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Letters to The Voice of San Francisco - The Voice of San Francisco
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Have you heard the news? This Tuesday, April 1, the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board convenes once again, and will vote for a rushed proposal called the “Oak Street Quick Build Project.”
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Of intimate films with deep connections - The Voice of San Francisco
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For all of the extravagance and bombast that we've come to expect from major studio releases, so many of those movies lack emotional impact and sheer humanity.
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A modest proposal about congressional savings - The Voice of San Francisco
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Hello, is this the DOGE hotline? Where I can submit ideas to save big money for the government? It is? Oh, good. I’ve been following with high levels of interest your efforts to reduce the government budget by any means necessary. So much waste there, I agree. I’m not sure you’ll get much from taking […]
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Oh, how America has changed. In just a little over two months, the Trump administration has turned the entire social services network on its head and left a lot of people scrambling for answers.
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Muni sees ridership surge in 2024 - The Voice of San Francisco
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San Francisco transit officials are highlighting new numbers indicating that more people took Muni buses and trains last year compared to 2023.
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In a post on X, attorney Laura Powell notes that during the 1996 State Senate race, “current Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee was called out by her opponent for her company’s federal contracts . . . she was awarded many of these contracts without facing any competitive bids.
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Out and about March 27–April 2, 2025 - The Voice of San Francisco
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Spring! So many events to celebrate from blooming flowers and author talks to film, music, art, and more, including an innovative balloon exhibition. Here are my picks for your week.
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Lurie unveils revamped street intervention teams - The Voice of San Francisco
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced significant changes to the city’s street crisis response teams, which are charged with responding to disruptive incidents in public spaces involving persons with mental health or related needs, at a press conference at the Department of Emergency...
on Thu, 5PM
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SFUSD classrooms and campuses are infested with rodents - The Voice of San Francisco
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No guidance on how to deal with the potentially lethal dropping removal
on Thu, 4PM
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San Francisco Court Watch: Fog city justice - The Voice of San Francisco
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Ocean Beach isn’t the only place in San Francisco that is shrouded in fog year round. Step into the halls of San Francisco Superior Court and you’ll wade through bureaucratic layers of procedural inefficiencies that will make your head spin faster than a botched exorcism.
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Dr. Hillary Kunins says role of health department and nonprofit partners is to 'protect and support' street addicts in absence of safe consumption sites
on Mar 25
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Bay Area voters may decide on sales tax to save public transit - The Voice of San Francisco
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Next year, voters could be asked to save Bay Area public transit agencies as two state senators introduced legislation that would authorize a sales tax measure in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco counties.
on Mar 25
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Anyone who followed my nearly two decades as editor in chief of the Marina Times newspaper knows I’ve been a vocal critic of Jennifer Friedenbach, well, for nearly two decades.
on Mar 25
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Californians' right to vote for judges under attack - The Voice of San Francisco
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At the same time President Trump barrages federal judges with withering attacks, as he himself might describe, “the likes of which have not been seen before,” a Democratic member of the California State Assembly is proposing a state constitutional amendment to limit our right to vote for...
on Mar 25
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Great Highway robbery - The Voice of San Francisco
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On Tuesday March 12, 2025, opponents of Proposition K, a measure to permanently ban vehicles from San Francisco’s Upper Great Highway, filed a lawsuit stating that the measure is illegal.
on Mar 20
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On Tuesday night, San Francisco transit officials took a major step in implementing Muni service cuts this summer that could shorten some bus routes to terminate at Market Street and merge two other routes.
on Mar 20
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San Francisco’s radical harm reductionists must swallow a bitter pill - The Voice of San Francisco
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For decades San Francisco’s harm reductionists were considered the good guys. Certainly on the surface they appeared to be the saviors, distributing an endless supply of clean needles to the city's down-and-out intravenous drug users. By doing so they could mitigate the spread of such...
on Mar 20
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‘Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art’ at the Legion of Honor - The Voice of San Francisco
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Artist Wayne Thiebaud will be the subject of a retrospective at the Legion of Honor, opening on March 22.
on Mar 20
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Out and about March 20–26, 2025 - The Voice of San Francisco
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So we’re winding down to the weekend, which is always a collective ahh, right? So here are my picks from music and dance, to caviar, flowers, and more to help you enjoy the next several days.
on Mar 20
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Transitional kindergarten is counting on us - The Voice of San Francisco
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The 4-year-olds steady themselves in a raggedy circle around their veteran teacher, box braids and crew cuts and fluttering hands wiggling in anticipation of what comes next. All eyes are on the teacher.
on Mar 18
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When cartoon violence hits a live-action movie - The Voice of San Francisco
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Three movies that were released last weekend — Novocaine, Opus, and Borderline — rely on considerable violence and killings to advance their storylines.
on Mar 18
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Housing briefs: Wall Street carnage - The Voice of San Francisco
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As the calendar turned over from 2024 to 2025, there was hope. A Cushman & Wakefield report on Bay Area multifamily housing in the final quarter of 2024 announced that the “outlook brightens,” noting a slowdown of tech layoffs, and continued healthy venture capital investments in the area.
on Mar 18
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For the first time, some Muni buses last weekend have started displaying Chinese characters on the destination head signs that allow the Chinese community to know the final stop of the bus stop destination, transit officials said.
on Mar 18
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San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Maria Su has made important strides forward for the school district in her first six months on the job since coming over from City Hall.
on Mar 18
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One of San Francisco’s well-known Muni operators is bringing awareness to Transit Driver Appreciation Day, which takes place next Tuesday, March 18, by asking passengers to show some love for Muni operators.
on Mar 13
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Out and about March 13–18, 2025 - The Voice of San Francisco
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We’ve got something for everyone this week from wine tasting to women musicians, to Pi Day and Saint Paddy’s Day, and more including young kids playing Bach, and the French Culture fair. If that sounds like too much, there’s also some flower blooming, moon viewing, and dancing. Read on …
on Mar 13
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Great Highway closure opponents crank it up a notch with lawsuit - The Voice of San Francisco
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Westside residents opposed to closing the Upper Great Highway to vehicle traffic full-time announced Tuesday that they are filing suit against the City and County to overturn Proposition K, the voter-approved plan to close the roadway and convert it into a car-free promenade.
on Mar 13
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Ricardo Mazal’s Pilgrimages at the Haines Gallery - The Voice of San Francisco
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The Haines Gallery presents Pilgrimages, the gallery’s first solo exhibition of new and recent works by Mexican artist Ricardo Mazal (b. 1950). Mazal uses abstraction to communicate symbolic themes of transformation, impermanence, renewal, and return.
on Mar 13
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Audit finds S.F. schools out of compliance with measles vaccination law - The Voice of San Francisco
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On Tuesday night, the 2024 San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) independent audit will disclose that the school district is out of compliance with state requirements mandating immunization of all students against measles, chicken pox, and other illnesses.
on Mar 12
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San Francisco Giants executive Alfonso Felder is a step closer to joining the city’s transportation board of directors after supervisors on the Rules Committee swiftly approved Mayor Daniel Lurie’s appointee.
on Mar 11
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San Francisco’s Asian Americans don’t just live in Chinatown anymore - The Voice of San Francisco
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I love Chinatown but I don’t live there. If you know me, you know I probably spend more time at Red’s Place and Lion’s Den than I should. But I’m not hanging in Chinatown for the food, the drinks, or the knick-knacks.
on Mar 11
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Resistance 2.0 - The Voice of San Francisco
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“Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.”
on Mar 11
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In his first few weeks as mayor of San Francisco, Daniel Lurie has scored some significant legislative victories and public sentiment about how the city is run is improving.
on Mar 11
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SFMTA adopts bold bike plan that could take 20 years to complete - The Voice of San Francisco
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San Francisco transportation officials on Tuesday adopted a framework for connecting residents to a bikeway within a quarter mile of their homes. However, this plan could take 20 years to become a reality.
on Mar 6
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With friends like these . . . - The Voice of San Francisco
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Tuesday night, just before President Donald Trump gave his first congressional speech of his second term, Representative Lateefah Simon (D-CA) gave a “prebuttal” statement.
on Mar 6
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How violent criminals fall through the cracks of mental instability - The Voice of San Francisco
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“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?”
on Mar 6
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Sherill proposes latest entertainment zone on Union Street - The Voice of San Francisco
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Get ready for more roaming nightlife events around the city as a San Francisco lawmaker submits legislation allowing bars and restaurants in Cow Hollow to sell to-go cups of alcohol during special events on its main drag.
on Mar 6
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Presidential powers unleashed on streaming dramas - The Voice of San Francisco
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Regardless of how you judge the current president of the United States and his painfully evident foibles, the holder of the office is widely considered the most powerful person in the world.
on Mar 4
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Ides of March are upon Mayor Lurie and school Superintendent Su - The Voice of San Francisco
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Mayor Daniel Lurie and Superintendent Maria Su might not be confused for Julius Caesar but both have reason to follow Shakespeare’s warning, “Beware the ides of March.”
on Mar 4
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San Francisco drivers will get one last chance to use the Upper Great Highway as the Recreation and Park Department announced over the weekend that they will permanently close the segment on March 14.
on Mar 4
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Central Subway closing for repairs - The Voice of San Francisco
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The Central Subway will close for more than two weeks starting Wednesday so crews can repair water leaks inside the Chinatown-Rose Pak station. The closure will last through March 14.
on Feb 27
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Quitting United Educators San Francisco - The Voice of San Francisco
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In the YouTube video I must have watched a hundred times now, 3-year-old Ariel Bibas met his newborn brother for the first time.
on Feb 27
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As a San Francisco journalist, I’ve covered dozens of violent criminal cases, but I had never known any of the victims personally until Oct. 5, 2023.
on Feb 27
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San Francisco transit officials continued discussions last week on how to prevent Muni service cuts this summer but all agreed not to do so at the expense of street safety by eliminating the school crossing guard program.
on Feb 25
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Ten things to know about the San Francisco public school funding crisis - The Voice of San Francisco
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The San Francisco public school system is facing its biggest crisis since the 1970s when it integrated schools and classrooms in 1971 and suffered the brunt of Proposition 13, the statewide property tax reform passed in 1978.
on Feb 25
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Change is coming to the Police Commission - The Voice of San Francisco
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San Francisco lawmakers are expected to approve the appointment of a new police commissioner and possibly the removal of another on Tuesday.
on Feb 25
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Regular Voice contributor Erica Sandberg recently penned a piece for City Journal in which she asked every member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors a simple question: “Do you support the deportation of drug dealers who conduct their business in San Francisco and who are in the country...
on Feb 25
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Walgreens looted again - The Voice of San Francisco
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A crew of looters who robbed the Walgreens on Chestnut Street in the Marina Feb. 17, 2025, appears to be the same crew who looted a Walgreens in Noe Valley Jan. 31, 2025. According to a witness at t
on Feb 20
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The house that crypto built - The Voice of San Francisco
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Maybe in Milwaukee you can use dairy cows to buy a home; in Texas, perhaps big hats and fake southern accents will do the trick. But for the Bay Area, crypto currency is a trend worth watching. The folks at real estate firm Madison Hunter’s Urbane SF team will work Bitcoin into your deal. “When […]
on Feb 18
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Screen gems amid the dross - The Voice of San Francisco
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In the grand scheme of things, the beginning of the calendar year is rife with promise and welcomed as a chance for new opportunities. But in the movie industry, this timeframe often serves as a dumping ground for movies that are thought to have less promise or intrinsic value at the box office...
on Feb 18