Meet the group of Outer Sunset moms who started the Ocean Beach Plunge Club. They bond over early morning walks and a dip in the Pacific.
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This is my love letter to the Sunset in video form. I worked with the producers at SFGovTV (City Hall’s cable channel) to pack as much life about the Sunset as possible into the video. It’s a whirlwind of people, places, history, food, and culture. Look closely and maybe you’ll see yourself!
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Meet Mike Kanzler, a legend in the surfing community at Ocean Beach. Mike’s surfboard repair shop on 34th Avenue is an essential business for one of the Sunset’s most popular activities. He fixes every board by hand. “My job is about getting people into the water,” Mike says. “And keeping them there.”
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Meet Joey Snip. He opened Avenues Barber Lounge to fill the “third place” between work and home where a haircut inspires conversation and builds community. Joey says there’s so much more to his craft than being named Snip: “Barbering is an art form.” Joey calls his shop a lounge “because we want people to be comfortable being here.” Both are true at the corner of Taraval and 19th Avenue.
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Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson introduces the hose tender. It’s a portable water system that can pull water from Lake Merced and send it at high pressure to multiple locations anywhere in the Sunset.
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Meet Darlene Bereznicki. The Sunset resident hosts a comedy night at the Riptide, a legendary bar at the end of Taraval Street known as the “best little honky-tonk by the beach.”
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Video and transcript of Supervisor Joel Engardio’s graduation speech at Lincoln High School and Lawton Middle School June 1, 2023
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Supervisor Joel Engardio interviewed on TMZ April 6, 2023. Supervisor Engardio mentioned which crimes are actually on the rise in San Francisco and causing concern. While murder is low, we have to stay focused on the open air drug dealing, property crime, catalytic converter thefts, and assaults on elders and youth that are making residents feel unsafe.
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CNN reporter Kyung Lah interviewed Joel Engardio about his election as city supervisor for the Sunset district. She wanted to know if there was a trend in San Francisco (and perhaps in cities across America) that residents want more focus on basics like public safety.
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Video and transcript of Supervisor Joel Engardio’s inaugural speech January 7, 2023
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Joel Engardio’s election night speech November 8, 2022
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We can fix San Francisco by getting the basics right: safer streets, better schools, more middle-income housing, and vibrant small businesses.
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Highlights and full video from the Engardio-Mar District 4 supervisor debate hosted by the San Francisco Standard
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Want to create our best San Francisco? We must start with getting the basics right.
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I’m running for supervisor to be an advocate for families, small businesses, and homeowners. City Hall needs to focus on the basics and get them right: clean streets, less crime and better services.
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My husband and I love our westside neighborhood, but we worry about San Francisco’s future. City Hall has ignored families for too long. The budget is out of control. Property crime has increased. Corruption scandals continue to grow. I’m running for supervisor to give residents the voice we deserve. It’s time for City Hall to get the basics right: clean streets, less crime and better services.
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The Neighborhood News Network interviews Joel Engardio about what City Hall must do to maintain open space in San Francisco
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The Neighborhood News Network interviews Joel Engardio about what City Hall must do to save small businesses in San Francisco.
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There’s no escaping all the change brought by the coronavirus pandemic. But as we regain our balance and move forward, there is one thing we can control: our approach.
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Video series that features Joel Engardio interviewing community members and leaders in San Francisco about how they are handling sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic.
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