Last Friday, we stopped out at Ocean Beach to meet our District 1 Supervisor Sandra Fewer to celebrate a couple of public works milestones for the neighborhood.
First up was the accomplishment of 240 pothole repairs, which were completed in the Richmond District between April and June. Over 60 of them were reported through the #FewerPotholes campaign that we promoted here on the blog. Thanks to all of you who reported your pesky potholes!
To honor the hard work of the SF Public Works crew that patched so many potholes, we accompanied Supervisor Fewer and the PW crew to fill a couple of potholes in the Ocean Beach parking lot. After gearing up in a hardhat, vest, and safety goggles, we helped spread the gravel and watched the crew apply the finishing touches to the patches. Each patch lasts a few years.
You can report potholes and other issues you see around the neighborhood or city through 311 (call 311 or use their mobile app). SF Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru says they have a 90% response rate within 72 hours for pothole reports. We’re huge fans of the 311 mobile app, and use it weekly to report potholes, sidewalk trash, abandoned furniture etc. Requests are usually completed within a day or two.
New Pit-Stop Restroom now open at Ocean Beach
Monday through Friday from 12pm until 7pm.
On Friday, we also got a look at the brand new Pit-Stop restroom that is now available at Ocean Beach on weekdays from 12pm to 7pm.
The new 2-stall Ocean Beach restroom is on wheels and staffed at all times by a helpful human that keeps the restrooms clean and safe. It’s part of the larger San Francisco Pit Stop Program, which has 25 pit stop restrooms across the city.
Local nonprofit Urban Alchemy provides the staffing for the pit-stop, and are dedicated to employing former long-term offenders who have dedicated their lives to healing and redemption through service.
To start, the Ocean Beach Pit-Stop is only open Monday through Friday from 12pm until 7pm, and each evening, it’s driven off and returned for duty the next workday.
The program measures popularity of a pit-stop based on the total flushes it receives. Supervisor Fewer told us that if the pit-stop is well-utilized, they will look at expanding the hours and days that it’s available at Ocean Beach.
Look for the Pit Stop near Stairwell 21 in the southern Ocean Beach parking lot, across from Beach Chalet.
Sarah B.
240 potholes patched? Why not just redo the streets? Won’t be long before those patched potholes become potholes again. Hoping future supervisor will actually do something for our district instead of this busy work.
Amen to that, Foggymommy! Geary especially needs some paving love. Instead, we get useless, boutique projects like those strange little gardens at California and Park Presidio.
foggymommy….you are right, they should be repaving streets…but this is the most unorganized mta and dpw in the country. it took them 2 months to repave arguello blvd…i have never seen such incompetence. those two agencies have no oversight…so they do what they want to do. they are now replacing the street signals…a job that should take a week….but nope…they are now on a month.
The south side of Geary from around 40th to 33rd has been like the moon for months. It’s a disgrace.