The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is apparently trying to open a pharmacy in the Castro, and there will be a Planning Commission hearing on the project next Thursday (Jan. 14) at noon in City Hall, Room 400.
Normally I do not support blocking new businesses from opening or developments from getting built, etc., but besides being another big, wealthy non-profit sucking at the government teat, AHF has apparently been engaging in just that kind of NIMBYism themselves in L.A. (see link below) -- and of more of interest to the sex work decriminalization community, they've also been trying to push mandatory condom use on the porn industry.
Come to City Hall next Thursday if you can. Or you can also send the Planning Commissioners a letter stating your opposition to this project. Here are their email addresses:
President Rodney Fong - planning@...
Cindy Wu - cwu.planning@...
Michael Antonini - wordweaver21@...
Rich Hillis - richhillissf@...
Christine Johnson - christine.d.johnson@sfgov.org
Kathrin Moore - mooreurban@...
Dennis Richards - dennis.richards@...
Love & Liberty,
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"'Planning and zoning is meant to maintain the integrity of communities,' said Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. 'And what's happening in Los Angeles — in Hollywood, in downtown and other areas — is destroying the character of communities.'
The foundation, already known for its success in qualifying proposals for state and local ballots, is a key member of the coalition looking to rewrite the city's planning rules. Although its most high-profile policy initiative is its push to require condom use at adult film shoots, the group is also waging a campaign against the Palladium Residences, two 30-story residential towers planned for Hollywood.Weinstein said the 731-unit Palladium project, like many being planned or approved in the area, is too tall for its surroundings and will add to the neighborhood's traffic and parking woes."