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Dennis Herrera's retaliatory sewer-gate debacle, alongside the FBI's recent arrest of DPW chief ... jab at the City's anti-graft capabilities.
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City College Stakeholders File CEQA Appeal"This is NOT the time for any Project to go forward that will all but destroy the access for 70,000 college students, most of them from working class, immigrant, black or brown communities."
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"... the heralded notion of "defunding" police ... risks a return to the high-crime era of the 1960s and 1970s that damaged so many American cities. That applies to San Francisco, which suffers supervisors who berate police and ostracize them politically."
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"... the issue of Black Lives Matter is on everyone’s lips. Unfortunately, many Americans do not acknowledge institutional racism. But consider the numerous steps that led to the problem and two alternative policing solutions."
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"Teachers, who are already using their own money to buy school supplies are now also purchasing masks and materials in order to be prepared ..."
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"If schools do not open this fall, it is likely to induce students to interact with one another outside of school. At school ... it is easier to enforce facemask and social distancing ..."
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"SFPUC Failed to Protect Clean Water The Beach Chalet Soccer Fields (BCSF) in Golden Gate Park used to have a permeable surface; it's called grass."
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"... your water, wastewater, and garbage rates are special taxes attached to property. ... Your great-grandchildren should not fear that they will be paying for a service provided in 2020."
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Morale was sagging. Capt. Rainsford addressed the officers and apparently referenced how the police had handled previous protests.
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...whether the discrepancy is due to President Trump wanting CMS to “slow down” the testing and positive test results...
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...the attitude of professional sports team-owning billionaires that local taxpayers must provide stadiums for their professional sport businesses ...
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a $1.7 billion deficit over the next two fiscal years which could reach over $2.5 billion per Controller Ben Rosenfield...
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SFPD officers spend 99% of their day responding to where 9–1–1 customers direct them. It is 9–1–1 callers themselves who determine the location and quantity of encounters.
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Development is in trouble. If Parkmerced, which is the largest multifamily property in San Francisco is an example of the future of development in San Francisco, it is in very real trouble.
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Board of Supervisors seek solutions ... raising concerns among the public about the possibility of long-term use of parkland to address social and economic problems ...
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The SF PUC will sell over 17 acres, for approximately $11.2 million — about $640,000 per acre for prime SF real estate to a privateer for more than 90% below market rate ...
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On May 26th the Gang Task Force served search warrants related to the May 12th gang-related shootings that occurred between two cars at Ocean Avenue and Jules Street. A 50 year-old bystander, wounded in the shootout...
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Hopes were that recovering from COVID-19 would generate antibodies, thus conferring immunity and peace of mind. Plus, survivors could help treat newly-infected COVID-19 patients by donating their convalescent plasma. It's not that simple.
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While water and sewer bills are not taxes, they are worse. They hit ordinary people harder ... and rates are determined by cost. When costs rise, so do rates.
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There are several problems with Boudin’s boasted success with reducing the jail population...
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Celebrate Right Now Come On! It is that time to feel proud of what our children have accomplished. Every parent is entitled to feel a little teary-eyed as children grow-up and move on to the next step in life...
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Truman: "You don’t want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn’t belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it’s not for sale.” ...
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Life returns slowly to West Portal People are beginning to return to West Portal — and other Westside businesses are ready to make sales...
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My Mom is Not Disposable...universal testing in all group care facilities, where asymptomatic staff can begin a deadly outbreak, is now being publicly recognized. But it is slow to happen.
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Tommy refused to social distance...... Upon arrival, the two officers immediately observed Tommy was bleeding from his mouth ...
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Airborne transmission is likely... ...particularly in crowded, enclosed spaces with poor ventilation or re-cycled air. Notably, outdoor transmission is rare.
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Double Whammy... Schools throughout California are facing severe budget cuts for the next few years...
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We've been here before...after the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the incomprehensible murders in Guyana...AIDS and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake...
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Planning to 'streamline' CEQA? ... projects that formerly might have needed extensive review under CEQA would be approved unilaterally by Planning staff if the projects met specific requirements ...
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Where Are Our Priorities? Nursing homes are like cruise ships, and the outbreak at Central Gardens is illustrative...
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8th Grader's Petition Sparks Controversy The school district needs to take student's mental health seriously. It should discourage teachers from assigning excessive work and scheduling extra meetings.
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San Francisco politicians wasted no time in using the chaos of the coronavirus to push through their agendas: street closures to nonexistent traffic, spreading the homeless to hotels in districts they don’t frequent, and the release of “non violent” prisoners...
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Through Traffic Banned on Some Streets41st Avenue to Vicente & similar closures are on line to "increase walking and biking" that will impact Westsiders.
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MUNI Restores Some ServicesWhile continuing to run Core service, additional Muni routes will start service or be adjusted beginning Saturday, April 25
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Quentin takes on "Reverse Discrimination"and he has cautionary reservations about vote-by-mail
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Don’t Mistake Life Insurance as an Investment ProductLou is a CPA in the West Portal area.
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Nuru was not the FBI’s main target of the investigation—he was the bait to lure someone bigger.
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...a coyote attack raises the question... How do we coexist with wildlife?
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...suspending access to public records — even temporarily, is clearly dangerous to open government.
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Crime stats are encouraging...down 18% in vehicle burglaries, 34% in burglaries, 28% in assaults, 14% in robberies and 6% in vehicle thefts.
Check it outTaxpayer costs will exceed $5 million since the City has been paying the Keker & Van Nest law firm $850/hour to defend Herrera. They already billed the City $2,267,75, in September 2016...
Read More ...Don’t be fooled: you’re being sold insurance. Do you have a choice? Yes you do…
Read More ...Because Bay Area smash-and-grab crews are known to local cops, they hit the road to ply their trade where they enjoy anonymity.
Read More ...… City Officials are worried that Nuru is about to negotiate a plea bargain deal naming names as he is facing twenty years in prison.
Read More ...This quagmire burdens taxpayers . . . In 2018-19 it collected $360,000, about half of its operating budget... But in 2019-20 it will collect zero application fees due to the logjam. Yet, its operating budget will top $1 million.
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