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On May 10th SPUR hosted an Open House and Public Update meeting at County Fair Building at Golden Gate Park. Information was presented on the updates on the three implementation studies currently underway (Coastal Management Framework, Transportation and Open Space).

The Ocean Beach Master Plan, a vision for San Francisco's western coast, recommends ways to improve coastal access, restore ecological function and protect critical infrastructure in the face of chronic erosion and sea level rise. Three projects - addressing coastal management, transportation, and open space -- are currently underway to carry those recommendations forward.

The Open Space Design focuses on recreational and landscape improvements on Ocean Beach and surrounding streets and trails. With different parts of the beach eroding at different rates, the design team is exploring creative ways to adapt to coastal changes for varying timeframes.

After many months of planning, San Francisco’s new urban agriculture program launched in January. The program, designed to coordinate and increase the city’s support for city farmers and gardeners, recently released details about its first year priorities.

Updates on the Coastal Management Framework implementation project. An Immediate-Term Management Strategy, a package of softer management tools covering the first three storm seasons, is under review, wind blown sand management techniques have been identified and a vulnerability analysis and coastal engineering feasibility study are being prepared.

What's happening underneath our streets? How is our city really operating? A recent tour of the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant shed light to an important operating system of San Francisco that preserves public health and environmental quality.

After years of planning, the Santa Clara–Alum Rock Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project broke ground on Friday, March 21. This is the first of three BRT lines that the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is developing in the South Bay — and the first BRT line in the Bay Area, pulling ahead of planned projects in San Francisco and the East Bay.

After a 20-year public process, a project to convert a landslide-prone portion of Highway 1 into a multi-use coastal trail is finally complete. The new Devil's Slide Trail welcomes hikers, cyclists, horse riders and dog walkers. With its similarities to erosion-damaged sections of the Great Highway, Devil's Slide offers a model for implementing some of the recommendations in SPUR’s Ocean Beach Master Plan.

SPUR’s 34th annual Good Government Awards recognized Zoon Nguyen for rolling out the San Francisco assessor-recorder’s electronic system, increasing regular assessments and helping the city issue 500 marriage licenses in one weekend after the federal court announced the resumption of same-sex marriages.

SPUR’s 34th annual Good Government Awards recognized San Francisco’s Douglas Legg for ushering in DPWStat, a tool that has improved management of construction schedules, street cleaning, building and sidewalk repairs, and graffiti removal.

SPUR’s 34th annual Good Government Awards recognized Lisa Wayne as the lead architect and visionary of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department’s Natural Areas Program.

SPUR’s 34th annual Good Government Awards recognized the City of San Francisco’s Legal Educational Advocacy Program Team for improving educational outcomes for youth in the juvenile justice system and curbing the cycle of young people who go back into the system.