NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION
The Richmond District is located in the northwest corner of San Francisco, nestled in between Presidio National Park and the city’s Golden Gate Park. The neighborhood, which includes Sea Cliff and Laurel and Presidio Heights, is home to about 80,000 people. About half of Richmond residents are of Asian ancestry, primarily of Chinese and Korean descent. There is also a large Irish population and many recently arrived Russian immigrants.
Several vibrant commercial areas, including California Street, Clement Street and Geary Boulevard, serve the neighborhood. The 1,400 merchants and small offices in the Richmond District offer a wide range of goods and services.
Local landmarks include the Cliff House and the Beach Chalet at Ocean Beach, the V.A. Hospital at Fort Miley, University of San Francisco and numerous holy houses, including Temple Emanuel, St. John’s Orthodox Church and St. John’s Presbyterian Church. There are numerous attractions in Golden Gate Park, including an American Bison pen, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, California Academy of Sciences, Strybing Arboretum, the oldest children’s playground west of the Mississippi River and a 9-hole golf course.
NEWSPAPER INFORMATION
Distribution by Neighborhood: Presidio and Masonic Avenues to the Pacific Ocean, Golden Gate Park to the Presidio, Sea Cliff
Distribution by Zip Code: 94118 and 94121
Circulation: 25,000
On Monday, Oct. 18, at approximately 5:40 p.m., San Francisco Police officers responded to the 2500 block of Sutter Street regarding a potential suicidal subject who was armed with a knife and would not leave the residence.
San Francisco continues to face an unprecedented housing affordability crisis. With the exception of the brief dip in the rental housing market during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s harder and harder for working families to afford to live in San Francisco.
Professor William Shughart of Utah State University described accurately the inaccuracy of “characterizing government spending as investment.” He reminded us public entities don’t “undertake projects based on expected rates of return, payback or any other sound financial criteria.”
Last month, Michael Durand, the editor of the Richmond Review, asked if I might be interested in submitting a monthly column for the newspaper. He thought my perspective on city issues – in particular, political matters – would be of interest to readers by offering a different “view” on current issues. I hesitated to respond to him for weeks. Then, something clicked. And so, here we go!
I am excited to introduce a new project we will be starting in December: “The Best of the Richmond.”
Four years ago, in the November 2017 issue of the Richmond Review, there appeared an article entitled “Plan to Protect Neighborhoods Abandoned: Lack of water to fight fires in southern and western neighborhoods after a major quake could result in a firestorm, like the 1906 disaster.”
Earlier this summer, I highlighted what we accomplished in this year’s historic state budget that I helped craft as chair of the Assembly Budget Committee. Now that the year’s legislative session is over, I’m happy to report that all of my bills, save one, were signed into law.
Information on the best ways to get to and leave from the Outside Lands concert in Golden Gate Park, Oct. 29. 30 and 31, 2021.
The San Francisco Unified School District’s (SFUSD) Board of Education will appeal a San Francisco Superior Court ruling regarding the way the Board decided to cover murals at George Washington High School was illegal.
How did a statue “that may be too strong for the prudes” wind up in Golden Gate Park? Here is the story of The Cider Press statue across from the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.
Following two straight seasons without a win, and after more than a year of city lockdowns, the George Washington High School football team – the Eagles – scored a victory over Galileo High School, 19-14 at their first home game.
The Walgreens at 745 Clement St. will close on Nov. 15, joining four other stores that the company recently announced it was closing, and adding to the 17 stores the company has shuttered throughout the last five years.
‘Vesuvio Cafe’ and ‘Mission Bar’ poems by M.H. Lopez
Road closures for the 2021 Outside Lands concert.
Photos from the 2021 Richmond Autumn Moon Festival by Tyrone Bartoli.
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