3/20/13: Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods

Melissa has offered the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods' purpose as a model of inspiration:
http://www.csfn.net/


II. PURPOSE

The purposes of the CSFN shall be:

• To bring about information exchange, cooperation, and united action among the geographically based neighborhood organizations in San Francisco;
• To endorse or oppose, and lobby for or against, proposed issues and measures which directly impact San Francisco’s neighborhoods;
• To support the principles that:

1. Existing neighborhoods are a valuable resource to be protected, maintained and enhanced, and
2. Stable, healthy neighborhoods are the key to healthy cities;

• To monitor the actions of city government and other public agencies that affect neighborhoods;
• To take stands on critical public issues and to make clear to elected and appointed officials the concerns of the neighborhoods; and
• To share information with policy makers and to serve as a conduit between neighborhoods and public agencies.