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Committee recommends transferring existing Van Ness sidewalks from state to city jurisdiction
Summary
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted to send an ordinance to the full Board recommending that about 83 sidewalk segments (roughly two miles) along Van Ness be relinquished from Caltrans to city control so local design standards can apply.
Supervisor Malia Cohen said the committee considered an ordinance to acquire state property so sidewalks along portions of Van Ness Avenue would fall under city jurisdiction. Department of Public Works planner Javier Rivera said the department’s review identified about 83 sidewalk segments, a little over two miles, stretching roughly from Plum on the south to Lombard on the north, and emphasized the transfer would apply only to existing sidewalks, not future expansion.
Anne Marie Rogers of the Planning Department framed the change as a design and livability issue: she described repeated…
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