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09/03/2026

It's not often that the New York Post has nice things to say about San Francisco, but, we'll take it! Hats off to everyone concerned, especially to Marisa Rodriguez and her team at the Union Square Alliance, to Rodney Fong and everyone at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and to Alex Bastian and the Hotel Council of San Francisco. It takes a team.

"Investors took note — and some placed their bets on the future of San Francisco. Those bets are paying off. It can’t hurt that San Francisco, and the Bay Area generally, are the beneficiaries of the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) — a boom that began under Mayor Lurie's predecessor, London Breed. But regardless of who gets the credit, the fact is that law-and-order, market-friendly policies are clearly working. Recently, Mayor Lurie announced that outside organizations providing homeless services for the city would have to renew their contracts, to ensure oversight and accountability. Lurie is proving that moderate policies work. Other big-city Democrats should start paying attention."

Lurie is proving that moderate policies work. Hopefully other big-city Democrats start paying attention.

09/03/2026

09/02/2026

09/02/2026

Ahoy! It started foggy and misty but the sun broke out just in time as San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie joined a host of other worthies and community members to cut the ribbon on Fisherman's Wharf ’s new view embracing Alioto Plaza. In addition to a blessing of our fishing fleet, we even had a mermaid show up.

https://www.fishermanswharf.org

09/01/2026

Today on the anniversary of his birth, we celebrate the life and legacy of Rainbow Honor Walk honoree Roger Casement (September 1, 1864 – August 3, 1916).

An Irish diplomat, humanitarian, and nationalist, Casement became internationally renowned for exposing brutal abuses of Indigenous peoples in the Congo Free State and the Amazon’s Putumayo region. Later a passionate advocate for Irish independence, he was convicted of treason and executed by the British government in 1916. A gay man whose sexuality was used against him during his trial and appeals for clemency, Casement remains an enduring figure in the histories of human rights, Irish independence, and LGBTQ+ identity.

www.RainbowHonorWalk.org

08/31/2026

“There are old-school NIMBYs, unapologetic Luddites, onetime MAHA activists and, yes, a few outright conspiracists. It’s a pretty big tent. That’s one thing it means to have three-quarters of the country on your side: You have to draw together different constituencies, from climate activists to MAHA moms and plenty of normies, with their own concerns, in between.” — David Wallace-Wells

Three fourths of Americans oppose data centers. Why?

08/26/2026

“What we need urgently is an A.I. early-warning mechanism that assembles weak signals, imagines what they could mean together and forces decisions before the picture is complete.” — By Jen Easterly, former director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

A.I. could turn one of our country’s worst habits into a national security crisis.

08/25/2026

Thank you Jim Herlihy / The San Francisco Experience podcast for a wonderful interview with Richard Bermack of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives. It’s especially timely during this 90th anniversary year of the start of the Spanish Civil War, begun when Francisco Franco’s Fascist forces staged a coup against the democratically elected Spanish Republic.

San Francisco’s monument to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade MUST be restored, revitalized and re-installed in a place of prominence as The City undertakes the construction of the new Sue Bierman Park at the foot of Market Street on the Embarcadero.

Spanish Civil War Monument Erasure San Francisco

08/24/2026

Ahoy and thank you Jim Herlihy: wonderful interview on The San Francisco Experience podcast with Bri Maughan of the Fisherman's Wharf CBD.

California’s exciting tourist destination

08/24/2026

On Ukraine’s Independence Day, a brief look at how the war there is impacting Finland and Estonia.

Finland, Estonia and the War in Ukraine 24 August 2026: This morning as we prepare to fly home from Helsinki, having taken the ferry yesterday for a day trip to