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
August’s DNC has many of us in SF hopeful for the direction of our country – with a prevailing sentiment that we’re all in this together and as one unified nation, we deserve a leader who supports the people first.
To help reduce retail thefts and to hold people who commit these crimes accountable, San Francisco Police officers assigned to Taraval Station pre-planned shoplifting and retail theft abatement enforcement operations to address Organized Retail Crimes (ORC).
Marjan Philhour is running for the third time and has been endorsed by Together SF. Most people are not aware that Together SF urges the repeal of rent control and district elections.
Notice that Marjan Philhour misses the point when she castigates the legit criticism that she is accepting money from real estate moguls who want to end rent control.
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Right now, there is a variety of beautiful autumn squashes in the market – all of them are colorful and hollow, full of mystery!
I learned that if Prop. K doesn’t pass, the pilot program that allowed it to be a park on the weekends will expire, meaning it would go back to just being a road. That made me realize the stakes, because losing the Great Highway Park would be a massive loss for the community.
Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is celebrated all over the world by more than a billion people.
As two generations of an Outer Sunset family – one in college, one having been retired for more than 20 years – we love our neighborhood. We love going on walks, enjoying ocean views and seeing children have space to play.
We are voting Yes on K to transform an unreliable roadway into an unparalleled park.
We will be choosing the next president, mayor and supervisors as well as having combative ballot measures to contend with. I will stick to my expertise and cover the real estate related measures in this column and comment on others that can have an effect on real estate.
Foghorn Taproom earned its customer base by serving great wings, a great chicken sandwich, and tasty Bay Area beers. They offer fairly priced wings available in classic flavors like Buffalo and Nashville Hot, but also has unconventional flavors like Hot Honey Crunch, Pineapple Basil, Chimichurri and Tajin for those who want something more outside the box.
… as a woman, I am so repulsed by Kopp’s digging up a story from 2019 where someone was upset that Ms Harris was demanding or had high expectations of her staff. Really? Is this trope of a strong, assertive woman is so played out. Once again, here is an older, white man disparaging a woman of color.
‘The Beef Parlor’: Illustration by Rob Summerlin
During her first four-year term on the Board of Supervisors, Connie Chan has made a strong, if ultimately unsuccessful, attempts to moderate attempts by wealthy, connected interests to control our public space for their benefit. In doing so, she has also stood up to two of our most egregiously highhanded city agencies.
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