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WEDNESDAY, JULY 28
Congestion pricing revealed
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority will present findings from its federally-funded "Mobility, Access, and Pricing Study" of how best to deal with traffic congestion and create a sustainable transportation infrastructure. The study includes details on using congestion pricing fees to deter driving downtown at peak times and fund alternative ways of getting around.
5:30 p.m., free
SFCTA Hearing Room, 26th Floor
100 Van Ness, SF
Vision California
Vision California representatives will discuss a new effort to explore the critical role of land use and transportation investments in meeting the environmental and fiscal challenges facing California in coming decades.
5:30 p.m., $21
AIA East Bay Chapter
1405 Clay, Oakl.
(510) 464-3600
FRIDAY, JULY 30
Hotel Voices
This theater project is written and performed by single room occupancy (SRO) hotel residents. POOR Magazine writers Tony Robles and Tiny collaborated with hotel residents on a 20-week writing, performance, and script-development workshop that led to Hotel Voices.
7 p.m., $10
The Redstone Building
2940 16th St., SF
(415) 863-6306
SATURDAY, JULY 31
Relay for Life
Celebrate the lives and struggles of former and current cancer patients, as well as their caretakers, those who have lost loved ones, and the families, businesses, and civic organizations affected by their illnesses.. Fight back by volunteering, joining a relay team, or donating to this 24-hour fundraiser and awareness building event. Featuring live music and food.
10 a.m.–10 a.m., July 31–Aug. 1, donations encouraged
Little Marina Green
Marina at Baker, SF
www.relayforlife.org/sanfranciscoembarcaderoca
Release the activists
Help raise awareness for Bay Area activists Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, and Josh Fatta, who are being unjustly detained in Iran after accidentally crossing the border from Iraq while hiking. Bring your instruments, bands, dancing shoes, and poetry for a rally and open mic in Dolores Park following a march from 16th and Mission streets.
Noon, free
Meet at 16th St. and Mission, SF
Sidewalks Are For People
Celebrate San Francisco’s public spaces by taking part in an all-day sidewalk dedicated to reclaiming SF’s unique culture and history of tolerance and compassion. Throw your own event or participate in one of the many sidewalk parties happening all over the city. All events culminate in an end-of-the-day party, location TBA.
All day, free
Everywhere in San Francisco
TUESDAY, AUG. 3
Green Generations
Network at this fundraiser for SF Nature Education, Pie Ranch Youth Advocacy, and Exploring New Horizons Outdoor School, three nonprofits that provide environmental education to underserved children. The event features DJs, appetizers, drink tastings, and other surprises.
5:30 p.m., $15
111 Minna Gallery
111 Minna, SF
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