Between state legislators in Sacramento, like Senator Scott Weiner and Assemblyman Matt Haney, and our spirited supervisors in City Hall, plus their obsequious, obnoxious YIMBY (i.e., “Yes In My Backyard”) cheerleaders, the clamor for housing monopolizes airwaves, the San Francisco Comical and State Capitol minions who’ve decreed that San Francisco must produce 82,000 new housing units by 2030. Why?
As I ride through the Richmond District on my ebike, it has become clear to me that our neighborhood and many others in San Francisco are under attack by criminals. Property crime, such as smash and grabs, auto burglaries, catalytic converter theft, shoplifting, and physical attacks on senior citizens, appears to have escalated in recent years.
As I announce my candidacy for District 1 supervisor, I bring a fresh perspective as a non-traditional candidate outside of the established political system. My vision as district supervisor revolves around three core principles: bringing people together, investing in local small businesses and keeping our neighborhood clean and safe.
When taking Muni’s 38-Geary bus to downtown, it becomes increasingly clear the changes occurring around homelessness due to the recent injunction by U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu.
It was Oscar Wilde who observed: “Hear no evil, speak no evil and you won’t be invited to cocktail parties.” That underpins Mahatma Gandhi’s judgment: “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
Extreme weather events fueled by human-induced climate change have become an unfortunate reality for Californians, forcing us to adapt to a “new normal” defined by excessive heatwaves and frequent droughts. However, these events do not impact everyone equally.
On June 16, Supervisor Connie Chan delivered a press release criticizing the proposed Geary Boulevard Improvement Project. The press release expressed concerns that the project “would remove 30% of parking on the corridor,” dampening the recovery of small businesses that were hurt by the pandemic.
This is not true.
This month I wanted to challenge myself to pick the most controversial topic on the west side: pickleball.
A collection of quips includes a 1930’s question: “If Congress can pay farmers not to raise crops, why can’t we pay Congress not to raise taxes?”
A just-released poll of San Francisco voters reveals Mayor London Breed has failed to learn from lessons of last year’s several elected officials’ recalls due to crime, diminished quality of life, lack of accountability and failing education for our children.
We see it all too often: An unhoused neighbor in crisis. The San Francisco Police Department responds to tens of thousands of such calls each year. At a recent Police Commission meeting, Chris Herring, a sociology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the practice is costly and frequently results in harm for our City’s most vulnerable.
Asian Heritage Month is a time I like to spend reflecting on how San Francisco and the Asian community have developed together during its long history.
The shock waves were felt across the City: A tech executive was stabbed to death in the wee hours of a Tuesday morning. Even in the Richmond District, a quiet corner of town, residents were abuzz with the tragic news. An online news site, bankrolled by a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, asked a question on some minds: “Bob Lee Killing: A Tipping Point in a City Fed Up With Crime?”
President Woodrow Wilson, also former president of Princeton University and governor of New Jersey, a Democrat, once observed: “The history of liberty is the history of the limitations on the power of government.” And the provenance of government usually expands on federal, state and local levels.
The shock waves were felt across the City: A tech executive was stabbed to death in the wee hours of a Tuesday morning. Even in the Richmond District, a quiet corner of town, residents were abuzz with the tragic news. An online news site, bankrolled by a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, asked a question on some minds: “Bob Lee Killing: A Tipping Point in a City Fed Up With Crime?”
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