Poetry by Nancy Jong. In loving memory of Michael Durand.
Poetry: Nancy Jong
State Senate: Scott Wiener
As we enter Pride Month, I’ve been reflecting on the challenges and triumphs facing San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ community, and the lessons about resilience, resistance and joy that being a member of this community has taught me.
Kilduff’s Korner By Paul Kilduff
Cartoon by Paul Kilduff.
Gee and Chakrabarti Campaigns Clean Up Their Signs
About a dozen volunteers and staffers for the Natalie Gee and Saikat Chakrabarti campaigns fanned out across the Sunset District’s commercial corridors today at 2 p.m, pulling posters and tape off windows in what may be the first-ever cleanup of its kind.
Assembly: Catherine Stefani
The end of May marked one of the most important milestones in our legislative calendar. By this deadline, bills must pass out of the legislative chamber where they were first introduced in order to continue moving forward to the next stage of our legislative process.
Commentary: Quentin L. Kopp
To ensure taxpayer obliviousness, the Rail Authority claims “real progress” on the project and says almost 80 miles of “guideway” are complete in Madera, Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties, plus “171 miles under design and construction from Merced to Bakersfield.”
City Hall: Connie Chan
This year, as we prepare to tackle San Francisco’s budget deficit, I, as chair of the San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s Budget Committee, called a number of hearings to help bring transparency and understanding to what is at stake in this year’s budget and what it means for all of us. This is my fourth year as the Budget Committee Chair, where I have worked with two different board presidents and two different mayors to help guide our City’s finances to provide a stronger and more resilient San Francisco. I believe that, throughout these four years, we have done a lot of good work to trim waste, increase efficiencies and guard against corruption. These hearings were intended to help Budget Committee members understand the progress we have made as well as hear the priorities of everyday San Franciscans.
Past and Present Woven Together in ‘Nengi Omuku: The Gathering’
You can’t separate the art from the artist. With Nigerian painter and humanitarian Nengi Omuku, that is a really good thing, as opposed to infamous misogynist Pablo Picasso, pedophile and bigamist Paul Gauguin and murderous pimp Caravaggio (born Michelangelo Merisi).
Cal Academy Utilizes A.I. after Laying Off 50 Employees
The California Academy of Sciences announced layoffs of 53 employees in late April as part of an effort to close a projected budget deficit exceeding $8 million. Some workers have continued to work, but on June 30, the layoffs will fully take effect, eliminating the 173-year-old San Francisco institution’s ability to produce its own planetarium shows or create graphics for its public floor.
Wong Decisive Victor in D-4 Supe Race
Alan Wong got 72% in the final round of ranked-choice voting, according to the most-recently released preliminary election returns from the San Francisco Department of Elections. Natalie Gee, chief of staff to District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton, got 28%.
From the Editor: Remembering Michael Durand
I am sad to say that on Saturday, May 30, Michael Durand peacefully passed away after 70 years of life. He will be dearly missed… He has been an incredible mentor, friend and teacher to me and so many other young journalists. I will always be grateful for the time we spent together and truly touched by the opportunities he has given me.
‘Pet Pix’: Sunset District
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Photos of the Month: May 2026
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Commentary: Gordon Mar
District 4 voters deserve to know who is trying to buy influence in our neighborhood election. Recent reporting by Mission Local shows outside spending in our supervisorial race has reached unprecedented levels. This isn’t just about campaign advertising; it’s about a high-stakes clash of interests attempting to dictate the future of our community.
Real Estate: John M. Lee
The upcoming June 2026 election in San Francisco’s District 4 is shaping up to be a definitive referendum on the neighborhood’s identity. Centered in the Sunset District, this race, along with a quartet of ballot propositions, carries significant implications for the City’s political trajectory and impacts the local real estate market, to a certain degree.
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