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Our first Joy to the City event with Code Tenderloin and so many community partners and sponsors. Thank you so much everyone for the support and to all who attended!
5000+ attendees
500 + free meals
3500+ books and toys
1000+ grocery bags and whole chickens given away
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Zero patients with
#COVID19
at San Francisco General Hospital today.
For first time since March 5th 2020, over 14 months ago.
Overwhelming gratitude to the physicians, nurses, & staff of SF General for their incredible, tireless work that has undoubtedly saved countless lives.
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Today we saw the largest protest in US history. About 1 in every 100 Americans participated. Let that sink in.
@VanJones68
#LoveArmy
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Prop 17 in California passed. The right to vote has been restored for tens of thousands of people. All formerly incarcerated people in California can now vote. Felony disenfranchisement is done.
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The score in Boston today:
100 people for hate.
40,000 people for love.
Keep showing up. There are many more of us.
#LoveArmy
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Eliminating bathrooms doesn't make people stop pooping.
Eliminating trash cans doesn't make people stop throwing trash.
Eliminating buses at night doesn't make people stop traveling at all hours.
Cities should provide services people need, not pretend those needs don't exist.
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SF is finally on the verge of removing the ban on apartment buildings in much of the city.
For far too long, nearly all of the new housing built in San Francisco has been on the east side of the city.
Multi family housing should be permitted all over our city, including on…
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I cannot support an indefinite curfew in San Francisco. Such a curfew would include unprecedented restrictions on freedom of speech, freedom to assemble, and peaceful protest. It will allow residents to be searched or arrested for simply being outside at 8:01pm for any reason.
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The LA Sheriff is targeting his opponents and those charged to investigate him, protecting gangs who operate within his department, and destroying evidence of those who committed murders. No one should be silent about this.
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San Francisco will become the first major US city to require full vaccination for patrons at indoor establishments like restaurants, cafe, bars, and gyms.
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All the data says that fully vaccinated people **do not** carry the virus and cannot pass it to others.
That is huge.
The CDC Director made that clear today.
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New housing permits issued by city so far this year:
San Jose: 1,276
Santa Clara: 669
Fremont: 461
Oakland: 406
Milpitas: 371
Morgan Hill: 201
Sunnyvale: 196
San Francisco: 179
Atrocious, embarrassing start for San Francisco's 8 year commitment to build 80,000 new…
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First results are out: We're up by over 27 points. We won.
Thank you so much to San Francisco voters, & to all of our staff, volunteers, donors, endorsers, & everyone who worked so hard over the last 6 months.
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Today I joined as co-author of
@shamannwalton
's CAREN Act (Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies Act).
The CAREN Act makes it unlawful to fabricate false racially biased emergency reports.
Racist false reports put people in danger and waste resources.
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New Mexico just passed a law making public higher education tuition free for all residents, regardless of income or immigration status.
California should go next.
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I will be voting for Senator Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Primary.
I believe Bernie gives us our best shot—not just to beat Trump, which is most immediate and essential, but to take on the most urgent, devastating challenge facing our country: economic inequality.
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California now has the lowest coronavirus case rate in the nation.
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A lot of people against student debt forgiveness because it doesn't solve the problem for everyone, forever.
Good point. We should forgive all student debt AND college should be free.
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Today's veto of SB57 is a brutal, devastating set back, denying SF, LA, & Oakland the authority under state law to open overdose prevention sites that we know save lives. These sites work, they get get drug use off the streets, & connect people to treatment. We remain determined.
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Joe Biden should commit to forgiving all student debt in his first term.
$1.6 trillion dollars in student loan debt is reckless & unsustainable.
It'll prevent millions of mostly young Americans from reaching financial independence, and funnels wealth rapidly to the top 1%.
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My first Amtrak train ride home as an Assemblymember. First of many.
Let's double down on trains--expand their reach, seamless integration, and speed. 🚊 🚆 🚊
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Today San Francisco became the first major American city with 80% of eligible residents having received a vaccine dose.
👏👏👏👏👏
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FAST TRAINS are our future.
In countries across the world, they're the present.
We have long since fallen behind.
SF to San Jose should take 20 minutes. Downtown to downtown.
The alternative is congestion & chaos.
Stop slow rolling. Approve it, fund it, build it.
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SF Department of Public Health just announced at our hearing that their goal is to vaccinate every San Francisco resident by June 30th of 2021. Inshallah.
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Tonight the Board voted down a 495 unit housing project in my district on a parking lot on Stevenson/6th.
It was approximately 24% affordable with 100+ affordable units, near transit, w ground floor community space, & extensive neighborhood support from residents & leaders.
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The Mayor's budget proposal eliminates all 36 public toilets deployed during the pandemic, 25 of which are already gone.
It also eliminates the three 24 hr toilets that existed before the pandemic.
That would devastate access to clean, safe, healthy bathrooms. It can't happen.
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NY Times released maps that illustrate in stark terms what we know: the denser the neighborhood. the less the emissions per household.
To fight climate change, we need denser cities, more housing near jobs, biking, walking & transit. It's as critical as anything we can do.
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If you do not want a Trump stan like Larry Elder, John Cox or Doug Ose to become the next Governor of California, make a plan to vote NO on the recall.
If Newsom is recalled, one of these folks could very well become the next Governor of our state, even w just 20% of the vote.
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Whether you've lived in San Francisco your whole life, 10 years, or just moved here, our city & its officials should value you.
For as long as there's been a San Francisco, this city has been a refuge. We have to build more housing to welcome more people & prevent displacement.
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We need actual traffic enforcement when cars block bike lanes.
People on bikes and scooters swerving into traffic to avoid cars blocking their lane doesn't make any of us any safer.
Blocking a bike lane is one of the most dangerous things a driver can do. Let's act like it.
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We could give an e-bike to anyone who wants one by eliminating a small fraction of the subsidies and tax breaks we provide for oil and natural gas. Let's do it.
The “E-Bike Effect:” Those who bought e-bikes increased average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike's share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%. Via
@Treehugger
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SF the worst big city in the country for issuing new housing permits so far this year.
This is why our rent is so high, a major contributing factor to homelessness, and why the state must/is intervening.
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I've had so many of my colleagues in the legislature send me this article and ask me what the hell is going on in San Francisco.
One legislator from the Central Valley texted me with the question "I thought San Francisco was progressive?!!" Because to her, and most people…
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This week I introduced a bill (AB12) to set the maximum security deposit at 1 month of rent.
The average rent in SF is nearly $4k. So under current law, you may need as much as $12k up front to move into an average unit.
That's a huge barrier to housing access & affordability.
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95% of young people 12-17 years old in San Francisco have been vaccinated.
Of the estimated 33,938 12-17 year olds in San Francisco, 32,315 have been vaccinated, according to DPH.
That's among the highest rate of any age group.
This despite being eligible for less time.
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There is now a 24 hour public bathroom about every 3 blocks in the Tenderloin & Civic Center.
When I took office there were 0 that were 24 hours.
We have to keep & expand them post-pandemic.
Access to hygiene, bathrooms, water is essential for dignity, health & cleanliness.
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Largest study of homelessness in California in 3 decades finds a "fundamental problem" that drives it: "the rent is too damn high."
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UC Berkeley can't build 1000+ units of desperately needed housing for students because the project keeps getting blocked by neighbors who are suing under the "human noise is environmental pollution" precedent under the CA Environmental Quality Act 🤯🤯🤯
Yes--some small set of…
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People eating, socializing, exercising, or performing is generally a much better use of space than a single parked car.
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Yes, increasing housing supply does reduce rent.
"Apartment rents fell in every major metropolitan area over the past six months through January, a trend that is poised to continue as the biggest delivery of new apartments in nearly four decades is slated for this year."
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California will expand vaccine eligibility to everyone 16 or older, by the "last week of April."
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In San Francisco, 16 people who are fully vaccinated have been hospitalized and none have died.
This is out of the over 3000 who have been hospitalized overall, meaning vaccinated people are about .5% of those hospitalized.
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The expensive, unnecessary, misguided election to attempt to recall Governor Newsom will officially be on September 14th. It will cost our state and local jurisdictions hundreds of millions of dollars.
Please vote no.
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Where are San Francisco or Bay Area's mass vaccination sites?
SF Department of Public Health says they are "not tasked w widespread distribution across the entire City." Ok, then who is?
Tomorrow I am calling for a public hearing and an actual plan to answer these questions.
NEW: CA will be opening mass vaccination sites this week including Dodgers Stadium, Padres Stadium, and CalExpo.
Our goal continues to be fast, equitable, and safe vaccinations statewide.
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California's projected $97.5 billion budget surplus is larger than the entire operating budgets of nearly every other state.
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A lot of people who don't live in San Francisco or no longer live in San Francisco definitely talk about San Francisco a lot.
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"In January, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved plans to build 82,000 units in the next eight years.
San Francisco approved an average of just eight housing permits per month in February, March and April. At this comically slow pace, it would take the city 850 years…
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The primary driver of homelessness in US cities is housing scarcity. The more unaffordable the housing market, the greater the levels of homelessness.
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There will now be 3 renters in the California State Assembly!
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Read this thread to better understand why California's housing and homelessness crisis is so out of control.
This is how we allow for decisions like building a single building to house people on the streets to be made (which would literally solve homelessness for those 100…
Good evening, Twitter! I’m spending my Friday night in the affluent Bay Area suburb of Millbrae, where the county is presenting a plan to turn a hotel into ~100 homes for unhoused residents.
It appears that the entire city is here, and they are *pissed*. 🧵
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April 15 will officially be vaccine "open season" in California.
Everyone 16+ will be eligible to be vaccinated.
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Public bathrooms are infrastructure.
Build them and keep them open.
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So far, we won in every neighborhood and every district. Proud.
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Governor Newsom just announced 90 day forbearance on mortgage payments, without any impact on credit, for almost all banks.
This is great.
Now we need a
#RentFreezeNow
#RentSuspension
#RentStrike2020
Renters deserve this same relief, and shouldn't rack up debt as a result.
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Today I am introducing a resolution to have San Francisco formally join the national movement in support of a guaranteed income.
We would join a growing movement, led by over 25 cities, leaders like Mayor
@MichaelDTubbs
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They're still defending shooting down 100+ units of affordable housing on a valet parking lot.
This is exactly why the state is investigating SF's flagrant and open violation of state housing laws and will intervene.
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There are solutions to homelessness—of course most ppl want to be off street. We must approach people w care, led by professionals, offer solutions. Lot more to do, I believe we CAN do this
Happy we were able to bring ppl inside or safe sleeping sites from Clementina today. 🙏
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Amtrak's Zephyr train will take you to Sacramento, and it'll also take you all the way to Chicago without the need to transfer in 52 hours. The Observation Car is something special. Let's support and invest in our trains! 🚊 🚆 🚂
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The future of cities lies in vibrant public spaces: "Cities should invest in public spaces like parks, libraries, community centers and better transportation options.."
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If your employer has reduced your hours or shut down operations due to coronavirus, you can file an unemployment claim for partial wage replacement benefit payments. Info here. Please share.
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86.7% of San Franciscans who voted in the recall election voted NO.
That is the biggest margin of any county in the state.
Well done, San Francisco.
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San Francisco is now averaging just 31 new COVID cases a day.
In a city of nearly 900,000, that is pretty good.
In early January we were at 374 a day.
There has been one death from COVID in San Francisco in the month of March.
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Earlier this year, I funded a 3 month 24 hour bathroom pilot. The results are in: They were an overwhelming, unambiguous success. Each received over 3000 uses between the hours of 11pm-7am. It is time to expand 24 hour restroom access across the city.
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FINALLY!!!
TONS of appointments just opened up at Moscone and Oakland Coliseum.
Everyone is eligible.
Book and spread the word.
Open season is here.
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San Francisco is approving an average of just 8 units of new housing a month this year.
It's a shameful, embarrassingly slow start to a binding commitment by the city to build 82,000 units of new housing over the next 8 years in a city with some of the highest rents in the…
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Elon Musk's Twitter is planning to lay off the remaining 20+ janitors at their HQ & fire the union contractor along w the workers who fought & won their wages & benefits.
I'll be sworn in today to a full term--I stopped here first to let them know they have my/our full support.
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VP Kamala Harris announced today while IN Oakland that the mass vaccination site at the Oakland Coliseum will stay open.
That's big. It was set to close on Sunday.
👏👏👏👏
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Here’s a basic one: mental health calls should receive immediate response from trained mental health professionals, not the police.
It’s something we wrote into our Mental Health SF legislation. It’s long overdue. Let’s accelerate implementation.
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San Franciscans 16+ are now, FINALLY, ALL eligible for vaccines.
San Francisco residents can book via MyTurn, as appointments become available.
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The Tenderloin will become first entire neighborhood in San Francisco with a 20mph speed limit.
We are also implementing "no turn on red" at 54 intersections.
Every street in TL is on the high injury network for collisions, which accounts for 75% of city collisions & fatalities
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SF will now have $5 per hour hazard pay for grocery and drug store employees.
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Let's change this law.
El Farolito and Starbucks shouldn't be treated the same.
JUST IN: El Farolito, the iconic San Francisco-born string of taquerias, cannot open a new location in North Beach under the city’s ban on chains, the city said Thursday.
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The SF Bar Owner Alliance, representing hundreds of establishments, will require proof of vaccination or 72 hour negative test for any patrons indoors.
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Half of San Francisco residents 16 or older have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
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All state roads & state operated traffic signals will now be required to have a "leading pedestrian interval."
This ensures 3 to 7 seconds for pedestrians prior to green lights for traffic.
This is hugely important for pedestrian safety, it will reduce crashes & save lives.
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Elected officials in SF have often had an awkward, unsupportive relationship with small business & nightlife.
We should fully embrace small biz, arts, sports, music, & fun. Cities must be places where people build community & enjoy themselves. It's a wonderful thing, actually.
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Many CA cities require new developments to be built with lots of on-site parking, no matter if the spots are needed or desired.
AB 2097 will abolish minimum car parking requirements near major transit stops. This will slash pollution and reduce the cost of building housing.
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Two of my bills that will make it easier to build housing in San Francisco and beyond were signed into law by Governor
@GavinNewsom
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✅ AB 1114 will stop the "only in San Francisco" practice of allowing appeals to housing projects, including affordable housing, even…
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The 140+ affordable units that would have resulted from the Stevenson St. Nordstrom's parking lot project add up to more affordable units than half the other supervisor districts in the city have each built in the last 10 years.
Let's build more affordable housing, everywhere.
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Apparently they've qualified the recall of Governor
@GavinNewsom
A ridiculous, expensive, unjustified waste of time, led by the far right. It'll be a total distraction and sideshow.
NO on the recall.
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Vaccines are available at San Francisco General Hospital (1001 Potrero, Building 30) everyday 9am-3pm thru Feb 23 for people 65 and older.
No appointment needed.
No insurance required. Open to all.
You can just pull up, walk up, ride up.
Please spread the word.
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The precincts with the highest percentages of renters, working people & low income voters voted for us overwhelmingly, based on our message, track record & vision.
Put some respect on their ability to think, act and choose for themselves or they'll continue to vote against you.
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"Bay Area rappers E-40 and Too Short joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the signing of a California bill that aims to limit the use of rap lyrics in criminal proceedings."
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I'm going to make a renewed personal commitment to use public transit, bike or scooter for every possible trip within my district and the city.
I just rode from one end of District 6 to the other, almost entirely in protected lanes, TL to the Chase Center. It took 12 minutes.
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The Warriors parade is Monday.
It's also Juneteenth holiday.
Clear your calendars.
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There's a LOT in this budget proposal I like--more for schools, transit, workers, & health.
But I don't support sending billions in $400 each to every car owner. There are better, more targeted uses for those struggling the most & deeper investments in schools & infrastructure.
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Today is my first day as Assemblymember.
My Mom joined me on the Assembly floor for the Swearing-In.
Ready to work hard every day for the people of Assembly District 17.
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San Francisco just announced that our indoor mask mandate is back in place, for everyone, regardless of vaccination status.
This will be in place for Dec 30-Jan 31, including for all workspaces, gyms, college classrooms.
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California is the first state to enact free school meals for all public school students--not just lunch, but breakfast as well.
One of the most important things we can do to ensure students are ready to learn is to make sure they have full access to healthy food.
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We need fully integrated networks of protected bike lanes in every city in California.
This is key to creating a healthier, safer, more sustainable state for all of our residents, and confronting the climate change crisis.
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My last Board of Supervisors meeting will be next Tuesday, April 26th.
Yes, I will be there to to vote to support Car Free JFK.
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"Yet the Giants have decided that, after 24 years, the woman who connects so closely with their fans is expendable. An organization that could definitely use more diversity is announcing it was unable to find a way to keep their most visible non-playing Black employee.
This is a…
Giants and longtime Oracle Park PA announcer Renel Brooks-Moon part ways via
@sfchronicle
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