Update 1: Newsletter about actions to change or reform the school board.
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Frustrated by the way San Francisco’s public schools are run but don’t know what to do about it? Here are the options for recalling or fundamentally changing the school board along with the pros and cons.
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There is an effort to rename dozens of San Francisco’s public schools, out of concern that they honor people with troubling histories. Yet a parent advocacy group reviewed the school board’s renaming process and gave it a failing grade for being “deeply flawed.”
Public safety was ignored on every level in our nation’s capital at the cost of jeopardizing our very democracy. The perpetrators and enablers must all be held accountable.
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District Attorney Chesa Boudin won his election promising bold criminal justice reforms. Yet accountability must accompany reform. Given the failures in the New Year’s Eve case that led to the death of two women, we must hold Chesa Boudin accountable for his pledge to “protect public safety in San Francisco.”
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Do you know your generations? From the Lost Generation to Millennials and beyond, learn more with this “Generations 101” explainer.
I want to thank everyone who was part of my San Francisco supervisor campaign. We won the most first-place votes, but we lost after ranked choice voting was factored in. The good news is that we can celebrate Joe Biden winning the presidency. Now, we can take a deep breath and think about better days for our nation.
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Public school parents have to deal with a school board that seems to revel in finding ways to let them down. When the frustration becomes unbearable, families choose private school or leave San Francisco. We need a school board willing to win them back.
I oppose the school board’s plan to change admission to Lowell High School to a random lottery no longer based on academic achievement. Sign the petition by Families for San Francisco that asks the school board to reconsider this plan.
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg talks about how Joel Engardio will serve San Francisco well as a supervisor.
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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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A federal investigation has targeted multiple city departments with arrests and subpoenas. Residents are fed up with how our city is run. If City Hall is ever going to get the basics right — clean streets, less crime and better services — we need independent leadership that will end the corruption.
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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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SFPD is making good progress on reforms. But a call to arbitrarily cut beat officers will not make San Francisco’s police department better or residents safer. We still need police to protect the public and we can’t forget about victims of crime. Sign the petition to stop further cuts to SFPD staffing.
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San Francisco has separate police and fire training centers that are inadequate and need replacing. What if we built a combined public safety facility? It would be cost-effective and efficient. We can’t stop investing if we want to recruit and train better police. And there’s a perfect location for it on the westside.
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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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When we’re forced to work and attend school from our kitchen tables, a shaky internet connection at home is as frustrating as driving down a bumpy road. City Hall is supposed to fill potholes. Perhaps it’s time to add fiber infrastructure to the list of essential municipal services. Fiber in every home would benefit everyone and give our local economy a boost in a post-pandemic world.
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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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Triangle Park and many more forgotten mini-parks like it throughout our city have a new relevance in the pandemic era. That’s why now is the time to get the Triangle Parks of San Francisco into shape.
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I didn’t have a dad growing up, but now I have a father-in-law and I can recognize good fathers when I see one.
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