The beautiful redwood bench on Sanchez Street near the corner of 21st is dedicated to Audrey Rodgers, received a cleaning and refresh from her family members on Saturday, August 2.

Audrey Rodgers, the DHIC chair from the late 70s through early 80s, led the campaign to have Dolores Heights designated as a Special Use District in the planning code.  Audrey understood Dolores Heights’ unique characteristics that drew people to walk and enjoy its green spaces and dramatic views. She realized that citywide rezoning proposed in the late 70s would “flatten” the hills and reduce the midblock open spaces.  So she and other leaders organized for months to preserve the space and vistas where future generations have lived, enjoyed, and raised their families.

The Dolores Heights Special Use District that Audrey and other neighbors successfully got the City to enact into law in 1980.  It will be overridden by the proposed upzoning described in the article above. If you agree that we should sacrifice the many unique characteristics in San Francisco for a massive upzoning for development, please email our supervisor and mayor.