The most important local election most know nothing about is coming up in March.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
City Hall: Connie Chan
Last December I sent out a message to Richmond neighbors about the mayor and her Planning Department’s plan to upzone the entire City, which would increase the building height limit on our streets. In the Richmond, this means Geary Boulevard could have buildings as tall as 140 feet at some intersections. I asked our community for input on these plans because your voices are important in this process.
Supervisor Connie Chan: Housing Survey Due Dec. 22
We want to make sure the Planning Department hears from you so please fill out this online survey by FRIDAY, DEC. 22.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
For Halloween, my staff had the idea to each wear a T-shirt representing the various cartoon character emotions from the classic Pixar movie “Inside Out.” There’s fear, anger, sadness, disgust and, of course, joy.
City Hall: Connie Chan
I consider it a privilege to serve you. While it is often uncomfortable to confront the power of City Hall, as your district representative I will continue to fight for and demand resources for the Richmond, including increasing resources for public safety, building housing that people can afford and improving city service efficiency.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
I introduced a ballot measure urging San Francisco’s public schools to let kids take algebra by the eighth grade. Now, we make everyone wait until ninth grade because some aren’t ready for algebra sooner. Let’s better prepare all students instead of holding back kids who love math.
City Hall: Connie Chan
It is hard to believe that it is already November! As we get closer to the holidays, I want to take a moment to encourage all of you to shop and eat locally – TimeOut listed our District as the coolest in San Francisco, and it’s in no small part thanks to our local restaurants and shops. Protecting and supporting our small businesses takes all of us working together.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
Thank you to everyone who attended the first-ever Sunset Night Market. More than 10,000 people showed up. Longtime residents said they’ve never seen that many people gathered on Irving Street or anywhere in the Sunset before.
City Hall: Connie Chan
In August, schools across the City welcomed students back. While public education builds our future generations, and we all want to be optimistic about their future, the reality is the ways that both the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and City College of San Francisco (CCSF) have been operating is greatly disappointing. These districts’ administrations have not been doing right by our teachers, students and our families.
Commentary: Richie Greenberg
Call it what you may, a government-sanctioned and subcontracted facility for addicts of illicit drugs is illegal. Safe Injection, Safe Consumption, Overdose Prevention, all are terms dreamed up by the imaginative advocates to generate public support, while concealing violations of federal and state law.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
If you’ve ever been to Paris, you likely walked down tree-lined streets and enjoyed the quaint sidewalk cafes. If you noticed six-story apartment buildings throughout the city, you probably didn’t leave Paris thinking it was a terrible place because of housing density. The wonderful ground-floor bistros were memorable, not the building height.
City Hall: Connie Chan
San Francisco is facing an unprecedented budget deficit and a public health crisis on our streets. During last month’s budget negotiations, as chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, I worked to ensure our City’s budget process would bring accountability and transparency to our city spending, refocus our efforts on providing quality and timely city services, and deliver a San Francisco budget that allows all San Franciscans to thrive.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
When a tent recently appeared near the curb on Sunset Boulevard, my office received many emails and calls from concerned residents. It was the first time they had seen a tent in that westside area, and they worried one tent would turn into 10 or even 100, like they see downtown.
City Hall: Connie Chan
As your Supervisor, my priorities include supporting our small businesses, protecting our tenants and small property landlords, and advocating for resources and safety for working families. And as the Board’s Budget Committee chair, I am working to ensure the budget process is transparent and inclusive, and city departments are held accountable for public dollars spent and yield the quality services that San Franciscans deserve.
Commentary: Richie Greenberg
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.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 