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  City Attorney's Retaliation Blows $12.2 Million in Whistleblower Fiasco

  by Dr. Derek Kerr

  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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  Irreparable Damage to City College — Legal Violations at Balboa Reservoir Project Cited

  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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  Defund and other public debacles

  by Quentin Kopp

  "... 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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  Why Black Lives Matter

  by Glenn Rogers

  "... 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 Wait for Direction

  by K. Rolph Morales, 3rd Grade Teacher

  "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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  Students Want Schools Open

  by an 8th Grade Student

  "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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  Creeping Toxic Tire Crumbs Seep into SF Groundwater

  by David Romano

  "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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  SFPUC Loads Utility Costs on Our Grandchildren's Backs

  by Brian Browne

  "... 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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  Turmoil at Taraval Station

  Dr. Derek Kerr

  Morale was sagging. Capt. Rainsford addressed the officers and apparently referenced how the police had handled previous protests.

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  COVID-19's Cruel Visit to LHH

  Patrick Monette-Shaw

  ...whether the discrepancy is due to President Trump wanting CMS to “slow down” the testing and positive test results...

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  Stadiums and other Boondoggles

  Quentin Kopp

  ...the attitude of professional sports team-owning billionaires that local taxpayers must provide stadiums for their professional sport businesses ...

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  City's Budget Shortfall — Taxpayers Beware

  John Farrell

  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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  Boudin Bolsters SFPD's Statistics

  Lou Barberini

  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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  New Normal: Decline in Urbanization

  Glenn Rogers

  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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• Homeless Encampments in GG Park?

  

  by Kathy Howard

  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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• Big Balboa Giveaway Bad Break for City College

  

  by Jean Barish

  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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• Arrests Made in Gang Shootings

  

  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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• Enigma of Covid-19 Immunity

  

  Dr. Derek Kerr

  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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• Our Inefficient Water, Sewer and Power Provider

  

  by Steve Lawrence

  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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• Did Larcenies Decline 96% During Protests?

  

  Lou Barberini

  There are several problems with Boudin’s boasted success with reducing the jail population...

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• Congratulations Graduates!

  

  Carol Kocivar

  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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• Remembering Honest Presidents and Election Recommendations

  

  Quentin Kopp

  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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Previous Articles

• Westside Businesses Reopening

  

  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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• Nursing Home "Invisibles"

  

  Dr. Teresa Palmer

  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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• Prelude to a Police Shooting

  

  Lou Barberini

  Tommy refused to social distance...... Upon arrival, the two officers immediately observed Tommy was bleeding from his mouth ...

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• Mystique of Covid-19 Transmission

  

  Dr. Derek Kerr

  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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• Pandemic Clobbers School Budgets

  

  Carol Kocivar

  Double Whammy... Schools throughout California are facing severe budget cuts for the next few years...

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• An Emphatic Letter to City Hall

  

  John Farrell

  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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• City Hall's End Run Around Environmental Review

  

  Kathy Howard

  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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• SF's Covid Response

  

  Dr. Teresa Palmer

  Where Are Our Priorities? Nursing homes are like cruise ships, and the outbreak at Central Gardens is illustrative...

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• Students Protest Distance Learning

  

  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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• DA Boudin’s Struggles with Math and the Dictionary

  

  Lou Barberini

  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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• Slow Streets

  

  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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• Transit Update

  

  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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• Transit Update

  

  Quentin Kopp

  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 Product

  

  Lou Barberini, CPA

  Don’t Mistake Life Insurance as an Investment ProductLou is a CPA in the  West Portal  area.

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• Nuru, Breed and Willie Brown

  

  George Wooding

  Nuru was not the FBI’s main target of the investigation—he was the bait to lure someone bigger.

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• Earthday & Coyotes

  

  Environmentalk: Kathy Howard

  ...a coyote attack raises the question... How do we coexist with wildlife?

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• Breed's Secrecy

  

  Patrick Monette-Shaw

  ...suspending access to public records — even temporarily, is clearly dangerous to open government.

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• Distance Learning at SFUSD

  

  K. Rolph Morales

  —A New Challenge for Teachers 

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• Fentanyl & Meth Push Overdose Deaths to Record Highs

  

  Dr. Derek Kerr

  The other health crisis

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• Taraval Crime

  

  Crime stats are encouraging...down 18% in vehicle burglaries, 34% in burglaries, 28% in assaults, 14% in robberies and 6% in vehicle thefts.

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