At the 1906 earthquake commemoration in San Francisco on April 18, Laura Ackley, the author of  San Francisco's Jewel City: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915,  distributed handcrafted commemorative garters.   But I don't know what the significance of the 5 is!

 https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/great-highway-park-sunset-dunes-20262237.php

 https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/revolution-naked-woman-sf-20277918.php

In Tony Bravo’s “45-foot-tall nude sculpture in SF sparking controversy,” Rebecca Camacho is quoted as saying “What is disappointing and confusing about this is the city allowing private money to come in and commandeer very public space.”  My visceral response to R-Evolution was very positive, and so is my visceral response to the idea that we could allow private money to come in and help very public space at Hallidie Plaza, where there is no ramp and no working elevator.  (People in wheelchairs had no access to an important press conference held there last year.  I have a picture of them at the bottom of the stairs they couldn't get up.)    And what about the public space where transit needs to go?  Could we use private money to salvage Muni and BART?  Could one of our billionaires make such a generous endowment that we could keep public transportation going on the interest of the endowment?

 

The L-Taraval OWL got me to the R-Evolution statue at 4:27 am, when I hoped to see it illuminated.  But it wasn't.  The yellow-green tint is reflection.  But it was still worth seeing before the April 18th ceremony commemorating the 1906 earthquake.  

Here are two good articles about this statue, the first by Sam Whiting, and the second by Tony Bravo.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sculpture-of-a-naked-woman-lands-sf-waterfront-20257701.php

https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/revolution-naked-woman-sf-20277918.php

 

Transit Riders, founded in 2010 by Dave Snyder, celebrated its 15th anniversary at SOMArts on Brannan Street right next door to Trader Joe's.  

 San Francisco is, according to AARP, the best big city for older Americans (over 50, I think) even though its score is only 66 over 100.  It scored high 84/100 in the health category (not much smoking but access to exercise opportunities and enough health care professionals) and it got 75/100 for transportation, which includes household transportation costs, frequency of local transit, walkability scores, and ADA-accessible transit stations and vehicles.

This past Tuesday, March 4th, when Trump was addressing Congress (and getting applause when he said that Biden didn't need Congress to secure the border-- "The media and our friends in the Democrat Party kept saying we needed new legislation, but it turned out that all we really needed was a new president.") there was an action called “Light for our Democracy” as San Francisco’s part of a nationwide organizing effort to honor our democracy and stand up for its best and highest values. (Hey, Congress, why are you applauding Trump's taking over your branch of the government?) It was a peaceful and unified event and space "to affirm our belief in racial, social, economic and environmental justice and taking care of each other."

We had a moment of silence at the time President Trump was scheduled to address Congress. Musician Pete Kronowitt sang to attendees. (See photo above, taken by Art Persyko.

Among the people I saw there were Art Persyko (one of the organizers), Kathe Burick, who led a chant and a body movement, Georges Woyames, Jim Mckinney, Rodger Kent Scott, Susan Solomon, Libby, and Timotha Doane! Here are many more photos:

https://www.dropbox.com/.../AHycZ7xQViD2mmr3h7n7fjQ...