Information about two food-related events happening in August with columnist Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff.
‘Cooking Together’: Upcoming Events
Letter to the Editor: Thank You for the Diversity of Commentaries
It’s great to see voices from both the left and right, from Sandra Lee Fewer to Quintin Kopp. It’s great to see them write in long-form, not just short tweets that lead to half-formed, easily misinterpreted statements.
Inner Sunset Free Fix-It Fair Rehabilitates Products, Builds Community
The flier advertising the Inner Sunset Free Fix-It Fair said it all: “We’ll try to fix anything – except electronics and relationships – for FREE. Bring your wobbly, loose, broken, frayed, splintered, torn, ripped, cracked severed item. If we can’t fix it, we’ll give you twice your money back.”
Letter to the Editor: Thankful for Kopp’s Strong Voice
… we should be ever grateful that his voice is still strong. San Francisco would be infinitely poorer without him.
Inspiring Westside Senior Holds International Powerlifting Record
At 5-foot-7, and about 160 pounds, Jim Gallagher is a lean, gentle man with a short gray ponytail. You might never guess he holds the international powerlifting record for competitors 80 and older. He ISs 86.
Letter to the Editor: Another Side to the Gun Story
My father gave me my first rifle and shotgun at the age of 7, and took me to the shooting range to show me how to use it and then rabbit hunting.
‘Then and Now’: Judah Street and 20th Avenue
View of 20th Avenue at Judah Street looking north toward Golden Gate Park, circa 1937. This photo, from the outsidelands.org website, is labeled “17-Line MSRy streetcar #131.”
‘Kilduff’s Korner’ by Paul Kilduff
Cartoon by Paul Kilduff
Police Blotter: Sunset District
Police activity in the Sunset District in June, 2022.
City Hall: Gordon Mar
And finally, I also want to thank the voters of District 4 and Citywide — with all the ballots counted, Proposition G, Public Health Emergency Leave, has passed in a landslide, with more than 64% of voters supporting it. It won in every district in the City, and nearly every precinct.
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Assembly: Phil Ting
Tacking on hefty fines or taking away a person’s vehicle registration is not how we should treat hardworking Californians. When agencies make decisions that have unfair consequences for some, it’s up to them to ensure that those most negatively impacted are treated justly.
Announcements: July, 2022
For your special attention.
Commentary: Quentin L. Kopp
As San Franciscans observe the 256th anniversary of the country’s declaration of our independence from British rule, we give thanks for the successful recall of Chesa Boudin from district attorney status, the defeat of a Board of Supervisors’ ballot measure to diminish our authority to remove a non-performing public official from office, the repeal of a 1932 ordinance conferring a trash collection monopoly on Recology’s predecessors – thus enabling next month a law requiring competitive, open bidding for such public contract, and ignominious defeat of a $400 million general obligation bond which, with interest over 30 years, would have cost taxpayers $1.005 billion!
Real Estate: John M. Lee
As I write this column, the first half of 2022 is just about over. Each year has its own challenges, and this year we have been dealing with higher inflation, rising interest rates, declining stock market and the seemingly never-ending battle with COVID-19.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 