Candidates rounding out the race for District 4 supervisor, small business owner Albert Chow and local school coordinator Jeremy Greco are both longtime Sunset neighborhood residents.
Letter to the Editor: Time to Get Rid of Polling Stations
San Francisco has over 500 polling stations, for primary and general elections. Therefore, each election year, we can save about $5 million from the City’s budget by making it all mail-in ballots and having one well-run polling station in each District.
Effort Underway to Send UGH Compromise Back to Voters
Despite losing at the ballot box and in court, those opposed to banning private motor vehicles on the Upper Great Highway between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard plan to start gathering signatures for another ballot measure in November.
Emergency Firefighting Bond Measure Goes to Voters
San Francisco voters will decide on a $535 million bond measure in June, part of which will fund the expansion of the Emergency Firefighting Water Supply System (EFWSS), although two neighborhood groups oppose the current plan.
Sunset High Schoolers Create VR’ing Democracy
Each election cycle, many non-native English speakers and first-time voters face uncertainty and anxiety at the polls. Data by NewAmerica.org found that many individuals “have a built-in fear around civic participation … that comes from a collective traumatic experience” of navigating critical documents, such as immigration forms, where even small mistakes can have serious consequences.
Letter to the Editor: The Upper Great Highway Brings the Community Together
As two generations of an Outer Sunset family – one in college, one having been retired for more than 20 years – we love our neighborhood. We love going on walks, enjoying ocean views and seeing children have space to play.
Letter to the Editor: Voting Yes on Proposition K
We are voting Yes on K to transform an unreliable roadway into an unparalleled park.
Real Estate: John M. Lee
We will be choosing the next president, mayor and supervisors as well as having combative ballot measures to contend with. I will stick to my expertise and cover the real estate related measures in this column and comment on others that can have an effect on real estate.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
Creating a park on a section of the Upper Great Highway will be good for the environment, give people of all ages better access to the coast and bring new customers to our small businesses. We are doing this for our families, our kids and grandkids. This is for the future.
Candidates Running for Supervisor in District 1
Read Statements from the Five Candidates Vying for a Seat on the SF Board of Supervisors to Represent the Richmond District.
Assembly: Phil Ting
Election Day is just weeks away – Tuesday, Nov. 5. We will be electing a president and leaders at both the state and local levels. We will also be deciding on issues that impact us, such as housing, children’s programs, climate change and more. Be sure your voice is heard and vote.
Commentary: Quentin L. Kopp
It was Adlai E. (for Ewing) Stevenson, then-governor of Illinois and the Democratic Party candidate for president of the U.S.A. for a second time who spoke via radio and television on election eve (Nov. 8, 1956) thusly: “Looking back, I am content. Win or lose, I have told you the truth as I see it. I have said what I meant and meant what I have said. I have not done as well as I should like to have done, but I have done my best, frankly and forthrightly; no man can do more, and you are entitled to no less.”
Commentary: Paul Kozakiewicz
On June 18, the last day the SF Board of Supervisors was allowed to place an initiative on the Nov. 5 ballot, District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio, District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar and three other supervisors sent legislation to the SF Department of Elections calling for the closure of the Upper Great Highway (UGH). It took only five supervisors to put Proposition K on the ballot.
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