Civic Groups San Francisco

OpenOakland - Civic Tech for the Community

Join us for the monthly OpenOakland meetup. This event will bring together professionals, enthusiasts, and experts passionate about utilizing data to drive positive change in Oakland. **Pizza will be served!** Meeting will include: * Discussion of our Democracy Dollars project. **Our projects need more than software developers! If you are interested in design, project management, user testing,** **domain research or just want to get involved, please join us.** Current active projects include: **EVOAK** **Open Disclosure** **Democracy Dollars** **Brightwayz**

Trivia at Prescott Market

Join us for “Secondhand Trivia” at Prescottt Market. Trivia starts at 7pm. We’ll be there by 6:30 to start saving tables for our group (come early to help us save seats). Please remember to keep your RSVP updated if plans change, and we look forward to seeing you there!

Homoto joins Sacramento GSR (Gay Sport Bike Riders) for lunch/ride

Habitat restoration at McLaren Park- Mansell-Vistacion Lookout

**It's May for McLaren (Park)! McLaren Park is San Francisco's second largest park and is treasured for the biodiversity that remains intact here.** Our May habitat restoration workdays with SF Rec & Park will all focus on this amazing place where we'll contribute to conserving this biodiversity! As usual. please wear closed-toed shoes and dress in appropriate clothing for physical work. Everyone 14 years old and older is invited; anyone under 14 yo must be accompanied by a guardian. Tools and gloves will be provided. Please be punctual. This week's location is: **McLaren Park: Mansell-Vistacion Overlook** [Map:,](https://maps.app.goo.gl/ACVbKi2qdS4E8WVN6) Meet the parking lot at the corner of Mansell St & Visitacion Ave. San Francisco, CA 94134 Please sign up [here](https://sfrpd.my.salesforce-sites.com/SFRPDJob?sShiftId=a09Pi000008ixUP) with SF Rec & Park. Meet at the parking lot at the intersection of Visitacion Ave & Mansell St. For more information, Contact Cathy Lewis at (415) 297-5170 or [cathyYerbaBuena@gmail.com](mailto:cathyYerbaBuena@gmail.com)

STAR TREK TRIVIA TUES w/ Trek Triv @ Mothership SF!

*Trek Triv* is at MOTHERSHIP the first Tuesday of every month! Compete in teams and flex your Star Trek knowledge to win drinks and prizes, like vintage action figures and our 2025 Trek Trek prize pips. Bring a team or join a team -- trekkies are friendly folk. Follow @TrekTriv on Instagram and email [trektriv@gmail.com](http://trektriv@gmail.com) for more info. FREE! 21+ TRIV LONG AND PROSPER!

Spring Ride - Weekend Cruise

Throwing this out there to see if there is any interest. The weather has been great, so let's get out there and ride. This route will take us through some great Peninsula roads that are off the main roads and are manageable to all, but not boring at all. We'll do about 2 hours, break for lunch (Alice's @ Woodside), and depart for the 2nd half for about another 1.5 hours before we break up and go our separate ways. This will be a chill ride, so everyone is welcome as we will stop (wait) at major intersections to make sure we stay together. Please make sure you are comfortable riding on city streets and major highways. Make sure your equipment is in good working order. Please respect each other's riding level. PLEASE ARRIVE WITH A.) The appropriate safety & riding gear B.) A well maintained motorcycle C.) A full tank of gas. There are gas stations near our meeting point and plenty along the route. The route is attached for you to preview (Google maps - click 'preview' towards the bottom for the exact route - not the exact route). Ride is dependent on the weather and number of riders participating (hoping for at least 4 riders). **_Route..._** https://maps.app.goo.gl/soG1fyx4mPqW8uZB7?g_st=ac

Duboce Triangle Cleanup

Meet at Duboce Park ([Duboce Ave & Steiner St](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Duboce+Ave+%26+Steiner+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94114/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x808580a76c72aba7:0x9486ade395325449?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjYvOrHptL_AhXqFjQIHbzeCNEQ8gF6BAgVEAI)) to grab our supplies and form our crew. Then, cleaning will occur from 12pm to 1pm around the neighborhood. Sign up on Meetup, this [Civic Joy Fund Mobilize](https://www.mobilize.us/civicjoyfund/event/756121/) page or email info@refuserefusesf.org with event name. \*By participating or registering in a cleanup or volunteer event, I acknowledge and agree to the Civic Joy Fund and Refuse Refuse volunteer waivers: [https://civicjoyfund.org/volunteer](https://civicjoyfund.org/volunteer) - [https://refuserefusesf.org/waiver](https://refuserefusesf.org/waiver)

Join us for habitat restoration at McLaren Park (Sunnydale)

**t's May for McLaren (Park)! McLaren Park is San Francisco's second largest park and is treasured for the biodiversity that remains intact here.** Our May habitat restoration workdays with SF Rec & Park will all focus on this amazing place where we'll contribute to conserving this biodiversity! As usual. please wear closed-toed shoes and dress in appropriate clothing for physical work. Everyone 14 years old and older is invited; anyone under 14 yo must be accompanied by a guardian. Tools and gloves will be provided. Please be punctual. This week's location is: **McLaren Park: Glen Eagles/Sunnydale Ave.** [Map:](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://maps.app.goo.gl/7UZYi2gncv5nUUuU7&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3UJD_CAKdDJCMJZvpBuYXv) 2100 Sunnydale Ave, San Francisco, CA 94134 [Sign-up Link:](https://www.google.com/url?q=http://sfrpd.my.salesforce-sites.com/SFRPDJob?sShiftId%3Da09Pi000008iyBx&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw273Zbu9cXSBQ2vl08G2RMp) Meet at the parking lot outside of Glen Eagles Golf Course. Be mindful that this is a bus turnaround area so please park carefully. For more information, Contact Cathy Lewis at (415) 297-5170 or [cathyYerbaBuena@gmail.com](mailto:cathyYerbaBuena@gmail.com)

Start Your Saturday with Qigong 免费大雁功, 开始美好一天

**Start your Saturday with Qigong** Gentle movement. Mindful breathing. Restored balance. Join our **free weekly sessions** to improve focus, reduce stress, and boost energy. All levels are welcome—perfect for beginners and families! **When & Where** 📍 San Francisco Marina Branch Library – Outdoor Patio *(Between the library and the children’s playground)* 🚍 Short walk from Muni lines 30, 45, 22, 28, and 43 🚗 Free/permit parking at Marina Green Park (12-min walk) **What to Bring** ☀️ Sunscreen, hat, gloves for sun protection 🌧️ Sessions canceled if it rains **Featured on the SF Marina Branch Library calendar:** https://sfpl.org/locations/marina

¡Celebrando Oakland! First Friday Crawl

**RSVP via:** https://app.gistirl.com/event-details/663JZXmjK5EiSAQ7t9CX **Early Bird Discounts | More $ Later** Vibrant street murals, the scent of sizzling food trucks in the cool evening air, and a group of people ready to take on the festival with you. Spend an hour in quick one-on-one rounds, then grab your favorites and head out for a First Friday crawl with fellow art and culture enthusiasts. Get ready for an amazing evening where you get an hour of real one-on-one conversations with fellow art and culture enthusiasts, paired up by the app so you always know who you're talking to next. Then comes the fun part: you pick your favorite people from the rounds and head into the First Fridays festival on Telegraph Avenue to explore art galleries and food trucks together. Same evening, one shared plan, everyone going together. Just real conversation that turns into a real plan — with people you already vibe with. By the time you're walking down Telegraph Avenue, you've got a crew to share the art and food truck finds with. Maybe this becomes your monthly First Friday crew. Maybe it's just a great evening you'll remember. Either way, you're rolling with a crew. **Agenda** **6:20 - Check-In** Follow the link to complete a quick profile setup on your phone. **6:30 - 7:30 - One-on-One Rounds** Our app pairs you for focused conversations. Find out who shares your eye for local art and your appetite for the best food trucks in the East Bay. **7:30+ - Form Groups & head into the festival together** Reconnect with your favorite matches, form groups of 4-6, and pick a starting spot to head into the festival together. Your group leaves together - tonight. Don't just collect contacts. Actually go on an art and food truck crawl with new people and see if this becomes your regular crew for discovering new local artists and trying more food truck pop-ups together. Want to stay in touch with someone? Use the app - it lets you connect without ever sharing your phone number. **Here's what's special at First Friday this month (May 1st):** * **"¡Celebrando Oakland!"** - This month is a massive triple celebration honoring Oakland's birthday, Cinco de Mayo, and a call for community peace. * **STUNNAFEST** - Catch live, high-energy stage performances by Stunnaman02, who is taking over the festival to celebrate his birthday alongside the city's. * **Dope Era Whips Car Show** - Head over to 22nd & Telegraph to check out an incredible showcase of classic builds and custom cars hosted by the Dope Era Whips Car Club. * **Cinco de Mayo Food Trucks** - With the holiday weekend kicking off, expect an amazing lineup of local street food, tacos, and dessert carts lining Telegraph Avenue. **RSVP via:** https://app.gistirl.com/event-details/663JZXmjK5EiSAQ7t9CX **Early Bird Discounts | More $ Later**

Haight-Ashbury History, Victorians & Walk to Eastside of Golden Gate Park

PARKING tips! Parking is not a big problem where we are meeting. (No parking restrictions on weekends, but check the signs.) The higher up the hill you go the more available parking. There are three parts to today's tour. We'll do an hour or so of the Haight's Victorians and local early history, like where the bands lived, and the counter-culture movement here. There was a Calif.League professional baseball park on Stanyan bet. Haight & Waller in 1890. (Then the Hippies of the 1960s) Taking a walk down Haight St. remembering the counter-culture movement and hippie days of the 1960s. (If you want to take a deep dive into what happened in SF in those days, [click here](https://sfplanning.org/project/citywide-historic-context-statement#completed) and once there, look on the right side under the *Cultural heading* and click, "**Citywide Historic Context Statement for Counter-Culture (1965-1975)**, Third we'll walk into the eastern end of GG Park for a walk and a little touring there. Total distance about four miles. (We'll stop at the Music Concourse band shell for lunch. I always get the clam chowder from Sam's Chowder House food truck. (highly recommended) It always seems most attendees go their separate way from here. There's a lot going on at this location, two museums, Japanese Tea House, SF Botanical Garden, Stowe Lake etc. It's popular to take a tour of the SF Botanical Garden from here and/or you are welcome to head back with me from here. (Please don't be a no-show.) It's good to give out name tags which I do. I'll fill out the name tags just before I leave for the tour. This also gives me an opportunity to take attendance. Name tags that are not picked up, are recorded as no-shows. (Be sure to pick up your name tag.) If you get too many no-shows recorded in your personal Meet-up profile, you'll have to be cancelled from this Meetup. Also booking multiple Meetup Events on the same day and time is cause for immediate cancellation. (To cancel your Event RSVP in advance, look for the, **"Edit Attendance"** tab at the bottom right hand corner of the screen.) The Victorians in the Haight are some of the most elaborate in San Francisco. What follows goes into the research done for the tour. It may be of interest if you like the details? For a detailed history of about six Victorian houses near the tour, click the link, [(Detailed info 1071 Page St. & 21 Baker St.)](https://archive.org/details/victorianallianc00unse_13/page/6/mode/2up?view=theater) etc. Additionally the Victorian Alliance of SF, archive link, also has two pages of history, each, about the following houses along or near our route: 23 Baker St. 110 Lyon St. 1283 Page St. 1461 Page St. There are ten officially designated city and national landmarks in the area. 301 Lyon, Clunie House 1111 Oak, Phelps House 1153 Oak, Mish House Stanyan Park Hotel The Four Seansons Painted Ladies on Waller St. bet. Masonic & Delmar. Northwest corner at 1410 Haight St. (Location of one of the first head shops. An historic site, designated as a national landmark, now donated and maintained by a non-profit.) The Haight, historically called an "electric streetcar suburb", was least affected by the '06 earthquake and fires. And was almost fully built out by then. Imagine what it must have been like when there were row after row, of these new, exuberant creations. Sparkling new in the bright San Francisco sunshine. Baseball was being played at a baseball stadium at Stanyon & Haight, starting in 1885, for the California Baseball League. Roughly over 48,000 Victorians were built in SF, (1860s to 1890s), with about a third remaining. Bay Area entrepreneurship with the wealth of the best building material, old growth **redwood**, a driving force? *The information below is provided if you are interested in more details about SF Victorian architecture.* **Looking at a San Francisco Victorian, what to look for:** *(There are five Styles)* 1. Flat front Italianate- (earliest Victorians). (French 2nd Empire appear) 2. Italianate with slanted bay windows. 3. San Francisco Stick Style (also called East Lake). Simpler square bay windows now used. Overall much more elaborate decoration, ornament and gingerbread used. 4. Queen Anne Tower House&Witches Cap, with angled or rounded bay windows & front gable 5. Queen Anne Row House, 1, 1-1/2 or two stories. Large front gable. Possible moongate entry. Features & "Gingerbread" Type of Entry & Doorway(maybe a rounded or partial Moongate entry)- Decorative Ironwork- Floral Decor-Garlands (one of many types of decorations known as \*"Gingerbread") Fish scale&Diamond shingles- Towers & Witch's Cap- Stained Glass or Beveled Glass- Carvings of grotesque faces- Sunbursts- often painted gold, half or full. Gables (Queen Anne's) in a variety of material- (mainly redwood) Newel Posts and Finials on Tower tops and roof peaks- [If you would like a scholarly and detailed explanation with photos, click.](https://sfplanning.org/sites/default/files/documents/preserv/bulletins/HistPres_Bulletin_18.PDF)

Swift Language User Group (SLUG) x Cocoaheads | May | San Francisco Bay Area

Please join us for this month's session together learning about Swift with talks by local members of the Swift community. We are so excited to see you all again! 📍This event will be **hosted at Lyft HQ**. Please use the Berry 185 Lobby 2 elevator, the one closer to the Giants stadium. Space is limited due to venue capacity, so make sure to secure your spot by RSVPing early. We also ask that you update your RSVP if you end up deciding not to come, to ensure others can use that spot. 💬 **Tech Talks**: Industry experts will deliver insightful talks on cutting-edge Swift development topics, covering topics around iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, Server-Side Swift, and more. This month will feature talks from: * **First speaker:** pending * **Second speaker:** pending 🕓 **Schedule**: * **6:00 PM** to **6:30 PM**: Grab some snacks, meet people and find a seat. * **6:30 PM**: Presentations start. * **8:00 PM**: The conversation continues as we are move to a nearby bar. 🤝 **Networking**: Reconnect with old friends and make new ones! This is your chance to network with fellow Swift developers, exchange ideas, and make great connections. 🎓 **Learning Opportunities**: Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, this meetup is for engineers of all skill levels. Learn, grow, and stay up-to-date with the rapidly evolving Swift & Apple landscape. 📷 **Videos** will be posted to our Vimeo (3D) and YouTube channels sometime after the event at the presenter's discretion. **💎** This event is made possible thanks to these organizations **we'd like to thank:** * **The team at Lyft** for hosting us! We are thrilled to be in this space and are thankful for the continued support from our friends at Lyft! * **One More Thing Conference** for sharing resources to help us bring our best! OMT is directed by one of our organizers. This event is grassroots and needs your support! Please contact the organizers with any information and offers about volunteering, venues, [speakers](https://forms.gle/QGTafA7ejS4edW1P7), or sponsorship. Also, reach out with any questions you may have. See you soon in person!