“Public safety and homelessness are the two issues I’ve heard the most about and spent the most time on as a supervisor, and without a doubt they will remain two areas of ... Read More
As the end of December approached, I was unprepared to discover my friends engaged in an activity wholly out of place. In their New Year’s posts on social media, gone were the d... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO RACES Superior Court Judges Seat 1: Albert “Chip” Zecher (Challenger) Seat 13: Jean Myungjin Roland (Challenger) Despite what the incumbents se... Read More
When Garret Doty, a transient from Louisiana, was caught on security footage methodically grabbing two metal pipes, putting them together, taking practice swings, then chasing for... Read More
On the March 2024 election ballots, San Francisco residents will be asked to vote for Proposition D to change city ethics laws and expand the restrictions on gifts to city officia... Read More
It may not come as a surprise, but several of the 2023 nominees for my second annual Hypocrite Hill Awards made the list in 2022. This year’s runner-up, however, isn’t an indi... Read More
“Google, Google you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide.” —Pro-Palestinian Google employees protesting their own company “Goldie, Goldie you can’t hide... Read More
On Dec. 17, 2014, the late Mayor Ed Lee and Lennar Urban broke ground on Pacific Pointe at the Shipyard, 60 permanently affordable family homes in Bayview-Hunters Point shipyard. ... Read More
As we race toward the open maw that is 2024, let’s take a moment to remember what was a truly remarkable year. I am talking about 2023, of course; and I also acknowledge that �... Read More
Fate works in mysterious ways. On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, I tweeted a video on X of a brazen smash and grab near San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, one o... Read More
The Port of San Francisco expects to host 100 cruise ship visits by the end of 2023, bringing more than 400,000 passengers to the city (and millions of dollars to the local econom... Read More
“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!” A friend of mine with a wry sense of humor recently quoted that famous line from the 1946 Christmas classic It’s a Wonder... Read More
During the week that this issue of the Marina Times is going to be in production, I will be absent from my usual duties of examining layouts and proofing articles. I will instead ... Read More
My August 2023 Reynolds Rap (“Fraudenbach: How the Coalition on Homelessness is holding San Francisco hostage”) elicited one of the strongest reactions from readers I’ve eve... Read More
Recently, while streaming a TV show, I was served a commercial advertising the city of San Francisco. The “Always San Francisco” commercial featured quick-cutting views of peo... Read More