Back in April 2020, I joined forces with three other members of North Beach Neighbors in the midst of the new pandemic and shelter in place order to perform an experiment. …

From Pop-Ups to Bakeries, Job Training Centers and Art Studios, You Might Be Surprised at What’s Not Allowed. — According to a recent study, San Francisco is the hardest city in the United States to run a small business. We see the impact of this in our District 3 neighborhoods, where places like North Beach have a 21% vacancy rate (and this was before the pandemic). This is a…

It’s been nearly 100 days, and yet, San Francisco’s densest set of neighborhoods still does not have a single Slow Street. Slow Streets are SFMTA’s response to COVID-19 to make more room for essential workers to travel, families and children to play, and neighbors to practice social distancing as they…

By now, it’s reasonable to have low expectations of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors when it comes to public transit. …

What a reimagination of law enforcement and community investment can look like in San Francisco. — In the weeks since the killing of George Floyd, San Francisco has shown both incredible compassion and strength. Compassion to grieve together, and strength to lift one another up. We’ve marched. We’ve protested. And now, we turn towards reimagination. …

50+ days after the concept was introduced, District 3 finally has a “Slow Street.” I stopped by this week to check things out at Stockton & Lombard. It’s on a hill. It’s 3 blocks long. It had cars flying by. The densest neighborhoods in San Francisco deserve a whole…

On Monday, I knelt with thousands of others at City Hall in San Francisco to call for action and real change in light of the turmoil and terror that the last week has brought. My heart breaks for George Floyd, his family, and the entire African American community that has…

We’re hearing lots of calls for a return to normal in San Francisco. Count me out. There’s nothing normal about: a homeless shelter wait list of 1,000+ a storefront vacancy rate of 18% a 1-BR rent of $3,600 Let’s not go back to normal. Instead, let’s drive our City forward…