street (Newhall), presumably for some money. It would be nice if they kids were checked up on but really I would like to just have the family and the car checked occasionally because as a resident of the block (around the corner from where they are staying) I'm not interested in welcoming more sketchy characters in to the neighborhood.
**Update (10/15/11)- the kids and the mom are presumably gone. The car must've been towed but homeboy is still sketcherific. Still doing illegal mechanic work but not with the same frequency. There are several containers of uncapped used motor oil to be found at the NW corner of Kirkwood and Newhall right now. Yesterday he was riding a bike down Kirkwood and stole someone's rolling Recology bin.

Stop signs are desperately needed for this intersection. Cars traveling on Maddux speed up and down the hill making it dangerous for any vehicles traveling on Quint and Revere streets.

Some years ago, Potrero Avenue was repaved along its entire length. In a monumental case of poor planning, shortly thereafter PG&E ripped up the new pavement and replaced the gas lines along the entire length of the road. This destroyed the bike lanes' integrity along both sides. (Most noticeable between 16th and 24th Streets.) Currently they are rideable only with great annoyance and difficulty. (I have many broken spokes to prove it.)