San Francisco on Thursday received state approval to proceed with closing a 2-mile section of the Great Highway to car traffic as early as spring 2025, and to begin planning a long-term park on that stretch of road. The car-free highway will have separate lanes for pedestrians and cyclists, along with a new continuous bike lane connecting Daly City to Golden Gate Park.
Category: Community
Posted inAging, Climate Change, Community, Health
非营利组织称：保护华埠长者免受气候灾难影响 需要更多资金
极端天气事件近年来造成许多严重破坏和人员伤亡。 2022年，欧洲热浪及南亚、西非和中非的洪水导致数千人死亡；2023年，夏威夷茂宜岛发生的野火是美国有史以来死亡人数最多的火灾之一，夺走了100条人命；加拿大野火造成成千上万人流离失所，迫使美国对超过1亿2000万居民发布空气品质警报。
尽管全人类都受到自然灾害的影响，但美国环保署警告，因为既有疾病、免疫力低下、行动不便和其他健康问题，包括老年人在内的部分人口面对的风险比其他人要高。
Posted inAging, Climate Change, Community, Health
非營利組織稱：保護華埠長者免受氣候災難影響 需更多資金
極端天氣事件近年來造成許多嚴重破壞和人員傷亡。2022年，歐洲熱浪及南亞、西非和中非的洪水導致數千人死亡；2023年，夏威夷茂宜島發生的野火是美國有史以來死亡人數最多的火災之一，奪走了100條人命；加拿大野火造成成千上萬人流離失所，迫使美國對超過1億2000萬居民發佈空氣品質警報。
儘管全人類都受到自然災害的影響，但美國環保署警告，因為既有疾病、免疫力低下、行動不便和其他健康問題，包括老年人在內的部分人口面對的風險比其他人要高。
Posted inCommunity, Elections, Homelessness, Housing, Neighborhoods, Politics
Politics Didn’t Matter to Him When He Was Homeless. Now He Organizes His Neighbors.
Solomon Bukenya, a formerly unhoused San Franciscan, has never lost hope for long — surviving a genocide in Rwanda, the loss of his leg, addiction and homelessness. Though he had no interest in civic engagement for years, today he’s on a mission to make sure his community’s voices are heard. Even after a tumultuous election, he remains undeterred.
Posted inCommunity, Elections, Government & Politics, Transportation
Attempt to Recall SF Supervisor Engardio Faces Uphill Battle
An effort is under way to recall District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio for supporting the closure of a 2-mile section of the Great Highway to cars. Anti-incumbent sentiment persists in San Francisco, but wealthy donors are unlikely to support a recall and would probably back the supervisor financially should he face voters in a special election.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Community, Health, Technology
SF Latinx Residents Struggled With Mental Health During COVID. Now There’s an App for That
Researchers are testing therapy program that combines using a mental health app with peer support for Spanish-speakers in San Francisco’s Latinx community to help with depression and anxiety. UCSF, Somos Esenciales and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital are collaborating on the project.
Posted inCommunity, Environment, Health, Housing
Local Groups Cut Red Tape to Give Low-Income Tenants Clean Air
John Britt and dozens of other tenants are breathing easier, now that they have government-funded air purifiers. Community groups cut through bureaucracy to put the devices in their hands, in a pilot project that might continue next year if it proves successful enough.
Posted inClimate Change, Community, Environment, Housing
Green Retrofits Might Displace Tenants — One Landlord’s Pilot Project Aims to Protect Them
Amparo Vigil is decarbonizing and upgrading her property to help her tenants stay cool during sweltering heat waves.
The project aims to determine how to retrofit multi-unit buildings without displacing tenants, which could happen if the work scaled up across San Francisco and increased rents.
Posted inArts & Culture, Community
Asian Americans Have Made Little of Chinatown’s Art. A New Tool Could Change That
When you think about San Francisco’s Chinatown, the first thing that comes to mind might be its art: pagoda-style architecture and dragon-decorated street lamps that showcase the ancient, exotic culture of a civilization half the globe away.
It might surprise you to learn that Asian artists created little of that art, and the works have seldom told the stories of the local community that has lived there for over a century. Local groups are trying to change that with the Chinatown Artist Registry.
Posted inCommunity, Coronavirus, Health
Budget Cuts Threaten SF Food Programs for Seniors and Adults With Disabilities
Funding is drying up for food programs that serve some of San Francisco’s most vulnerable, potentially endangering the health of thousands.
The cuts have come from all levels of government, including from City Hall as it has grappled with the fallout of the pandemic.