The fight for public safety funding

Recent polling by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce revealed that eight out of 10 San Franciscans feel crime has gotten worse over the last year. This comes as no surprise as ... Read More

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Gratitude for mutual aid

Recovery is a team effort

By Aaron Peskin

We did it. We made it to another year. San Francisco closed out one of the worst years in modern U.S. history with another shutdown after a statewide surge in Covid-19 cases, but ... Read More

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Vote for recovery and reforms

By Aaron Peskin

This year has been one struggle after another, seemingly without an end in sight. A global pandemic and economic shutdown, California ablaze with wildfires, a national reckoning w... Read More

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The future of families

Why it should matter to all of us

By Aaron Peskin

I wanted to focus this month’s column on amplifying the struggles of families and their children throughout the district and the city during this endless Covid-19 pandemic. The ... Read More

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The road to recovery

By Aaron Peskin

Since my time at the Emergency Operations Center, California and San Francisco have begun the challenging road to recovery—which continues to be a series of two steps forward an... Read More

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Emerging from the crisis

Economic recovery must be fueled by community, cut out corruption

By Aaron Peskin

I was recently appointed to the city’s Economic Recovery Task Force to help chart a post-Covid path forward for San Francisco’s industries, mom and pop businesses, workers, a... Read More

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The city responds to coronavirus

Neighbors, activists, businesses, and city government step up

By Aaron Peskin

Only a couple of weeks ago, the issue most weighing on my mind was uncovering corruption and implementing structural policy changes across multiple departments after the FBI’s a... Read More

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Five propositions that will improve the city

By Aaron Peskin

Proposition A: City College Facilities Bond — Years of deferred maintenance have taken a toll on City College education facilities, and the City College Board of Trustees has pla... Read More

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District 3 year in review

By Aaron Peskin

BALLOT VICTORIES I want to thank the voters of San Francisco for ensuring that Proposition D squeaked across the finish line to victory.San Francisco is officially the first city i... Read More

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Election rundown: What’s on your ballot and why?

By Aaron Peskin

Welcome back from whatever summer adventures you may have embarked on! You have no doubt already started receiving campaign literature in the mail and are waking up to yet another ... Read More

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Affordable homes for educators and families NOW!

By Aaron Peskin

A little over a year ago, I received an urgent request from parents at a District 3 elementary school to support the restoration of funding for a para-educator — partly because s... Read More

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TNC congestion management measure heads closer to November ballot

By Aaron Peskin

We all know that traffic in San Francisco is some of the worst in the entire country — and we are overdue for action to address it. A recent study by the San Francisco County Tra... Read More

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New life for Aquatic Park Pier: A Districts 2 and 3 team up

By Aaron Peskin

Many readers may know that Supervisor Catherine Stefani is a seasoned triathlete, but you may not know that she sometimes joins me for an early morning swim and brainstorming sessi... Read More

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What do we mean by ‘the soul of San Francisco’?

By Aaron Peskin

We talk a lot about San Francisco’s heart and soul — how it’s being crushed by speculation, erased by gentrification, or hurt by those who don’t understand it. How it conti... Read More

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How the Board of Supervisors did right by the voters with windfall budget plan

By Aaron Peskin

One of the reasons I voted to elect my colleague Supervisor Norman Yee president of the Board of Supervisors two months ago was his experience and ability to cobble together a coa... Read More

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