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4/10 7:30 a.m. Sunday Helicopters Terrorize Downtown SF
At 7:30 a.m., Sunday morning, April 10, 2005, loud, noisy helicopters hovered illegally low over the Union Square-Tenderloin-Nob Hill workingclass apartment area for about an hour, disturbing the peace and threatening lives. This must be stopped now.
At 7:30 a.m., Sunday morning, April 10, 2005, loud, noisy helicopters hovered illegally low over the Union Square-Tenderloin-Nob Hill workingclass apartment area for about an hour, disturbing the peace and threatening lives. This must be stopped now.
It is unknown if these helicopters were the military, which often marches in and around Union Square as the Marines club is at Post and Mason, or if it was a private contractor.
Since it is usually a private contractor, that means the City of San Francisco gave them a permit to conduct this outrageously noisy and dangerous activity. It is usually construction companies which hire helicopters as they do not want to hire more workers.
No helicopter or plane should fly so low that it can be heard by the residents under or near it.
Nob Hill is like the Mission District, only larger rent-controlled apartment buildings, usually at least 90 years old, with pipes bursting at all hours of the night and day as the landlords only do crisis maintenance, and just now receiving the seismic upgrades mandated by the 1989 earthquake. The overwhelming majority of people on Nob Hill and in its neighbor, the Tenderloin, are workingclass.
Bernal Heights is also experiencing a crisis with helicopters flying low to take pictures of sink holes and the traffic . This can all be done by ground news crews. There is no need for any helicopter to report any of this and there is NEVER any need for low-flying helicopters over heavily populated San Francisco, making terrible noise and threatening our lives.
There is also never any reason for any military plane flying illegally low over heavily populated San Francisco, wasting tax dollars and oil, and making terrible noise . They do this annually for the baseball gambling racket and for Columbus Genocide Week.
Call all of the supervisors to demand that the city NEVER issue any permits to fly helicopters over heavily populated San Francisco, any day of the week, including Saturdays and Sundays, at any hour of the day. They all have voice mail so you can call them at any time and leave a message. You can also send them an Email. They are listed in your phone book and as follows:
From: http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=7271
Michela Alioto-Pier
District 2
(415) 554-7752
Michela.Alioto-Pier [at] sfgov.org
Tom Ammiano
District 9
(415) 554-5144
Tom.Ammiano [at] sfgov.org
Chris Daly
District 6
(415) 554-7970
Chris.Daly [at] sfgov.org
Bevan Dufty
District 8
(415) 554-6968
Bevan.Dufty [at] sfgov.org
Sean Elsbernd
District 7
(415) 554-6516
Sean.Elsbernd [at] sfgov.org
Fiona Ma
District 4
(415) 554-7460
Fiona.Ma [at] sfgov.org
Sophie Maxwell
District 10
(415) 554-7670
Sophie.Maxwell [at] sfgov.org
Jake McGoldrick
District 1
(415) 554-7410
Jake.McGoldrick [at] sfgov.org
Ross Mirkarimi
District 5
(415) 554-7630
Ross.Mirkarimi [at] sfgov.org
Aaron Peskin - Board President
District 3
(415) 554-7450
Aaron.Peskin [at] sfgov.org
Gerardo Sandoval
District 11
(415) 554-6975
Gerardo.Sandoval [at] sfgov.org
It is unknown if these helicopters were the military, which often marches in and around Union Square as the Marines club is at Post and Mason, or if it was a private contractor.
Since it is usually a private contractor, that means the City of San Francisco gave them a permit to conduct this outrageously noisy and dangerous activity. It is usually construction companies which hire helicopters as they do not want to hire more workers.
No helicopter or plane should fly so low that it can be heard by the residents under or near it.
Nob Hill is like the Mission District, only larger rent-controlled apartment buildings, usually at least 90 years old, with pipes bursting at all hours of the night and day as the landlords only do crisis maintenance, and just now receiving the seismic upgrades mandated by the 1989 earthquake. The overwhelming majority of people on Nob Hill and in its neighbor, the Tenderloin, are workingclass.
Bernal Heights is also experiencing a crisis with helicopters flying low to take pictures of sink holes and the traffic . This can all be done by ground news crews. There is no need for any helicopter to report any of this and there is NEVER any need for low-flying helicopters over heavily populated San Francisco, making terrible noise and threatening our lives.
There is also never any reason for any military plane flying illegally low over heavily populated San Francisco, wasting tax dollars and oil, and making terrible noise . They do this annually for the baseball gambling racket and for Columbus Genocide Week.
Call all of the supervisors to demand that the city NEVER issue any permits to fly helicopters over heavily populated San Francisco, any day of the week, including Saturdays and Sundays, at any hour of the day. They all have voice mail so you can call them at any time and leave a message. You can also send them an Email. They are listed in your phone book and as follows:
From: http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.asp?id=7271
Michela Alioto-Pier
District 2
(415) 554-7752
Michela.Alioto-Pier [at] sfgov.org
Tom Ammiano
District 9
(415) 554-5144
Tom.Ammiano [at] sfgov.org
Chris Daly
District 6
(415) 554-7970
Chris.Daly [at] sfgov.org
Bevan Dufty
District 8
(415) 554-6968
Bevan.Dufty [at] sfgov.org
Sean Elsbernd
District 7
(415) 554-6516
Sean.Elsbernd [at] sfgov.org
Fiona Ma
District 4
(415) 554-7460
Fiona.Ma [at] sfgov.org
Sophie Maxwell
District 10
(415) 554-7670
Sophie.Maxwell [at] sfgov.org
Jake McGoldrick
District 1
(415) 554-7410
Jake.McGoldrick [at] sfgov.org
Ross Mirkarimi
District 5
(415) 554-7630
Ross.Mirkarimi [at] sfgov.org
Aaron Peskin - Board President
District 3
(415) 554-7450
Aaron.Peskin [at] sfgov.org
Gerardo Sandoval
District 11
(415) 554-6975
Gerardo.Sandoval [at] sfgov.org
For more information:
http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_index.a...
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I can't help wondering if there is some ulterior purpose beyond this recent local political fascination with helicopter noise--
when most blocks in the city of San Francisco are held hostage by unending streams of window-rattling, floor shaking Boom Cars.
Between Helicopters and explosive Boom Cars (and gang violence in the shadows) San Francisco certainly deserves its sobriquet "Baghdad By The Bay."
I often wonder why this city chooses to ignore the boom car problem. The so-called "business leaders" rail aginst the "offensive" homeless-- but are mute about the grotesque vehicles that everywhere shatter law and order with impunity. I don't know why the problem is ignored. Could it be because the wealthy have the means to escape it while the weary working class in their neighborhoods can't?
Could it be because Best Buy doesn't sell Helicopter Rotors? Could it be because laundered drug money needs a place to go?
Just wondering.
I wonder what returning vets think of when they hear the X-treme traffic noise at night; I wonder if anyone actually cares.
when most blocks in the city of San Francisco are held hostage by unending streams of window-rattling, floor shaking Boom Cars.
Between Helicopters and explosive Boom Cars (and gang violence in the shadows) San Francisco certainly deserves its sobriquet "Baghdad By The Bay."
I often wonder why this city chooses to ignore the boom car problem. The so-called "business leaders" rail aginst the "offensive" homeless-- but are mute about the grotesque vehicles that everywhere shatter law and order with impunity. I don't know why the problem is ignored. Could it be because the wealthy have the means to escape it while the weary working class in their neighborhoods can't?
Could it be because Best Buy doesn't sell Helicopter Rotors? Could it be because laundered drug money needs a place to go?
Just wondering.
I wonder what returning vets think of when they hear the X-treme traffic noise at night; I wonder if anyone actually cares.
We all share your concern with noisy cars as well. Please complain to the Board of Supervisors about both the noisy cars and the noisy and illegally low helicopters and airplanes. There is no excuse for excess noise from any of them. Also, the Marines are at Sutter and Post.
We all share your concern with noisy cars as well. Please complain to the Board of Supervisors about both the noisy cars and the noisy and illegally low helicopters and airplanes. There is no excuse for excess noise from any of them. Also, the Marines are at Sutter and Mason.
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