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San Francisco sends legal notices to Apple and Google demanding they take down 13 AI apps used to make deepfake nude images; Google says it has deleted the apps (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/san-francisco-demands-ap…

San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap” apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls.

Elon Musk Robot Dog Found Wandering Streets Of San Francisco
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/elon-musk-robot-dog-found-wandering-streets-of-san-francisco

Elon Musk Robot Dog Found Wandering Streets Of San Francisco

The Lurie administration and its allies are disbanding San Francisco's Bicycle Advisory Committee. I plan to go to its final meeting tonight at 6:30, city hall room 416.
FYI, Sherrill, Sauter, Mahmood, Dorsey, Wong, and Mandelman voted to get rid of it. May they all lose their next elections and be replaced by better candidates who'll restore the BAC.

San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee to Hold Final Meeting - Streetsblog San Francisco
It will cease to exist after this month

Interesting counterpoint to the MLB #Pride Cap fiasco.
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bible-verse-san-francisco-giants-190136366.html

That Bible verse San Francisco Giants players wrote on Pride caps does not say what they think it does
Genesis 9:12-16, the verse some players inscribed on their hats, teaches the opposite of what these de facto anti-LGBTQ activists wanted us to hear.

Connie Chan Rocks. Thank you Nancy Pelosi-- good pick to endorse for your seat.
Connie Chan represents the Internet Archive district in San Francisco, and got unanimous support for: Digital Library Rights, and Internet Archive Day resolution in 2025, and got the Internet Archive Hero award in 2023!

What's next for 49ers QB Mac Jones after not being... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49074846/whats-next-san-francisco-49ers-qb-mac-jones-not-being-traded

50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in san francisco, finale of 6 shows at the orpheum & last of the post-comeback small theater shows, mixed down & broadcast on the king biscuit flower hour.
soundboard: https://archive.org/details/gd76-07-18.sbd.bertha.14838.…

I live in a part of San Francisco called the APE Zone.

Q&A with Steven Soderbergh about using AI to visualize 10% of his John Lennon documentary after running out of "time and money", facing a backlash, and more (Jake Coyle/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/john-lennon

Steven Soderbergh on John Lennon and AI
The day John Lennon was shot in 1980, he and Yoko Ono gave an interview to a San Francisco radio crew from their home in New York’s Dakota Apartments. In “John Lennon: The Last Interview,” Steven Soderbergh pp those surviving tapes into a new documentary that debuted Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. But his decision to fill in some visuals using Meta's AI software has prompted an outcry. One of America’s leading filmmakers was using AI? In a film about a Beatle, no less? Soderbergh…

Der Matchtag-Ticker - Rot-weiß-roter Fanmarsch durch San Francisco #News #Nachrichten

Oh, here's one of our docs for anyone in PNW. It's incomplete (also, from 2018):
Running list of disaster risks in the Pacific Northwest:
EARTHQUAKE (Three main faults - Cascadia, Seattle, )
PANDEMIC FLU (Global risk)
Especially high in Seattle compared to many other large US cities due to the high number of international flights and international organizations based in the Seattle.
STORMS
HEAT WAVES
Seattle lacks a familiarity with extreme heat. Less than half of people have air conditioning. Growing wealth inequity, homelessness, and addiction increases the risks posed by high temperatures.
VOLCANIC ERUPTION
Mount. Rainier.
WILDFIRES & WILDFIRE SMOKE
“Harvard University researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at Yale University, have created a watch list of hundreds of counties in the western United States at the highest risk of exposure to dangerous levels of pollution from wildfires in the coming decades. Among them, heavily populated counties such as San Francisco County, Calif., King County, Wash., Alameda County, Calif., and Contra Costa County, Calif., are projected to face the highest level of risk of wildfire smoke exposure in the coming decades.” [source]

Is it part of the signage beef about OAK that none of these signs say San Francisco?

Rescuers were still searching for three missing people on Wednesday
after a boat involved in a memorial service sank in the cold, fast-moving waters of San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, authorities said.
At least one person died and 16 people were rescued after the boat capsized on Tuesday afternoon in what witnesses described as “rough seas”,
San Francisco’s fire chief, Dean Crispen, said.
He said the passengers on board were mostly family members, and that a …

Search continues for three people missing after Alcatraz boat disaster
One person dead after pontoon boat involved in memorial service capsized in San Francisco Bay on Tuesday

Sigma, which sells a cloud-native analytics platform that sits on top of data warehouses, raised an $80M Series E led by Princeville Capital at a $3B valuation (Cristian Dina/The Next Web)
https://thenextweb.com/news/sigma-computing-series-e-80-million-3-b…

50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead at the orpheum in san francisco, their 5th of 6 nights, with one of my go-to ’76 sequences. no donna in the 2nd set.
now on “dave’s picks 18” with lively piano mix: https://youtu.be/K0-YN5ENfZ4
menke audience tape:

(Insert your own snarky comment about integrity in politics)
SF election money is growing. City ethics watchdogs are waning.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/07/big-money-in-san-francisco-elections-is-growing-but-city-wat…

Money in San Francisco elections is growing. City watchdogs are getting cut. 
The San Francisco Ethics Commission has in recent years seen a steady decrease in staff amid a growing torrent of money in city elections.

(Insert your own snarky comment about integrity in politics)
SF election money is growing. City ethics watchdogs are waning.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/07/big-money-in-san-francisco-elections-is-growing-but-city-wat…

Money in San Francisco elections is growing. City watchdogs are getting cut. 
The San Francisco Ethics Commission has in recent years seen a steady decrease in staff amid a growing torrent of money in city elections.

What will new DC Raheem Morris bring to the 49ers'... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48762681/san-francisco-49ers-defensive-coordinator-raheem-morris-bring-defense

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
Aldous Harding:
🎵 San Francisco(6 Music Session, 17 June 2026)
#AldousHarding
https://aldousharding.bandcamp.com/track/san-francisco
https://open.spotify.com/track/09rHthpRrPxjwXZdurBpfi

Is it part of the signage beef about OAK that none of these signs say San Francisco?

San Francisco 49ers 2026 schedule: Travel-heavy slate includes 5 primetime games https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7277241/2026/05/14/san-francisco-49ers-schedule-2026/

San Francisco Rejects a Tax Hike on Companies With Well-Paid Executives (Owen Tucker-Smith/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/san-francisco-rejects-a-tax-hike-on-companies-with-well-paid-executives-1e0504fc
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p121#a260609p121

from my link log —
Fact check: What you may have heard from Elsevier about the dispute with UC.
https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2019/08/fact-check-uc-and-elsevier/
saved 2019-08-07

Fact check: What you may have heard about the dispute between UC and Elsevier - Office of Scholarly Communication
The UC Negotiating Team  Ivy Anderson, (Co-Chair), Associate Executive Director of the California Digital Library; Jeffrey MacKie-Mason (Co-Chair), University Librarian and Professor, School of Information and Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley; Günter Waibel, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director of the California Digital Library; Richard A. Schneider, Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, UC San Francisco and Chair, Academic Senate University Committee on Library and Scholarly …

Raiders trade rumor could lead to monumental midseason deal with 49ers https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/news/raiders-trade-rumor-could-lead-monumental-midseason-deal-49ers/33…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6Musics00sForever
Arctic Monkeys:
🎵 Fake Tales Of San Francisco
#ArcticMonkeys
https://stephenshero.bandcamp.com/track/arctic-monkeys-fake-tales-of-san-francisco-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/7BuzJmV2h6eBbSDdRaDY7C

Oh, gee - who would have thought #MayorLurie might have made a mistake in ignoring the staff recommendation on awarding a complex contract?
Lurie promised a permitting overhaul. Its builders say it was troubled from the start | The San Francisco Standard

Lurie promised a permitting overhaul. Its builders say it was troubled from the start
Ex-employees of OpenGov said the firm knew it would miss deadlines for the project. Current city workers say the software lacks important features.

Oh, gee - who would have thought #MayorLurie might have made a mistake in ignoring the staff recommendation on awarding a complex contract?
Lurie promised a permitting overhaul. Its builders say it was troubled from the start | The San Francisco Standard

Lurie promised a permitting overhaul. Its builders say it was troubled from the start
Ex-employees of OpenGov said the firm knew it would miss deadlines for the project. Current city workers say the software lacks important features.

Spotted in San Francisco
#dogs #dogsloved #sanfrancisco

Home prices in the San Francisco Bay Area’s already expensive market are
skyrocketing as employees at leading artificial intelligence companies come into gargantuan sums of money
thanks to a boom in initial public offerings.
With San Francisco’s OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as SpaceX, which operates a major facility in the Los Angeles area, eyeing debuts on the stock market,
the hot housing market may not abate soon.
If their initial public offering (IPO) is we…

I was 14yo when the Crazy Crab came out in San Francisco & Jeff is 100% correct: Especially the projectiles being thrown by fans.
▶️ The WORST Mascot In The History Of Sports - The Crazy Crab
https://youtube.com/watch?v=xG4tszfsRHA&si=yyI0h5itaBa_U6oT…

50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in san francisco, returning after a day off for one of my favorite shows of the year, with a madcap 2nd set,
now “dave’s picks 18”
soundboard (set 2 only): https://archive.org/details/gd1976-07-16.set-2.sbd.berth…

The Chronicle has a new puff piece on #Waymo purporting to show San Franciscans just looooove them. But 57% of respondents still think they're at least partly bad. https://www.sfchronicle.com/s…

La Habana – Plaza de San Francisco de Asís - Café del Oriente
#kamafotos

Seems like a lot of drones are being sighted that aren’t drones. At least they are getting reported and not ignored out of fear of reporting a UFO. Better to misreport a 1000 balloons than have one crash.
United Flight From San Francisco to San Diego Reports Drone Close Call Near Arrival https://ground.news/article/united-flight-from-san-francisco-to-san-diego-reports-drone-close-call-near-arrival_66b58a

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Foxygen:
🎵 San Francisco
#Foxygen
https://foxygen.bandcamp.com/track/san-francisco

San Francisco Voters Appear to Reject Tax Hike on Highly Paid C.E.O.s (Soumya Karlamangla/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/us/politics/san-francisco-tax-proposition-d.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p2#a260609p2

In the first half of 2026, more than 140 homes in San Francisco sold for at least $1 million above their asking price,
44 of them in June alone.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/07/san-francisco-home-sale-prices-ai?CM…

‘Absolutely bananas’: San Francisco homes sell for $1m above asking price amid AI boom
Report finds widespread overbidding as rapid AI growth generates increased wealth in city where housing is scarce

Boy, why don't our legislators understand that we can't get adequate profits if we don't exploit the workers? Why, the average REIT is barely paying investors a 7% return per year, and doing better than 12% is very rare. /s (Based on past 3 years data)
Friend turned foe? Travel industry faces off with Matt Haney over labor bill | The San Francisco Standard

Friend turned foe? Travel industry faces off with Matt Haney over labor bill
Investment trusts own hotels but don’t get to run them. A proposal by the assemblymember aims to ensure they can’t have it both ways.

Boy, why don't our legislators understand that we can't get adequate profits if we don't exploit the workers? Why, the average REIT is barely paying investors a 7% return per year, and doing better than 12% is very rare. /s (Based on past 3 years data)
Friend turned foe? Travel industry faces off with Matt Haney over labor bill | The San Francisco Standard

Friend turned foe? Travel industry faces off with Matt Haney over labor bill
Investment trusts own hotels but don’t get to run them. A proposal by the assemblymember aims to ensure they can’t have it both ways.

Aldon Smith, former All-Pro LB for San Francisco 49ers, dies at 36 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7358371/2026/06/13/aldon-smith-death-news-49ers-raiders-cowboys-mizzou/

Inside the Signal group chat where Sergey Brin, Marc Andreessen, Garry Tan, and other tech elites toss out strategies to oppose a proposed California wealth tax (Emily Shugerman/The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/13/bill

The 5% freakout: Inside tech elites’ madcap war against the California billionaire tax
On a private Signal chat, a who’s who of billionaires and almost-billionaires brainstormed ways to fight a wealth tax — then set out separately to destroy it.

RE: https://discuss.systems/@ricci/116556398903556267
Worth reading the whole thread.
This proposed data center is larger than the city of San Francisco (62 sq mi?!) and would use more power alone than the entire state of Utah consumes.

Raiders face two NFC West teams, one AFC South team in preseason https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-face-arizona-cardinals-san-francisco-49ers-houston-texans-2026-preseason-nfl-schedule-release

Omg. Need. I mostly don't miss living in New York City, but I gotta hand it to them on two areas they've got SF beat: 1) having a socialist mayor and 2) doubles.
https://www.coyotemedia.org/trinidad-doubles-popup-san-francisco/

Pop-Up Brings a Rare and Beloved Trinbagonian Snack to S.F.
The Trini doubles humbles you, then leaves you wishing for more.

Cyclists don't matter in "let's go San Francisco" land. https://www.sf.gov/event-20260704-fourth-of-july-fireworks-on-golden-gate-bridge

Mount Davidson, San Francisco #FootpathFriday

50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead at the orpheum in san francisco, night 3.
soundboard: https://archive.org/details/gd1976-07-14.154388.sbd.1gen.miller.t.flac16
bob menke audience tape:

Is 49ers assistant K.J. Wright the next DeMeco Rya... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49351716/san-francisco-49ers-coach-kj-wright-coordinator-demeco-ryans-houston-texans-seattle-seahawks

As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, San Francisco tech workers making six figures say they cannot compete with the new AI elite and may have to leave (Emmy Martin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/0…

In San Francisco’s A.I. Era, Even $180,000 Tech Salaries Are No Longer Enough
As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, tech workers making six figures are grousing that they cannot compete with the new A.I. elite. Some doubt they can afford to stay.

Raiders face two NFC West teams, one AFC South team in preseason https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-face-arizona-cardinals-san-francisco-49ers-houston-texans-2026-preseason-nfl-schedule-release

Are we entering the phase of #Abundance by way of #CronyCapitalism? Contracts given to who you know contrary to the findings of staff who did the vendor evaluations is not the really a good look.
Especially when "staffers raised concerns about OpenGov’s capabilities, saying its featur…

5 takeaways from The Standard’s investigation into Lurie’s permit project
Months of missed deadlines, a no-bid contract, and software workers say is missing critical features.

Are we entering the phase of #Abundance by way of #CronyCapitalism? Contracts given to who you know contrary to the findings of staff who did the vendor evaluations is not the really a good look.
Especially when "staffers raised concerns about OpenGov’s capabilities, saying its featur…

5 takeaways from The Standard’s investigation into Lurie’s permit project
Months of missed deadlines, a no-bid contract, and software workers say is missing critical features.

“We want a house, we want a garage, we want storage,” she said.
“And that just doesn’t feel attainable here.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/technology/san-francisco-tech-salaries.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

In San Francisco’s A.I. Era, Even $180,000 Tech Salaries Are No Longer Enough
As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to go public, tech workers making six figures are grousing that they cannot compete with the new A.I. elite. Some doubt they can afford to stay.

NFC West training camp 2026 preview: Top storylines for 49ers, Cardinals, Rams, Seahawks https://www.nfl.com/news/nfc-west-training-camp-2026-preview-cardinals-rams-49ers-seahawks

Cancelable opinion in urbanist circles: San Francisco actually should try to build housing in a way that minimizes unnecessary shadow. I'm not saying it's more important than people having an affordable place to live, or that it should've been taken to the extremes it was in the 80s and 90s... but it is the middle of June and it's nice in the sun and cold in the shade.

Sources: Netflix will air the NFL's first-ever regular-season game in Australia, featuring the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams on September 10 (The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7261500/2026/05/07/netflix-nfl-australia-49ers-…

Netflix will air NFL Week 1 game in Australia between 49ers, Rams: Sources
The league's first-ever regular-season game in Australia will also be the first NFL game outside of Christmas Day airing on Netflix.

Who are the Khoslas? Meet the family set to buy th... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49358800/khosla-family-vinod-neeru-neal-san-francisco-49ers-seattle-seahawks

Inside Andon Market, billed as the first retail boutique run by an AI agent; the Andon Labs experiment uses a Claude Sonnet 4.6-based agent to run the boutique (Heather Knight/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21…

What Happens When A.I. Runs a Store in San Francisco?
Andon Market in San Francisco is billed as the first retail boutique run by an artificial intelligence agent. So far, the inventory seems random, and there are too many candles.

This glimpse of modern drone-enabled police surveillance,
including the highly sensitive video of the man’s physical takedown,
wasn’t voluntarily released by the SFPD
—which, like most US police departments, rarely releases drone videos even in response to public records requests.
Instead, it was accidentally livestreamed onto the open internet via Skydio’s website.
That’s where two security researchers, Sam Curry and Maik Robert, discovered that the SFPD was le…

A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance
The SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and how the results can spill online.

Raiders to play in Bay Area for first time since leaving for Las Vegas https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/05/13/nfl-2026-schedule-raiders-return-first-ever-game-bay-area-san-francisco-49ers/90066057007/

50 years ago tonight, the grateful dead open 6 nights in san francisco, their 1st local show in 8.5 months, longest break since band formed, & 1st announced/ticketed bay area gig in around 20.
soundboard*: https://archive.org/details/gd1976-07-12.sbd.unknown.10362.sb…

"Last Sunday, San Francisco District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey relaxed after what was, for most, a fun-packed SF Pride by repeatedly prompting xAI chatbot Grok to provide justifications for the killings of civilians in Gaza by Israeli forces."
https://www.

S.F. Lawmaker Asks Chatbot About 'Suicidally Motivated Civilians' in Gaza
A San Francisco supervisor finds an eager listener in xAI's Grok.

More than a little disturbing.
"Last Sunday, San Francisco District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey relaxed after what was, for most, a fun-packed SF Pride by repeatedly prompting xAI chatbot Grok to provide justifications for the killings of civilians in Gaza by Israeli forces."
https://www…

S.F. Lawmaker Asks Chatbot About 'Suicidally Motivated Civilians' in Gaza
A San Francisco supervisor finds an eager listener in xAI's Grok.

More than a little disturbing.
"Last Sunday, San Francisco District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey relaxed after what was, for most, a fun-packed SF Pride by repeatedly prompting xAI chatbot Grok to provide justifications for the killings of civilians in Gaza by Israeli forces."
https://www…

S.F. Lawmaker Asks Chatbot About 'Suicidally Motivated Civilians' in Gaza
A San Francisco supervisor finds an eager listener in xAI's Grok.

The Mission voted against giving the SFPD drones by 20 points.
Now SFPD is flying more drones here than any other neighborhood.
This is an occupation.
Sources: https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/san-francisco-drones-22325281.php

For the first time since California insurance commissioner became an elected position,
two Democrats will vie for the job in November.
The top two vote-getters in the June primary were
former San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Jane Kim
and state Sen. Ben Allen, who received about 27% and 20% of the vote with 88% of ballots counted, respectively.
One of them will succeed Ricardo Lara, the former Democratic lawmaker who has served two terms as insurance com…

Calendario 2026, lleno de pruebas de alto calibre para los Raiders https://www.raiders.com/news/calendario-2026-lleno-de-pruebas-de-alto-calibre-para-los-raiders

Four questions the 49ers still need to answer: Fro... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48688302/four-questions-san-francisco-49ers-need-answer-offseason

SF voters reject the Overpaid CEO Act, a union-backed ballot measure to raise taxes on any large business where the CEO earns 100x more than the median employee (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-09/sa…

Calendario 2026, lleno de pruebas de alto calibre para los Raiders https://www.raiders.com/news/calendario-2026-lleno-de-pruebas-de-alto-calibre-para-los-raiders

Aldon Smith, late 49ers All-Pro, spent final hours delivering pizza to charity https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7360992/2026/06/14/aldon-smith-49ers-death-charity-pizza/

40 years ago this weekend, jerry garcia falls into a diabetic coma & nearly dies. in the hospital, his heart stops following an allergic reaction when doctors give him valium. the dead will cancel 30 dates through fall. he relearns to play guitar & is performing again by october.

I sometimes griped about my former supervisor Hillary Ronen, but cheers to her for joining a nonprofit that protects immigrants after leaving office, rather than go to a cushy lobbying gig.
The contrast is especially stark with her would-be "moderate" successor who, after losing his election, immediately joined ICE-collaborating Flock Safety as a lobbyist.

Hillary Ronen, ex-Mission District supe, to lead 50-year-old La Raza Centro Legal
Former San Francisco supervisor Hillary Ronen is returning to the Mission about 16 months out of office and after a long sojourn in Spain.

Ah, yes - #MayorLurie and his cronies 100% support the #Abundance hypothesis. Why are they so fond of the #RentierEconomy? Maybe when you can afford market rate prices, it'll work for you? But it …

SF was headed for Mamdani-style grocery stores. Those plans have been spiked
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood introduced a proposal last month to fund affordable grocery stores, but last minute political wrangling has effectively nixed it.

Ah, yes - #MayorLurie and his cronies 100% support the #Abundance hypothesis. Why are they so fond of the #RentierEconomy? Maybe when you can afford market rate prices, it'll work for you? But it …

SF was headed for Mamdani-style grocery stores. Those plans have been spiked
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood introduced a proposal last month to fund affordable grocery stores, but last minute political wrangling has effectively nixed it.

49ers QB Mac Jones content with current role as backup: 'My feet are in San Francisco' https://www.nfl.com/news/49ers-qb-mac-jones-content-with-current-role-as-backup-my-feet-are-in-san-francisco

Yay! So happy Jackie is back and ready to go. I've never had someone better represent me in government.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/06/jackie-fielder-return-to-office-san-francisco/

S.F. supervisor Jackie Fielder to return to City Hall after mental health leave 
The Mission District supervisor Jackie Fielder is back to San Francisco City Hall after a doctor-recommended three-month rest.

Former Raider, Longtime 49er Aldon Smith Dies at Age 36 https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/aldon-smith-dies-at-age-36/

For the San Franciscans and Bay Area residents:
I’m helping put on a town hall about social housing this Thursday at 6 in SoMa. Please come by! RSVPs are quickly approaching capacity, so RSVP to make sure you can get a seat:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/socia

Social Housing Town Hall
Learn from organizers and experts on the benefits of social housing, and how we can win it in San Francisco! Referring to housing that’s permanently affordable, permanently off the speculative market, tenant governed, and home to people at a range of income levels but always including those who need it the most, social housing has been inspiring socialist organizers in cities across North America, including Seattle, New York, Minneapolis, and Chicago. Together, we can build a wo…

Niners FB Kyle Juszczyk: 'If people want to forget about us, that's fantastic' https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-fb-kyle-juszczyk-if-people-want-to-forget-about-us-that-s-fantastic

Thrive is taking a stake in the San Francisco Giants via a new venture that will invest in franchises and cultural institutions that can't be replicated by AI (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/thrive-ca…

America’s 250th: The empire that founded SF has a warning for us | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/07/02/america-s-250th-empire-founded-sf-has-warning/

America’s 250th: The empire that founded SF has a warning for us
San Francisco turns 250 alongside America — as the last outpost of a Spanish empire that collapsed shortly after. The parallels to today are hard to ignore.

America’s 250th: The empire that founded SF has a warning for us | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/07/02/america-s-250th-empire-founded-sf-has-warning/

America’s 250th: The empire that founded SF has a warning for us
San Francisco turns 250 alongside America — as the last outpost of a Spanish empire that collapsed shortly after. The parallels to today are hard to ignore.

This wasn’t a headline I expected to read, but it kinda makes sense. Connie Chan has been milquetoast in her criticism of Israel compared to Saikat. She supports the Block the Bombs Act, but conspicuously left open the option of supporting so-called “defensive” aid like Iron Dome. Makes sense AIPAC would want the general election to be her and Wiener, not Saikat and Wiener.

Super PAC Network Backing Connie Chan Received Hundreds of Thousands from AIPAC
AIPAC’s United Democracy Project, along with its offshoot DMFI, has funneled money to a network of Super PACs now backing the San Francisco supervisor.

Betting the 49ers in 2026: See how San Francisco's win total, Super Bowl odds are trending and our best bets

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/betting…

49ers Mourn Sudden Death Of Former All-Pro Linebacker Aldon Smith At 36 https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/49ers-mourn-the-sudden-death-of-former-allpro-linebacker-aldon-smith-at-36

A profile of Rachel Whetstone, who has led comms for Google, Meta, Uber, Netflix, and now Sierra, as her husband Steve Hilton runs for California governor (Emily Shugerman/The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2026/07/06/rachel-whetstone…

The hack and the flack: How Steve Hilton’s wife, Rachel Whetstone, conquered California
As comms chief for Google, Facebook, Uber, and Netflix, she helped write Silicon Valley’s political playbook. Does she want to help her husband rule the state?

These AVs create way more different problems than anticipated. Is that how they got their name?
Delays, detours, and sleeping riders: Waymos keep getting in the way of SF firefighters | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/07/10/waymo-robotaxi-eme…

Delays, detours, and passed-out riders: Waymos keep blocking SF firefighters
Robotaxis have become a huge headache for emergency responders trying to save lives.

Proud to announce I'm a proponent of a ballot measure to use already voter-approved taxes on the rich to build affordable housing in SF!
Come to the kickoff Saturday at noon in Dolores Park! RSVP: https://luma.com/80dwzo8z

Affordable Housing Guarantee Campaign Kickoff · Luma
Come join us to officially kickoff the campaign to guarantee affordable housing funds in San Francisco!

Corgi, which provides insurance for startups and uses AI to generate quotes, manage claims, and more, raised a $160M Series B led by TCV at a $1.3B valuation (Richard Nieva/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2026/05/06/corgi-ai-unicorn/

This AI Insurance Company With An All-Night Cafe And Cheeky Corgi Is Now A Unicorn
Named after the company-owned dog, Corgi embodies the sometimes-absurd San Francisco startup scene. And it just raised $160 million at a $1.3 billion valuation.

Constantly innovating in bicycle infrastructure, San Francisco even has bicycle beg buttons

Betting the 49ers in 2026: See how San Francisco's win total, Super Bowl odds are trending and our best bets

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/betting…

Constantly innovating in bicycle infrastructure, San Francisco even has bicycle beg buttons

Carefully hugged this smol oak tree on Shotwell Street 💚 Coast live oaks were likely the most common tree in so-called San Francisco before colonization and provide habitat/food for 270 species. But they’re rarely planted as street trees: only 9 scattered around the Mission according to DPW. The city only allows them on sidewalks 15’ wide without overhead power lines, a unicorn situation. Even then they usually plant Australian and other exotic species.

Carefully hugged this smol oak tree on Shotwell Street 💚 Coast live oaks were likely the most common tree in so-called San Francisco before colonization and provide habitat/food for 270 species. But they’re rarely planted as street trees: only 9 scattered around the Mission according to DPW. The city only allows them on sidewalks 15’ wide without overhead power lines, a unicorn situation. Even then they usually plant Australian and other exotic species.

The real estate industry ("Abundant Network") is doing a whole ad push to lobby the SFBOS to lower the % of affordable homes developers have to include from 15% to 5%.
I thought they had this vote in the bag. Wonder which supervisor they think is wavering. #sfpol

We're up to 40 RSVPs!
My worst fear was that we'd started promoting this too late and it would be a flop. Now that turnout is looking OK, my anxieties have had to fall back to my second-worst fear (ripping my pants when I get on stage).
Thursday 6pm in SF
https://ac…

Social Housing Town Hall
Learn from organizers and experts on the benefits of social housing, and how we can win it in San Francisco! Referring to housing that’s permanently affordable, permanently off the speculative market, tenant governed, and home to people at a range of income levels but always including those who need it the most, social housing has been inspiring socialist organizers in cities across North America, including Seattle, New York, Minneapolis, and Chicago. Together, we can build a wo…