I was happy to see this email message today, but why did it take an expose from the SF Chronicle to get this to happen?

Hi OWL PAC,

See from SDA housing organizer Anakh Sul Rama--the Great News--Still need to keep following up--I can give report-backs at PAC meetings.  Betty     PS: Good it was an election year also?  And Chron had that big article.

----- Forwarded Message -----

From: Anakh Sul Rama <anakhsul@sdaction.org>

Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 at 11:00:13 AM PST

Subject: Great News!!! SRO Elevator NOFA finally released!

Hi All! 

After years of organizing on SRO Elevators and against the delays, a Notice of Funds Availability for the $10 Million in elevator repairs was finally issued on Friday! Yay! Thanks to everyone who participated in surveys, elevator action at city hall, sending in letters and signing the petition! This is a huge win for the tenants that will get their elevators fixed! Thank you everyone for your advocacy! 

Here is an article from the Chronicle that ran on Friday further pushing the Mayor to release the funds! 

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-sros-homeless-elevators-tenderloin-lawsuit-18668254.php

in solidarity and community, 

Anakh Sul Rama

Housing Community Organizer

Senior & Disability Action

415.424.0957

Anakhsul@sdaction.org

 

Ruthe Gets an Oscar at Presidio Kebab

Maxine, Leah Garchik, and Allen Johnson chat

I meet Allen Johnson while wearing my filmy tie and earrings!

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/xcyg2l1wj5xisly5jbarc/h?rlkey=emqte6585n1d2kyh7u5wx6v6c&dl=0

 

Here we have four writers reading from the COVID-19 novel 14 Days.at the Book Passage in the Ferry building this past Sunday afternoon at 2:00 pm--before the SuperBowl game began.  

Those reading were from left to right Joseph Cassara, Ishmael Reed, Charlie Jane Anders, and Dave Eggers.

As the Guardian says, Fourteen Days is "a collaborative novel...a starry patchwork inspired by the dark days of COVID."  The idea of a collaborative novel was Margaret Atwood's, and I think Douglas Preston did the writing that stitched the 36 stories together.  

I've been listening to the book on audio, and I really can't figure out who wrote what even when I see the names and sections listed at the back of the book because there are several creators in a given section.  I wish they'd give us page numbers when they read.  Only Joseph Cassara did. I know his story had to do with rabbits!       

 

Two articles in the San Francisco Chronicle "Outrage as activist removes campaign sign" and "Bar sets new speech rules after hecklings" point to a serious problem:  People who self-identify as progressives are demonstrating very un-progressive behavior.  

I would support Supervisor Chan over her opponent Marjan Philhour, but I would not take down a sign for Marjan Philhour as activist Julie Pitta did at Royal Ground Coffee!  That's really foul play, and it connects with the heckling that shuts down speakers as in the March 2022 appearance of Ilya Shapiro at the UC College of the Law San Francisco when he was unable to speak because of protesters interrupting, banging on tables, and chanting because Shapiro had earlier tweeted something they found offensive.    Progressives used to champion free speech;  now they censor it.  Here are sections I think need to be posted:

“Becoming an effective advocate or counselor requires learning how to conduct candid and civil discourse in respectful disagreement with others while advancing reasoned and evidence-based arguments,” the ABA declared. “Concerns about civility and mutual respect, however, do not justify barring discussion of ideas because they are controversial or even offensive or disagreeable to some.”  

Keith Hand, a professor at UC College of the Law SF, welcomed the ABA’s action and said law schools must now change “the institutional signals that show only certain viewpoints are welcome.”

The schools, he said, should “sponsor viewpoint-diverse speakers, promote ideologically diverse perspectives in their institutional communications and provide training to faculty and students on academic freedom.”

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/san-francisco-chronicle-late-edition/20240207/281745569288225

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/american-bar-association-free-speech-18650038.php

 Walk SF is hiring for 4 positions – can you spread the word?

Yahoo/Inbox

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  Jodie Medeiros 

  From:jodie@walksf.org

  To:Tina Martin

  Tue, Feb 6 at 12:01 PM

  Good morning Tina,

  
  

  Read your letter to the editor in the Chron - thanks for being a strong voice on the importance of JFK Promenade :) 

  
  

  I wanted to share that Walk SF is hiring four (4) positions right now, and I hope you can help spread the word on these four positions! 

  
  

  • Senior Development Manager

  • Development Assistant

  • Communications & Marketing Manager

  • Families for Safe Streets Manager

  
  

  Walk SF is a fast-paced, flexible, family-friendly, and fun workplace. Our staff are passionate about making our city’s streets safe for everyone who walks.  

  
  

  Since our data shows that most of our hires find us through connections, I'm hoping you can help us get the word out.
  

  We’re excited to grow our team and I hope you can help us find our next ‘walk-stars.’

  
  

  Can't thank you enough,
  

  ~jodie

  
  

  Jodie Medeiros (she/her)
  

  Executive Director 

  2601 Mission St. Ste 400, San Francisco, CA. 94110

  415.596.1580 (cell) | walksf.org 

  
  

  Follow Walk SF on social media: 

  Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Mastodon

 

Headlines today were "Experts upgrade storms to bomb cyclone" and "Powerful storms across region," so it was wonderful to have clear blue skies enhanced with fluffy white clouds instead of what we've had for several days and will have again.

These are pictures I took coming back from Larkspur today, February 6th.  At the beginning of my journey I was facing in the opposite direction, also beautiful: