Bring Your Waders

Little Venice, site of the seawall breach on the Embarcadero waterfront, will likely get a $425 million upgrade to the "cracking and crumbling" seawall. The bond is considered to merely be a "down payment" on a multi-decades strengthening project against earthquakes and rising seas. The landfill on mudflats between Fisherman's Wharf and Mission Creek are scheduled for major repairs. The Ferry Building and Transbay Tube are sites of the initial focus--a plan that Port officials say could cost $5 billion.

Corporate Democrats of America

In the Willie Brown universe, one is either a Republican, a Democrat, or a Socialist. According to the former San Francisco mayor, socialists (like Bernie Sanders) have no place in the Democratic Party.
Such are the rantings of the old guard, i.e. Dianne Feinstein and Nancy Pelosi, always eager to please their corporate masters committed to the destruction of democratic socialism.

Medicare for all and free college tuition, like Social Security, are core principles of the Democratic Socialists of America. What, pray-tell, principles does Willie propose?

More Crop Per Drop

The California Almond Board and almond growers in the lucrative almond industry are old hands at microirrigation and groundwater recharge. By streamlining decision-making on when and how much to water, the board has helped orchard owners use interactive tools to calculate irrigation schedules.

Galeria de la Raza

The cultural impact of corporate urban gentrification can be seen in the loss of the Latino art gallery, a vital cultural space in the Mission District, due to a major rent hike.

Microdose Queen

You gotta love someone who makes party packs for microdosers that include sublingual Cannabis tabs for relief from insomnia, anxiety and pain. Mondo Powder and chill pills are two of her favorites. As Marcia Gagliardi remarks, the more success stories and studies we can read about people getting off of medications with cannabis—from sleeping pills to anxiety meds to opioids—is really hopeful.