Stepping back from all social media for a while

May see you all again in a few months

Possible Measles Exposure Reported at San Leandro Restaurant https://sfist.com/2024/03/20/possible-measles-exposure-reported-at-san-leandro-restaurant/

Repair Cafes Are the Beating Heart of the Right-to-Repair Movement https://nextcity.org/features/repair-cafes-are-the-beating-heart-of-the-right-to-repair-movement

This is a good sign. It actually explains *why* this restriction exists rather than just saying “no.”

Not great from a data viz pov as the situation is not really circular, etc. but still

Great news:

hometown heroes @bffdotfm nab San Francisco's last unclaimed FM frequency

congrats @quonky ! https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/bff-fm-station-sf-internet-radio-18936216.php

@MBridegam @chema @skinnylatte Downtown has gotten SIGNIFICANTLY duller in my lifetime, with the closure of most movie theatres and many other venues and the increasingly bland, mallified retail sector. Why would anyone go there if they didn't have to? The only stuff, really, is the museums clustered around 3rd and Mission. And walking through there to get to Chinatown and North Beach.

Check out GrowSF
https://mastodon.social/@exkclamation/112038777768977957

With the political landscape and field of candidates what it is... Peskin would be a great choice for mayor.

Fuck these guys, too

Fuck you, APE

The Black Immigrant Women Who Bought a Minneapolis Mall

Lack of access to proper retail space was crippling these immigrant businesswomen in the Twin Cities. In forming a commercial real estate cooperative, they’re going far by going together. https://nextcity.org/features/black-immigrant-women-bought-minneapolis-strip-mall-shingle-creek-cent

California lawmaker wants to ban companies from owning more than 1,000 homes in state

Assemblymember Alex Lee proposed a law that would restrict corporations from buying up single-family homes for the purpose of renting them out. https://sfstandard.com/2024/02/20/alex-lee-proposes-corporate-landlord-ban-single-family/

Exclusive: UCSF to pay $100 million to acquire two struggling S.F. hospitals [St. Mary's and St. Francis}

This seems like a positive step in SF healthcare. Removes those facilities from Catholic restrictions, brings their staff into the strong union structures at UCSF, and should allow for some economies of scale.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f-ucsf-100-million-acquisition-18642896.php

A total of six off-ramps on US-101 and I-280 will be shut down after the Super Bowl on Sunday

[Also a lot of Mission Street and 24th Street as well as other locations if they win.]

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/sf-police-say-to-expect-road-closures-changes-to-muni-service-on-super-bowl-sunday/

“Cue the troll farms – a well-funded network of astroturf PACs like GrowSF, TogetherSF, and Stop Crime SF. They’re spending millions on this election to convince us that the City is a cesspool run by progressive bleeding hearts and that the only solution is a tough-on-crime, tough-on-drugs, tough-on-schools, tough-on-poor-people crackdown.”

“Your Pissed Off Voter Guide for the March 5th election! This election is way more important than it looks. Check it out and see why we say hell no to the doom loop.” https://www.theleaguesf.org/

Chart of right wing groups trying to seize power in San Francisco

Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional

Grocery chain tries new argument to fight union-busting charge
#UnionStrong

[I never forgive and I never forget union busting. Trader Joe's is dead to me.] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-26/trader-joe-s-follows-spacex-in-arguing-nlrb-is-unconstitutional

I’m genuinely tempted

Behold my favorite #traffic calming device.