Steve Moss
www.mossfordistrict10.com
Responses to BayviewHuntersPoint.com Questions
How does the Bayview integrate with the growth of Mission Bay?
The Third Street corridor needs to be revitalized so that more Bayview residents are drawn to the businesses along that strip, and pedestrians feel comfortable walking on Third Street, from, for example, Evans to 22nd Street. Likewise, the entire street, from 16th south to the freeway entrance, needs to be re-imagined as the primary transportation corridor, promenade, and greenway connecting Mission Bay through Dogpatch to Bayview. Ultimately, a Mission Bay resident or worker should want to jump on the T-Line to go to lunch or dinner at Auntie Aprils or another Third Street restaurant, with Bayview residents taking the train to well-paid jobs at Mission Bay and elsewhere.
How does Bayview leverage the Shipyard Development for the benefit of the community?
There are a host of community benefits, affordable housing, and employment agreements baked into the Shipyard Development agreement. These should be honored and implemented as rapidly and as effectively as possible. In addition, as the development continues to unfold, a greater emphasis should be placed on creating long-term, sustainable employment opportunities for Bayview residents.
How do you address the diverse needs of many different neighborhoods in District 10?
I’m the only District 10 candidate to collect 1,000 signatures to place my name on the ballot. To achieve that goal I canvassed in every neighborhood throughout the District: Dogpatch, Bayview, Hunters Point, Vis Valley, Little Hollywood, Portola, and Potrero. In talking to hundreds of residents I found that everyone wanted the same thing: excellent schools for their children, safe, clean and thriving communities, open space and recreational opportunities, high-quality, accessible public transportation, and jobs. We share the same goals, though the depth of the need is different depending on the zip code. My goal as supervisor would be address these needs as effectively, and as equitably, as possible.
How as supervisor can you support the revitalization of the 3rd Street Corridor?
Most Bayview residents, even those who are within walking distance from the corridor, avoid 3rd Street as being unsafe, unsanitary, and without anything to offer. They take their shopping dollars, and leisure time, elsewhere. While steady progress is being made to reduce crime levels, and new businesses are opening (and closing), more needs to be done to revitalize this corridor. As supervisor I would work to increase safety – both through more effective policing and creating more opportunities for youth and young adults – maintaining clean and green streets and sidewalks – by using training and employment programs for this purpose – and supporting small businesses – by leveraging the range of federal, state, and local financing and support programs available, and streamlining permitting processes. Likewise, children-friendly sidewalks features, such as pocket parks and coin-operated attractions, should be encouraged. There must be a steady and strong signal that the 3rd Street Corridor is open for business, and it’s a place you’ll want to go, backed-up my real progress.
What do you propose for Candlestick Park should the 49’s move?
This site should be developed as a job center, preferably by securing a large employer to create a blue collar-friendly campus, supplemented by smaller retail and production, development and repair enterprises.
What new technologies and industries would you attract to District 10?
I have deep expertise in the energy and environmental sector, and would lend by experience and skills to attracting industries to District 10 from this sector. That said, my primary criteria for technologies and industries is that they provide a range of jobs offering good wages and benefits, from entry-level to professional, blue- and white-collar; and are environmentally and economically sustainable.
How do you leverage the new Lowe’s and other development to bring jobs to District 10?
Current discussions center on creating a home improvement district around Lowe’s. However, there are challenges to developing this concept due to existing property ownership and use patterns. At minimum the City should seize the opportunity to improve the local transportation and related infrastructure in the area, so that it becomes a more attractive and useable area for enterprises and people.
How do plan to address continuing crime and safety issues in District 10?
The new police chief’s initiatives related to civilian patrols on MUNI, and deploying CompStat to better target policing efforts, should be supported and fully evaluated. CompStat could provide the information needed to hold SFPD fully accountability to making our streets safer. The police department’s drop-in center hours could be expanded from one afternoon to seven days a week as a means of better serving the community. More broadly, the police department needs to develop a community policing model that emphasizes on-the-ground, respectful contact between officers and the community. And we need to focus on the root causes of crime in our community, specifically related to high unemployment and lack of access to high-quality education and training programs.
Affordable Housing vs. Development – how do you ensure there is adequate affordable housing units reserved without straining a community’s infrastructure and economic planning.
There are a large number of development opportunities in Southeast San Francisco that, if effectively pursued, will create opportunities for home ownership. These include at the Seawall Lot, Schlage Lock, the Hunters Point Shipyard, and as part of redevelopment of existing public housing complexes. These projects need to marshaled-along in environmentally-sustainable, community-friendly ways that result in increasing housing access for working San Franciscans.
In addition, housing needs to be evaluated in the overall context of the City’s cost of living. For example, the nonprofit I founded, www.sfpower.org, has saved low-income San Franciscans tens of thousands of dollars annually, by helping to lower their energy and water bills through the provision of efficiency measures. Likewise, SF Power has sponsored financial literacy programs to enable working families to better manage their money, and reduce their banking fees. By cost-effectively reducing expenses on non-housing items San Franciscans are better able to afford to live in the City, while, in the case of energy and water, helping to improve the environment.
In addition, there needs to be considerably more investment in District 10’s infrastructure. The City should advocate for a realignment of regional, state, and local infrastructure investments away from ex-urban areas – which encourages sprawl – and towards San Francisco, and District 10 in particular. See http://www.potreroview.net/feat10179.html.
What is the number one issue addressed by your platform?
Youth and children. City funding that supports children and youth should be well-coordinated to ensure maximum benefits. Muni, Parks and Recreation, after-school and child care programs should be managed as a web of support to make sure that this population receives the services it needs. City leaders should play a larger role in encouraging wealthy residents to help pay for these initiatives.
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