As I talk to people and clients every day in San Francisco, I have discovered one of the reasons why the home inventory is so low – it is because property owners do not feel like they can move. If they were to buy something else, their mortgage payments and property taxes would go up, depending on what they buy.
Police Blotter – Richmond District
Police activity in the Richmond District.
City Hall – Sandra Lee Fewer
Updates from the Richmond District by Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer.
Lower Great Highway safety plan moves forward
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) held an open house on Sept. 12 at the Sunset Cooperative Nursery School on Lawton Street to allow west side residents to give feedback on a plan to enact pedestrian safety measures along the Lower Great Highway.
Outside Lands Fest scrutinized for local impacts
by Thomas K. Pendergast The permit agreement to put on the Outside Lands Music and Art Festival is set to expire in 2020, and already city officials and community members are taking an assessment of its impact on […]
Ellis Act evictions hitting more west side tenants
The Ellis Act is a 1985 statewide law that allows landlords to evict tenants if they go out of the rental business. While it is difficult to know how many of the recent Ellis Act evictions are for legitimate reasons, the data strongly suggests that a significant proportion of them do not go out of the rental business.
Police Blotter – Sunset District
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.
Police Beat – Sunset District
A message from police captain Robert Yick.
Sunset Spotlight
News updates fro the Sunset District.
Mr. Fix-it Closes Shop
by Judith Kahn For more than 22 years, Richmond District residents could bring their old appliances to Son Nguyen’s shop at Universal Electric Service, which was located at 1551 Clement St. before it closed in August. Nguyen […]
Commentary – Quentin Kopp
San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin correctly notes that without high speed rail and Caltrain, the Transbay Terminal “will go down as the most expensive bus terminal in the history of humankind.”
Day at the Beach
Historical photo of Ocean Beach in the 1940s.
Jog in the Fog for ‘Y’
The annual 5 kilometer family fun run, Jog in the Fog, will be held on Sunday, Sept. 9, at 8 a.m.
Neighborhood clean-up on Sept. 8
There will be a neighborhood clean-up in the Richmond District on Saturday, Sept. 8, as part of the city’s “Love our city” event.
Local residents help make ‘green’ film
Two Richmond District residents had a role in the creation of a new feature film being shown in September at the San Francisco Green Film Festival.
