Announcements for January 2022 for the Richmond and Sunset districts.
Announcements: January, 2022
Real Estate: John M. Lee
The Richmond District’s single-family median home prices rose 20.2% in 2021, with about the same number of properties selling as the previous year.
Commentary: Quentin L. Kopp
In this new year, many Americans are no longer celebrate the arrival of it – they are celebrate survival of the old year!
Commentary: Michael Durand
Many thanks to the editors, writers, photographers, columnists, interns, delivery team, bookkeeper and others who work together to provide our community with its neighborhood newspaper.
Commentary: Alan Wong
I’m proud to move forward a proposal to protect and establish Cantonese language programs at City College of San Francisco.
Letter to the Editor: Help Those With Disabilities – End Car Ban in GG Park
For the second year in a row, banning cars from (the eastern part of) JFK Drive made it impossible for many people with mobility disabilities, seniors, those who live far from Golden Gate Park and others to see the Winter Lights shows.
Commentary: Kevin Frazier
Residents should assume that redistricting is done fairly — distributing residents as evenly as possible while taking community interests and geography into account.
Sponsored: Medicare Questions?
Medicare questions? For information about Supplemental Plans, Rx Drug Plans, Advantage Plans and more, call Mary Fonte at 415-900-4255.
‘The Front Steps’: One Week Into 2022, Richmond Home Sales Already Breaking Records
We’re barely more than a few days into the new year and already, improbably, Richmond homes are selling like mad. Typically, January is reckoned one of the slower months in the housing […]
Work to Begin on Segment B of Taraval Infrastructure Project
Replacing tracks, sewers, water mains and the electrical network of overhead wires and traffic signals along Taraval Street, from Sunset Boulevard to West Portal, starts this month as the second half of the L-Taraval light-rail revamp begins.
GG Park’s Road Closures Having Negative Impact on Dahlia Society’s Efforts
While plans to overhaul the Dahlia Dell in Golden Gate Park normally might be welcome and supported, the closure of John F. Kennedy Drive has raised questions about equity and access for the Dahlia Society members who traditionally take care of the plants there.
Cartoon: ‘Stonestown Survey’ by Paul Kilduff
Cartoon by Paul Kilduff.
Letter to the Editor: SF’s Shady Pay-to-Play Politics
Today we are reaping what was sown when Gavin Newsom became mayor. Newsom appointed Mark Buell to run the Rec. and Park Commission and Phil Ginsburg to head the RPD.
City Hall: Connie Chan
In early 2020, the former director of the Department of Public Works, Mohammed Nuru, was arrested with corruption allegations by the U.S. Attorney. That set off a chain reaction of contractors, department heads, and city officials also being indicted or resigning from their posts.
Commentary: Paul Kozakiewicz
The actions of one city department head are further fraying the nerves of westside residents already battered by almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic; people who are just trying to shop, get to medical appointments, get their kids to school and visit friends and loved ones.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 