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Photos of the Month: May 2025
From the Editor: Comments Section
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Commentary: Albert Chow
This recall is about restoring honest leadership and respect for community input. We deserve a supervisor who listens, engages and unites, rather than one who divides and deceives.
Letter to the Editor: Who Is Running the Engardio Recall Campaign?
Sunset residents deserve answers about who is really running this recall campaign now and how petition signatures will be used by this sudden new leadership. Why have the Sunset grassroots leaders who have been in this fight since the beginning suddenly been replaced by progressive Chesa supporters?
Sunset Author Samantha Schoech Releases New Book: ‘My Mother’s Boyfriends’
Sunset District resident and San Francisco native Samantha Schoech (pronounced “Shay”) has been writing her entire life. Her most recent book “My Mother’s Boyfriends,” a collection of short stories, was published by 7.13 Books.
Merchant News: New Businesses Bloom This Spring
This spring, several new businesses celebrated their debut in the Inner Sunset.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
Mayor Daniel Lurie and the SF Planning Department released a map proposing where San Francisco can build more housing by increasing height limits for multifamily buildings.
‘Then and Now’: 16th Avenue and Irving Street
Comparison photos of 16th Avenue and Irving Street 85 years apart.
Letter to the Editor: The Startup Politics of Joel Engardio
Engardio governs like a tech CEO chasing buzz – pushing updates, optimizing headlines, and treating constituents like KPIs in a growth funnel. His politics weren’t shaped in town halls but cloned from pitch decks. High on optics, low on usable code.
Letter to the Editor: ‘Cast Off Your Cars’
San Francisco’s new puritans are easily recognizable. Unlike the original puritans, who hid their bodies in long woolen clothes, our puritans wear spandex. To be accepted by these elitist puritans, “thou must own a very expensive bike.”
Police Blotter: Sunset District
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.
Announcements: May 2025
Things to do on San Francisco’s west side in May 2025.
From the Editor: Michael Durand
It has been fascinating to watch the Upper Great Highway/Sunset Dunes saga unfold in our back yard.
Après Vous Restaurant Owner Aims to ‘Make People Happy Through Food’
Nestled on a quiet corner at Taraval Street and 14th Avenue with its unassuming window display of floral bouquets in tin can vases, Après Vous invites customers to journey to Europe as they step through its doors.
Sunset District Recology Driver Honored With National Award
On May 5, Rigoberto “Rigo” Lopez, who delivers and picks up dumpsters in the Sunset, was honored as the National Waste and Recycling Association’s Driver of the Year. The award is based on three criteria: Years of service, difficulty of the route/driving assignment and safety record. It is a major honor in a trade that boasts more than 63,000 garbage collectors.
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