MDNA Board Meeting: Wednesday, October 11, 2023, at 6:30 PM
Location: 65 Dorland (off Dolores), Room 406

Agenda & Minutes

1. Minutes: Approved

2. Visit from Mission Police Captain Thomas Harvey (6:30 to 7): Captain Harvey
explained that while he’ll do as much as possible to help the graffiti and homeless
problems are Valencia, 16th, and the BART station, the police are currently down
600 officers, so they need to prioritize addressing violet crime. He also referred us
to DPW, even though they’ve been unresponsive.

3. Meeting with Adam Thongsavat, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Mandelman:
Graffiti Problem and Homeless Update: Adam told us that he and Mandelman’s
office would work closely with us to address our concerns about graffiti and the
homeless problem. He also said that they would work with Ronen’s office about
the problems around BART stations. (Later, the homeless man on Landers and
15th Street was arrested and jailed after the neighbors took pictures of him
writing threatening graffiti on a garage door. It ended up that he also had 2
warrants for his arrest and was hiding in his tent to avoid arrest, but they
wouldn’t do anything until the pictures were turned into the police and they catch
him outside of his tent. He lived on the corner for 2 months.)

4. Proposed Homeless Shelter at 16th & Mission Walgreens: Donna, Aaron, and
Barbara agreed to go to this public meeting and report back to the board at our
November 8th meeting.

5. MDNA Non-Profit Status: Should we endorse candidates? With the SF Study
Center recent 501.h status, we now can. The board voted to start making
endorsements for elected official including law & order judges and supervisors.

6. Future MDNA Leadership – Continuation: We tabled this discussion until our
November meeting.

MDNA Board Meeting Agenda & Minutes – 10-11-23 (1)7. Adjournment
Peter Lewis, President

MDNA Agenda January 15 2025Agenda & Minutes

1) Minutes: Vote for approval of prior board meeting minutes.

2) Salu Ribeiro will discuss the recent attempted burglary on his property:

3) Special Guest SFPD Captain Liza Johansen: Will address a number of safety
concerns in our district and describe the San Francisco Police Departments
efforts to combat issues of burglary and how to increase arrests.

4) Special Guest from the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office: Captain
Johansen has invited a member of the Districts Attorneys office to discuss
the departments efforts to turn arrests into convictions and how the
community can help.

5) Update: SF Planning Department Context Statement regarding Chula-Abbey
Early Residential Historic District and Alert Alley Early Residential Historic
Districts and concerns over possible homeowner modifications.

6) Update on new MDNA Newsletter and community outreach and

fundraising efforts: Aaron will update the board on the new MDNA e-
newsletter.

7) Adjournment:

Minutes from the meeting on Feb. 12, 2020

https://missiondna.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MDNA-Board-Meeting-Agenda-2-12-20.pdf