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Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Oct. 29-31, 2021.
Press Release SFPD Arrests Barricaded Suspect
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.
United Irish Cultural Center Envisions New Six-Story Building
The United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco (UICC) submitted plans to the San Francisco Planning Department for a new six-story building to replace its current home. Fundraising has begun for the $65 million project.
Next Phase of Taraval Street Project Moves Forward
The second phase of the Taraval Street revamp is set to start next year, after a $57.2 million contract to fund it was awarded to the contractor by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s (SFMTA) Board of Directors.
Letter to the Editor: I am Not Allowed to See My Wife at Laguna Honda Hospital
I, my brother and a friend of my wife are not allowed to visit or call my wife at Laguna Honda Hospital.
Letter too the Editor: UCSF a Model for Dementia Care
is a model of this program, which has shown that it can reduce hospitalizations and emergency department visits …
City Hall: Connie Chan
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.
Commentary: Quentin L. Kopp
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.”
Commentary: Sandra Lee Fewer
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!
Commentary: ‘The Best of the Richmond’
I am excited to introduce a new project we will be starting in December: “The Best of the Richmond.”
City Hall: Gordon Mar
he mission of Sunset Forward is “to stabilize low- and moderate-income families and seniors in the Sunset, enhancing community connection and quality of life for all by addressing unmet needs in housing, transportation, and neighborhood businesses and services.”
Sponsored: The SF Public Utilities Commission, a Civic Disaster – From Corruption to Conflagration – How They are ‘MOC-ing’ the Richmond and Sea Cliff
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.”
Assembly: Phil Ting
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.
Press Release: Outside Lands Transportation Information
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.
School Board Appeals Court’s GWHS Murals Decision
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.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 