Marina Safeway: Please do your part

To Marina Safeway Management: On the morning of Dec. 15, 2019, an individual defecated in the middle of an aisle in your store. I am writing to ask that you increase security both ... Read More

Supervisor's Report

District 3 year in review

By Aaron Peskin

BALLOT VICTORIES I want to thank the voters of San Francisco for ensuring that Proposition D squeaked across the finish line to victory.San Francisco is officially the first city i... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

New Year’s resolutions

By Catherine Stefani

The holiday season is the perfect time to give thanks for all we are fortunate enough to have and recommit to the goals that will move us forward. I am thankful to be raising my fa... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Safety in our communities

By Catherine Stefani

After a rash of recent crimes, I have heard from countless neighbors about how they and their children don’t feel safe on the streets, on Muni, or even in their own homes. We’v... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Election rundown: What’s on your ballot and why?

By Aaron Peskin

Welcome back from whatever summer adventures you may have embarked on! You have no doubt already started receiving campaign literature in the mail and are waking up to yet another ... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Taking care of our seniors

My personal and public mission to help seniors age gracefully in the city

By Catherine Stefani

Four days before I became supervisor in January 2018, I was sitting in a room with my family waiting for a doctor to present us with my father’s diagnosis. “We believe that you... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Affordable homes for educators and families NOW!

By Aaron Peskin

A little over a year ago, I received an urgent request from parents at a District 3 elementary school to support the restoration of funding for a para-educator — partly because s... Read More

Supervisor's Report

TNC congestion management measure heads closer to November ballot

By Aaron Peskin

We all know that traffic in San Francisco is some of the worst in the entire country — and we are overdue for action to address it. A recent study by the San Francisco County Tra... Read More

Supervisor's Report

New life for Aquatic Park Pier: A Districts 2 and 3 team up

By Aaron Peskin

Many readers may know that Supervisor Catherine Stefani is a seasoned triathlete, but you may not know that she sometimes joins me for an early morning swim and brainstorming sessi... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Beautifying District 2

By Catherine Stefani

San Francisco faces many urgent challenges: the homelessness crisis, growing mental health and substance abuse issues, and housing unaffordability. These issues are often the first... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Stopping the revolving door: Homelessness and coordinated exits

By Catherine Stefani

About a year ago, my son and I were walking down Chestnut Street when we saw a man in obvious distress rummaging through garbage cans with his pants at his knees. Sadly, this story... Read More

Supervisor's Report

What do we mean by ‘the soul of San Francisco’?

By Aaron Peskin

We talk a lot about San Francisco’s heart and soul — how it’s being crushed by speculation, erased by gentrification, or hurt by those who don’t understand it. How it conti... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Fire safety: Precautions and preparedness

By Catherine Stefani

Last month, I stood a few hundred feet from the intersection of Geary Boulevard and Parker Avenue staring at a spot that had been engulfed in a 50-foot high fireball a couple of h... Read More

Supervisor's Report

How the Board of Supervisors did right by the voters with windfall budget plan

By Aaron Peskin

One of the reasons I voted to elect my colleague Supervisor Norman Yee president of the Board of Supervisors two months ago was his experience and ability to cobble together a coa... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Bold action on homelessness

A multifaceted approach to dealing with over 7,000 homeless in the city

By Catherine Stefani

On the evening of Thursday, Jan. 24, I joined dozens of volunteers traveling the streets of San Francisco conducting the biennial homeless count. The purpose of the count is simp... Read More

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