According to recent surveys, the number one concern San Francisco residents have is the high cost of housing. For the first time, housing beat out previous issues such as homelessness, Muni, potholes and unemployment. But what can we do about it?
Things to do in the Richmond and Sunset districts.
Our organizations, based in the Sunset (D4ward) and Richmond (Richmond District Rising) neighborhoods of San Francisco, support the production of more housing in our community that is affordable, ensures stability for existing residents and maintains diversity in our neighborhoods.
The author and photographer, Siovonne Smith, is a San Francisco native
who grew up in the West Portal neighborhood. She has also been a resident of the Marina and Richmond districts and is now a resident of the Sunset District.
Police activity in the Sunset District, December, 2019.
Residents and visitors of the Inner Sunset District can’t miss the coral-painted Romanesque steeples of St. Anne of the Sunset Catholic Church on 14th Avenue, between Irving and Judah streets. Adjacent to it, with its huge parking lot, is St. Anne School, which will celebrate its 100-year anniversary in February.
Author Joseph Sutton, a retired Abraham Lincoln High School teacher, recently published his 14th book, “In The Time of My Life: Selected Writings.”
The Sunset District single-family median home prices rose for the eighth year in a row with median prices appreciating by 3.4 percent in 2019 and a 124 percent increase since the low of 2011.
From taking important steps forward on the biggest challenges facing our City to making targeted investments in priorities in our neighborhood, we’re proud of the progress we made in 2019 and excited to get working in 2020.
Using $150,000 of his discretionary budget, SF Supervisor Gordon Mar introduced City College Sunset in November, an offering of six courses that will serve seniors, high school students, early childhood educators and English language learners.
We have some big news to share; we are bringing City College classes to the Sunset!
We campaigned on this idea last year, held a town hall to get your ideas on classes and are so proud to announce the launch of City College Sunset for the Spring 2020 semester.
Police activity in the Sunset District in November, 2019.
Wee Scotty has opened its Sunset District location at 1900 Taraval St.
I propose we have two farmers markets that can alternate dates. I propose a small market on Taraval between 46th and 47th avenues and the other near the end of the N-Judah line at La Playa in front of the cafe …
Supervisor Gordon Mar recently announced the launch of City College Sunset for the Spring 2020 semester, delivering on a key commitment from his campaign for supervisor within his first year in office.
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