Elections matter. elections have consequences. If you’re eligible to vote—please do not sit this election out. From the presidential race down to voting for your local school b... Read More
The recent revelation that San Francisco’s premiere luxury high-rise, the Millennium Tower, has sunk almost three times as much as originally projected into the landfill it... Read More
STATE OF HOMELESS TENT ENCAMPMENTS San Francisco is experiencing a crisis of homelessness. It is the number one concern of residents citywide. One of the worst symptoms of this cri... Read More
My Knees-érables (to the tune of Les Misérables’ When Tomorrow Comes) Are you hearing my joints sing? Creaking the song of angry knees! It is the soundtrack of arthritis An... Read More
When I got married, I registered for some marvelous stuff, and even the second time around, I was surprised at the mighty loot we hauled in. How amazed I was when the most expensiv... Read More
The San Francisco Chron- icle recently ran an editorial (“Length of November ballot spells problems in California democracy”) that took City Hall to task for the “... Read More
What can the city do about ensuring we don’t have to endure massive budget cuts at the next economic downturn? Do we have a rainy day fund? Is it sufficient? As chair of our ... Read More
I saw an X-ray of my right knee recently, and the poor cartilage-free joint has so many bone spurs, it needs to go galloping off into the sunset, wearing a jaunty cowboy hat for em... Read More
Homelessness is an intractable issue that has plagued San Francisco and cities and countries across the world for decades. Poverty, housing shortages, growing income inequality, s... Read More
At the Board of Supervisors meeting following the June 12 massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the worst mass shooting in our nation’s history, my colleagues and I re... Read More
When the sky is a bright canary yellow, I forget every cloud I’ve ever seen. So they call me a cockeyed optimist, immature and incurably green!” So sings the irrepressi... Read More
This month, San Francisco voters will help set the stage for the next decade of San Francisco politics. While most voters have been consumed by the presidential primary and the pro... Read More
The San Francisco Police Department is going through incredibly challenging times. The recent officer-involved shooting deaths of Mario Woods, Luis Gongora, and Jessica William... Read More
My senses are sated — for now at least — and the month of May, when all the buds are bursting (and all the allergies as well), is a fine time in this town for your senses to be... Read More
April showers bring May flowers, and we are showering some love on our small businesses for Small Business Appreciation Month. With many independent businesses struggling to stay a... Read More