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The Official Newsletter Of The Miraloma Park Improvement Club May 2018 Miraloma Lifewww.miralomapark.org Save the Date — June 21, 2018 On June 21, 2018 at the MPIC’s Annual Election Night event, the MPIC will host a community meeting on safety. Our guest speakers will be (1) Capt. Jack Hart, Ingleside Station, (2) Margaret Buitrago, Assistant District Attorney and Ingleside District liaison and (3) Victoria Weatherford, Deputy City Attorney and Ingleside District liaison. Come and get an update on the latest issues they are working on in our community. President’s Update San Francisco Police Department UPCOMING EVENTS By Bill Kan (SFPD) Announces Arrests in The annual MPIC elections for board mem- Home Burglary Series MPIC Board Mtg. bers and officers will be held on June 21st. By MPIC Safety Committee May 3, 2018 Please vote at the MPIC Clubhouse at 350 On April 9, 2018, the SFPD issued a news 7:00PM O’Shaughnessy. Voting begins at 7 PM. Ev- release announcing the arrests of 10 sus- eryone with MPIC membership current as of pects who allegedly stole nearly $3 million Community May 21st are eligible to vote. Send in your in currency, credit cards and jewelry: Connectors Classes membership renewals to ensure your eligi- Tues. & Thurs. In November of 2017, the San Francisco 10:30 AM bility. Police Department’s newly established Bur- We encourage everyone to attend the June glary Unit identified a pattern of residential Last Day for Write-In 21st Community Meeting on Safety that burglaries occurring frequently in the Bay- Candidates for MPIC immediately follows the elections. The view, Ingleside and Taraval districts. Over Elections guest speakers will be SFPD Ingleside Sta- the course of the investigation, members of MPIC Clubhouse tion Captain Jack Hart, Deputy City Attor- the Burglary Unit determined that as many Mailbox ney and Ingleside District Liaison Victoria as sixty of the residential burglaries were May 17, 2018 Weatherford, and Assistant District Attorney being committed by serial burglary crews. 7:00 PM and Ingleside District Liaison Margaret Bu- During the commission of the burglaries, itrago. This will be a great opportunity for the crews used multiple vehicles with pa- How to Get Your Pet our community to ask questions, share our per license plates and attempted to disguise Ready for a appreciation for what works, and our con- their identities. The suspects gained entry to Disaster cerns about what is not working. the burglarized homes by forcing their way MPIC Clubhouse Consider joining the MPIC Board to have through locked gates and breaking front and May 24, 2018 a role in shaping the future of Miraloma rear doors of the residences. The burglar- Park. Board membership is also a great way ies occurred in occupied and unoccupied MPIC Board Mtg. to be in the know about events and issues homes. June 7, 2018 that affect Miraloma Park. My involvement Burglary Unit investigators determined that 7:00 PM opened my eyes since joining the Board eleven firearms, hundreds of pieces of jew- four years ago and serving as President over elry, US and foreign currency, credit cards, the last two years. As my term as President passports, vehicle titles and vehicle keys * Members wishing comes an end, I would like to express my to address the Board were stolen, valued at nearly $3,000,000. of Directors should great appreciation for the volunteers on Assisted by numerous local, regional, out- call 415-281-0892 to MPIC Board. They are unsung heroes that request placement on (continued on page 2) (continued on page 3) the agenda. • If you are the victim of a package theft or auto break-in, please take the time to file a police report online at http://sanfranciscopolice.org/reports. If you don’t file a police report, the police won’t have a record of the crime – it’s as it never happened. The police do look at crime stats including hot spots of areas where there are repeated crimes and make decisions based on those stats on where to assign resources such as special teams to investigate burglaries and auto break- ins. In one example involving the Glen Park and Geneva/Mission area where they have a very high number of reported auto break-ins, Capt. Hart showed the MPIC Safety Committee how he plotted out such crimes by street, day, time and police shift to determine where best to put police resources. The MPIC Safety Committee works with the police to make sure we get the services we all want including additional police patrols on certain streets at certain times of the day. But advocating for services can become difficult if -po lice reports are not filed for crimes. • A home video camera catches a package thief! At a recent Ingleside community meeting, Capt. Hart told the audience how he received a report of a package theft where the suspect was clearly caught on home video. Even though the package was only worth $20, Capt. Hart sent the picture of the suspect out to the entire SFPD and one officer was able to identify the suspect. It’s common for these suspects to be involved in multiple package thefts or other crimes. That suspect was later charged with 3 package thefts. • Another tip: don’t’ leave your garage door opener on the car visor or in plain view in your car. Lock it in the glove compartment to prevent thieves from potentially using the door opener to gain access to your garage. Community Connectors and the DA’s office for prosecu- tion for crimes. The MPIC tries to keep us informed President’s Update with community meetings with the police on safety, SF- (Continued from page 1) PUC on water, the supervisor, City agencies and seminar truly care and do a tremendous amount for our communi- to help families navigate the SF public school lottery. ty. It has been an honor to work with you - Bryan F, Cas- California Senate Bill 827 did not make it out of the sandra M-D, Daniel H, Dan L, Jean P, Joanne W, Joanie California Senate Transportation and Housing Com- VR, Justin R, Karen B, Karen W, Kathy R, Prathiba T, mittee. Thank you to everyone that communicated their Reza V, Robert G, Serdar Y, Sue K, and Vivienne A. thoughts on SB 827 to our legislators. Had it advanced, The MPIC has an all-volunteer Board. Recognizing that SB 827 would have threatened Miraloma Park’s single time is a limited resource for everyone, we ask Board family zoning and removed the ability for local munici- members to make best efforts in their contributions and palities to set their own guidelines on housing. We will to coordinate with other volunteers in achieving goals. need to stay vigilant on this issue because Senator Wein- Success depends on the collective efforts of all con- er has stated that he will re-introduce the bill in 2019. tributors. In general, we ask that Board members attend The MPIC appreciates your feedback on the information monthly Board meetings and actively participate in at that we provided on SB827. For a outline of develop- least one of the MPIC’s ongoing projects. This can mean ments regarding SB 827, see the recap inside this issue. being an active member of one of the MPIC’s commit- Miraloma Park projects won approval in the 2018 Dis- tees or initiatives. Examples of initiatives include seek- trict 7 Participatory Budget cycle. Thank you for ev- ing funding through the District 7 Participatory Budget eryone that voted. We won a grant to purchase a cargo program for Miraloma Park projects, bringing free NERT trailer and additional earthquake supplies. We also won training to Miraloma Park, hosting Hawaiian music and approval to light Avoca Alley. classical music performances by SOTA students, and oth- er ideas for a high quality of life. There is always room for the formation of new committees and initiatives. SFPD Arrests in Home Burglary Series (Continued from page 1) The MPIC celebrates, advocates, and informs Miraloma Park. Recent celebrations include Neighborfest and the of-state, and federal agencies, SFPD was able to identify annual holiday party. We advocated on behalf of Mi- nearly thirty individuals responsible for or accomplices raloma Park with projects such as SB 827, participatory in the burglaries. As a result, the department authored budget, letters of support to agencies such as DAAS for and served several search and arrest warrants over the (continued on page 3) May 2018 Miraloma Life Page 2 SB 827 Update SFPD Arrests in Home Burglary Series By MPIC Zoning & Planning Committee (Continued from page 2) last ninety days in San Francisco, Oakland, Antioch, Brentwood and Las Vegas. During the serving of these warrants, nine of eleven known stolen firearms were recovered. In the search war- rant served in Brentwood last week, four more firearms were recovered, including two that were stolen in sepa- rate burglaries in Fremont, CA and Reno, NV. In its February 5, 2018 Memo, SF Planning Department Staff notes that SB 827 introduced by Senator Scott Wie- Investigators also recovered multiple pieces of stolen ner “proposes to increase housing development capac- property including jewelry, passports, US and foreign ity in areas that meet minimum levels of transit service currency and eight vehicles used in the burglaries. with state-imposed minimum zoning standards for cer- Of the thirty individuals identified in the investigation, tain key development controls. The bill would have its ten have been apprehended along with two additional greatest impact on the State’s core metropolitan regions individuals arrested during the search warrant served in with more extensive transit service.