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US Navy Transfers Treasure Island

20 hours ago ago from Fog City Journal

An undated aerial photo of Treasure Island, purchased by the US Navy in 1942 for $1. Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas December 17, 2009 The US Navy in 1942 seized Treasure Island from the City and County of San Francisco for the princely sum of $1.  Yesterday, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced the purchase of Treasure Island from the US Navy for $105 million. “This agreement is good for the American tax payer, will create ...

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Some Progress, Some Waiting: L’ville’s Climate Plan

16 hours ago ago from 89.3 WFPL

In April 2005, Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson signed on to the U.S. Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement.   Today, nearly 1000 cities have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions seven percent below what they were in 1990.  And that’s by 2012. “What it means for us in terms of seven percent below the 1990 would be the community would have to decrease its carbon output by more than two million tons of carbon dioxide per year, which ...

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Mayor Newsom Announces Agreement to Transfer Treasure Island to San Francisco

22 hours ago ago from City and County of San Francisco : News

12/16/09 – Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced today that they had reached a broad outline of terms for the conveyance of former Naval Station Treasure Island from the Navy to the City’s Treasure Island Development Authority. The terms of the agreement include a guaranteed payment to the Navy of $55M followed by an interim payment of another $50M, plus an additional share of potential further ...

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San Francisco Is Ablaze (and BALD) With Mustache Fever!

17 hours ago ago from DonorsChoose.org Blog

If you thought that growing a Mustache for kids was a sacrifice, the Growers of Mustaches for Kids – San Francisco beg you to think again. Check out today’s San Francisco Examiner article, “Throwing caution to the wind to benefit schools” to read about how a few San Fran Growers are taking the competition to a whole to level by also SHAVING THEIR HEADS. Yes. You read correctly. There’s only a few hours left until M4K-San Francisco’s ...

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Mayor Newsom Introduces San Francisco Sustainable Financing Program with Supervisor Eric Mar

13 hours ago ago from The Paris - San Francisco

Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced that he will introduce legislation with Supervisor Eric Mar tomorrow, to help finance new residential and commercial renewable energy projects and energy and water efficiency in San Francisco. The new San Francisco Sustainable Financing Program (SF2) and San Francisco Sustainable Financing Special District allows building owners to access affordable, city-sponsored financing for energy ...

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