It’s August, which means the SF Board of Supervisors has ended its Spring legislative season, culminating in the passage of the single most important ordinance we vote on: the City’s $12 billion budget.
City Hall – Gordon Mar
Police Blotter – Sunset District
Police activity in the Sunset District.
Tartine Bakery’s Newest Location Opens in the Inner Sunset District
Tartine Bakery recently opened a new location in the Inner Sunset, near Ninth Avenue and Irving Street.
The San Francisco-founded, James Beard award-winning eatery began 17 years ago in the Mission District as a place for bakers to “bring bread with an old soul into the lives of our friends in California,” according to the shop’s website.
Artist Creates a Sunset Label: Rocks in Your Head Records
Don’t try to pigeonhole Sonny Smith. He is a musician, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, illustrator, playwright and fiction writer. Now, since he started his own record label, Rocks in Your Head last fall, he can add discoverer of talent and promoter to the list his skills.
Assembly – Phil Ting
When you put a plastic bottle in your recycling bin, you assume that it gets recycled into a new bottle or other plastic product. Unfortunately, many plastic beverage bottles now pile up in warehouses, or worse, landfills.
Real Estate – John M. Lee
I have been asked this questions several times this past month: “Should I put more towards my monthly payment to pay off my mortgage earlier?” That is a great question and the answer depends on your personal financial picture.
Commentary – Quentin Kopp
Winston Churchill exclaimed: “I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.” That surely applies to the latest information emanating from a so-called Bay Area transportation working group.
Inner Sunset’s Supervisor’s Life Could be a Motion Picture
Vallie Brown’s life story might make an interesting screenplay one day. From her humble roots in Utah to her artists’ collective in the Haight to being appointed to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Brown’s path has been unique and eventful.
Calendar of Events – August, 2019
Things to do in San Francisco’s Richmond and Sunset districts in August, 2019.
125 Years Ago: Midwinter International Exposition in Golden Gate Park
When visitors stroll around the Golden Gate Park Concourse, containing the de Young Museum, Japanese Tea Garden, California Academy of Sciences and the Spreckels Temple of Music (better known as “the Bandshell”), they might be surprised to learn that all of it was once part of a Midwinter International Exposition 125 years ago.
Sunset Sketchers – Aug. 3 at Stonestown Galleria
It’s back to the future with the Sunset Sketchers this Saturday morning (8/3) at Stonestown Galleria. The mall offers soaring architecture, flashy retail and people, people, people. (Also: food). Join us with a sketchbook from 10 a.m.-noon.
The Riptide Rises from the Ashes, Celebrates 15 Years in the Sunset
The Riptide website describes the watering hole, built in 1941, as being “on the edge of the western world.” It is located on a stretch of Taraval near the Great Highway that has become increasingly crowded with popular shops and eateries.
L-Taraval Rail Plan Struggles to Stay On Track
When a raucous meeting about plans for the L-Taraval Improvement Project did not go as the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) had hoped, they went back to the drawing board to reassess the plan and have now scheduled another meeting.
L-Taraval Improvement Project Update from SFMTA
Press Release from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), August 1, 2019.
Accessory Dwelling Unit Program Offers Incentives
The ADU Incentives program provides a suite of services – including financing – for homeowners to create an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in their single family home.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 