San Fran Restaurant Owner Says Bernie Sanders Lost His Vote: ‘He Was Just Rude’
VIRGINIA KRUTA ASSOCIATE EDITOR San Francisco restaurant owner John Konstin said that a recent visit from Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders left him thoroughly unimpressed. SF restaurant owner says Bernie Sanders was 'cranky,' rude to staff https://t.co/bO0Oheb5DT pic.twitter.com/bYj2bLm8Z7 — SFGate (@SFGate) August 26, 2019 Konstin, who owns the iconic 111-year-old John’s Grill, said that Sanders and […]
I Left Part of My Heart in San Francisco
by Richard Eber My family and life go back a long way in San Francisco history. These roots were planted during the Gold Rush in 1850’s when my ancestors immigrated from Germany and France. Apparently, they landed in the “City by the Bay” on a Clipper Ship and never left. During this 170 year […]
Proposed Embarcadero Waterfront Homeless Shelter Not A Treat For San Francisco Residents
Whitney Tipton | Contributor The Port Commission of San Francisco is set to approve a prime Embarcadero waterfront location for what will be the largest homeless shelter in the city. The commissioners, appointed by the mayor, are scheduled to vote on the proposal April 23. It is expected to be approved. “The commission is […]
Eber | Moment of Truth for Gavin
By Richard Eber, California Political News and Views Making decisions is often not an easy task. In politics a point inevitably transpires when the research of advisors and the desires of special interest groups need to be cast aside when “Judgment Day” comes; Or as Brutus remarked in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, “There comes a time in […]
Former San Francisco Mayor Says City ‘TOO PERMISSIVE’ With Drug Culture
David Krayden | Ottawa Bureau Chief San Francisco has become “too permissive” even for the city’s former Democratic mayor, Gavin Newsom. Newsom, who is now California’s lieutenant governor and a candidate for governor, met with The San Francisco Chronicle’s editorial board last week. The paper reported the comments Sunday. Although he has always promoted “progressive” approaches to […]
San Francisco is Removing Statue that Shows Founding of California Over Racism Concerns
Neetu Chandak | Contributor The San Francisco Board of Appeals unanimously voted Wednesday to remove a statue that showed the founding of California over racism concerns. Some American Indian activists found the “Early Days” statue degrading and racist as it showed an American Indian at the feet of a Spanish cowboy and a Catholic missionary. […]
Zinke is Considering Tearing Down a Dam for the Environment and San Francisco is an Uproar
Tim Pearce | Energy Reporter . San Francisco officials are troubled that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke met with a group that wants to restore an area of Yosemite National Park back to a more natural state by deconstructing a dam, The Guardian reported. The Hetch Hetchy reservoir, located in Yosemite, is responsible for 90 percent […]
San Francisco Joins Nationwide Fatwa Against Plastic Straws
By CHRIS WHITE, Energy Reporter San Francisco passed an ordinance Tuesday prohibiting local store fronts from selling or distributing plastic straws as more cities jump aboard a nationwide push to ban plastic materials. If the ordinance passes the city’s Board of Supervisors on the second reading, it will then be presented to Democratic Mayor London Breed. The measure would […]
After Cox Calls Him Out, Gavin Newsom Says He Was Wrong for Reporting Illegal Aliens to ICE as SF Mayor
By Adelle Nazarian California’s Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom (D), who is competing against Republican John Cox to become California’s next governor, reportedly said he regrets implementing a policy while he was mayor of San Francisco that required law enforcement officers to report juvenile illegal aliens who were charged with committing violent crimes to Immigration and […]
SF Mayor Says Her City Is Drowning In Poop: ‘There’s more Feces…Than I’e Ever Seen’
Andrew Kerr | Investigative Reporter San Francisco Mayor London Breed said the streets of her city are flooded with the excrement of the homeless in an interview Friday. Breed, a Democrat who was inaugurated as the San Francisco’s mayor Wednesday, urged homeless advocacy groups that receive money from the city to teach homeless people to “clean up […]
