The February 20th featured a Double Header. Mr. Alan Wong, Sunset Heights neighbor and SF City College Board President updated us on what’s happening with City College. Accessibility to City College has shaped Alan and his family. As an immigrant, Alan’s father attended City College’s culinary program, allowing him to become a union hotel cook and sole provider for his family for two decades. The City College classes Alan took as a teenager with a low-income tuition waiver helped him graduate at age 19 from UC San Diego.

   In his current role as City College Trustee, Alan passed the policy requiring multi-year budget planning and mandatory budget updates by City College to strengthen fiscal controls and sustainability. But last week City College received a warning from a state commission, saying the Board of Trustees must fix problems and address the long-term fiscal health of CCSF.  If it fails to do so, the College could eventually lose accreditation and public funding, even resulting in closure.
 
 We heard from Alan about his plans to ensure the College’s long-term sustainability and provide job training to San Franciscans.

Following Alan was Dominic DiTullio and Julia Adams, updating SHARP on what’s going on at Stonestown. Most of you are probably familiar with the Stonestown Galleria.  Stonestown was first built in 1952 as an outdoor mall  Many of you may remember stopping  there for food or the latest fashions while a student at SF State. They did a major remodel in 1987 to the Galleria structure.  As you know the function of malls has changed and Stonestown is keeping up with those changes.
 The current owner, Brookfield Properties, is reimagining the Stonestown property to transform it from a retail center to a town center  Their vision for Stonestown includes a mix of housing, retail and neighborhood services. The project is a mixed-use, multi-phased master-planned development on the current location with retail, dining, and entertainment including new parks and open spaces .
 
There will be opportunities for housing, improved parking, access and transit connection and will be constructed in phases while the mall remains open.