District 11 Supervisor Candidates Sound Off In First Forum

The six candidates took positions on funding city services, the drug overdose crisis and homelessness.
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Brotherhood Way Safety And Circulation Plan Drawings Held Up

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Utility Boxes Along Ingleside's Ocean Avenue Are Getting Makeovers

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Repair Work To Close Twin Peaks Tunnel For 8 Days

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In Case You Missed It

• SFMTA Approves Frida Kahlo Way Bikeway Despite City College's Opposition
• SFMTA To Replace Parking Meters Along Ingleside's Ocean Avenue
• Ocean View Library Planning Restarts, Future Location Uncertain
• Bird & Beckett Books And Records Celebrates 25th Anniversary Throughout May

Events Around the Neighborhood

• Ocean View-Merced Heights-Ingleside Car Show
  WHAT: Start your engines. The annual car show is back!
  WHERE: Beep's Burgers, 1051 Ocean Ave.
  WHEN: Saturday, May 18, noon to 3 p.m.
• Baking Bread, Breaking Bread with Rize Up Bakery
  WHAT: Azikiwee Anderson, owner of Rize Up Bakery, is partnering with the Hawk Creek Farm to host a bread-making workshop.
  WHERE: Hawk Creek Farm, 203 Cotter St.
  WHEN: Saturday, May 18, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m.
• Giant Blood Vessel Exhibit
  WHAT: Mission Science Workshop is hosting a free chance to see their giant blood vessel exhibit along with other health and anatomy activities like dissection stations and it is open to everyone.
  WHERE: Excelsior Science Workshop, 4458 Mission St.
  WHEN: Saturday, May 18, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Family Carnival
  WHAT: The Excelsior Action Group and Family Connections Center are hosting a free carnival to celebrate fun, family and the Excelsior community with carnival games, prices and activities.
  WHERE: Balboa Park, 34 Sgt John V Young Ln.
  WHEN: Sunday, May 19, 2024, from 1 to 4 p.m. 
• Right to the City and Generational Wealth for BIPOC residents
  WHAT: The Council of Community Housing Organizations is hosting a workshop to explore strategies and resources to sustain and strengthen BIPOC homeowners’ generational wealth.
  WHERE: Temple United Methodist Church, 1111 Junipero Serra Blvd.
  WHEN: Saturday, May 25, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Disclaimer: Always double-check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change and errors occur.

Worth Reading

• San Francisco Examiner: Supervisors push SF officials for 'larger vision' for Union Square
• San Francisco Chronicle: New tourism chief abruptly resigns, just months after starting
• San Francisco Standard: San Francisco to hire more inspectors to combat rising fare evasion on Muni
• Mission Local: Nurses call strike vote amid stalled contract talks 
• CBS Bay Area: Mayor London Breed pulls out of TogetherSF debate; plans separate event
• Mission Local: ‘What was the plan?’ Understaffed, overcrowded SF jails reach crisis point
• KRON4: San Francisco man who spent 340 days in jail found not guilty 
• San Francisco Standard: San Francisco's emergency call boxes are going offline. Why?
• EaterSF: Meet Kona, the 70-Pound Pig Who Ruled Over One of San Francisco's Top Restaurants

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