Heidi Chiao

Heidi Chiao

Will dearly miss you beautiful sweet lady. Hope you are looking down and seeing all the people who truly loved you. Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0FTXQsDJSfEk7362MiDKFiP5CgcfgVESWCfMwSsvfbgeTVRPPt8A5sE3h9AZG9UW2l&id=100004840934649

The US has a ruling class – and Americans must stand up to it

Bernie Sanders In the year 2022, three multibillionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society – 160 million Americans. This is unsustainable Fri 2 Sep 2022 11.15 BST (TheGaurdian.com) Let’s be clear. The most important economic and political issues facing this country are the extraordinary levels of… Continue reading

Tuesday, Sept. 6 ~ Protest Intermim Brooke Jenkins + A few articles

By Adrienne Folng Hope this comes through Please share…Thank you! JUSTICE NOT JENKINS! Protest San Francisco’s Interim District Attorney BROOKE JENKINS on Tuesday, September 6  5:30pm at  Manny’s 3092 16th Street (@ Valencia) SF Public Transportation: 16th Street BART; SF MUNI: # 22, 14 & 49 lines SF Interim District Attorney Brooke Jenkins… Continue reading

That time Harvey Milk said S.F. should ‘ban cars’ in one neighborhood, and why it matters for 2022 election

Annie Vainshtein Sep. 2, 2022 (SFChronicle.com) Comments In a recently resurfaced interview from 1978 with iconic Harvey Milk and San Francisco Chronicle reporter Jerry Burns, the legendary San Francisco supervisor touched on a subject as contentious then as it is now: cars and public transportation. During their conversation on the news segment “Viewpoint,”… Continue reading

ZERO CO2 EMISSIONS BY 2045: CALIFORNIA PASSES MULTIPLE BILLS TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE

Image via Gage Skidmore.  Meaghan Ellis  September 01, 2022 (alternet.org) As climate control discussions intensify, California lawmakers have moved to pass a flurry of aggressive pieces of legislation to advance efforts to mitigate global warming. On Wednesday, August 31, lawmakers passed several climate-related bills “including a record $54 billion in… Continue reading

Forget the Central Subway—What’s Happening With the Central Freeway?

Written by Alex Mullaney Published Sep. 01, 2022 • 10:00am (SFStandard.com) In a compact city that prides itself on progressive urban design and desperately needs more housing, public officials have inexplicably ignored one especially promising area for innovative development: the land now occupied by the remainder of the Central Freeway. A deep… Continue reading

Here’s what S.F. would look like if it took ending single-family zoning seriously

Any attempt to meaningfully adding density in our neighborhoods will need a new approach By Alfred Twu Sep. 3, 2022 (SFChronicle.com) Comments Lately, more places across the United States, such as Portland, Ore., and Minneapolis, have started allowing apartments to be built in areas that previously only allowed houses. One of… Continue reading

‘Honor Her Memory… by Fighting Like Hell’: Barbara Ehrenreich Dies at 81

Writer and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich is awarded the Erasmus Prize on November 27, 2018 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo: Patrick van Katwijk/WireImage) “We’ve lost a gifted writer and a relentless fighter for the working class,” said one admirer of the journalist, author, and labor rights champion. JULIA CONLEY September 2, 2022… Continue reading