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Lurie’s budget includes reducing nonprofit spending by $200 million over the next two years. Tirtanadi has pledged to stop eating unless Lurie restores the funding.
https://thevoicesf.org/qa-with-adrian-tirtanadi/

Q&A with Adrian Tirtanadi

On Monday, June 9, 2025, Adrian Tirtanadi, executive director of Open Door Legal (ODL), announced he would be going on a hunger strike. To close the city of San Francisco’s budget gap of nearly $1 billion, Mayor Daniel Lurie had pulled $2.2 million from the nonprofit legal services organization. Along with pruning city departments, Lurie’s […]

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Mike Ege 5h ago

“Wrap up your week with S.F.’s June 12–18 lineup—street festivals, jazz in the Gardens, a hip‑hop musical premiere, late‑night museum nights, author talks & more. Plenty of indoor/outdoor fun to beat the fog! #SanFrancisco #BayAreaEvents” 🔗 https://thevoicesf.org/out-and-about-june-12-18-2025/

Out and about June 12–18, 2025

It’s street festival and outdoor event time, even though it’s been cold and windy, but it’s June, so layer up, as we all do all the time. But there are also some indoor events to enjoy, too. Just enjoy. Thursday, June 12 Take your pick for these adults-only “after dark” events tonight: Late Night Editions: […]

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Mike Ege 5h ago

San Francisco must renew & refine its ethnic studies to be inclusive, critical, and grounded, not rushed ideology. A revised curriculum should blend community voice, historical context, and teach how to think, not what to think, says @JohnTrasvina #SFUSD
https://thevoicesf.org/san-francisco-should-renew-and-revise-ethnic-studies/

San Francisco should renew and revise ethnic studies

As we enter the second quarter of the 21st century, our San Francisco high school students need to be equipped not just for today’s colleges and careers but also for changing conditions and circumstances not yet even imagined. Ethnic studies have an important and appropriate place in their education, especially in the current environment where […]

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Mike Ege 5h ago

'Even in a city renowned for its bleeding heart, there is a breaking point, a collective exasperation with those who weaponize our compassion to fuel a crisis that claims lives young and old, drawn to our streets by cheap drugs and lax enforcement'

https://thevoicesf.org/san-francisco-voters-urge-unity-to-tackle-fentanyl/

San Francisco voters urge unity to tackle fentanyl

Our justice system is facing unprecedented times of polarity. San Francisco watched as ICE protests in Los Angeles erupted into violence and Waymo burnings. Subsequently, our city faced its own violent anti-ICE protest, which resulted in SFPD rounding up 148 agitators, half of whom were out-of-towners. Our city’s bohemian legacy is now facing the unintended […]

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Mike Ege 2d ago

An Albany High grad takes a stand against anti-Asian hate in a powerful commencement speech calling for unity and justice. Meanwhile, @WCCUSD remains unresponsive. #StopAsianHate #AAPI
🔗 https://thevoicesf.org/an-asian-american-graduate-stands-up-to-hate/

An Asian American graduate stands up to hate

Last Wednesday, I sat in the audience at Albany High School’s graduation. I expected the usual mix of pomp and circumstance — proud families waving from folding chairs, students crossing the stage to applause. What I didn’t expect was to be moved by the speech of a young graduate. The salutatorian, an Asian American student, […]

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Mike Ege 2d ago

Gavin Newsom’s recent actions show that intentions behind policies matter deeply. It’s not just what leaders do, but the values driving them that shape real change. #GavinNewsom #Leadership #Accountability
🔗 https://thevoicesf.org/its-the-thoughts-that-count-part-1/

It’s the thoughts that count, part 1

It would be funny if they weren’t so serious about it. The Democratic Party is spending $20 million on a two-year study to find out why young men have been abandoning the party. Well, it actually is funny, because what they’re hearing is that young men feel that the party doesn’t care about them and […]

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Mike Ege 2d ago

SFUSD’s ethnic studies uses revolutionary language that, ironically, can aid far-right agendas. Radical talk isn’t always progressive. #SFUSD #Fascism #BayAreaPolitics
🔗 https://thevoicesf.org/the-road-to-fascism-is-paved-with-revolutionary-romanticism/

The road to fascism is paved with revolutionary romanticism

On the night of May 21, Elias Rodriguez loaded his legally obtained and licensed gun in our nation’s capital and set out for the Jewish Museum, hunting for Jews. He didn’t particularly care which Jews he shot, so long as he bagged some. Rodriguez went to an American Jewish Committee event for young Jewish and […]

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Mike Ege 2d ago

Quick, affordable shelters can help solve homelessness—but politics keep getting in the way. SF has the tools, but needs the will to act. #Homelessness #SanFrancisco #HousingFirst
🔗 https://thevoicesf.org/quick-and-affordable-shelters-dont-need-to-be-hampered-by-politics/

Quick and affordable shelters don’t need to be hampered by politics

Elizabeth Funk is the CEO of DignityMoves, a nonprofit organization she founded in 2020 to apply the high-technology startup model to addressing homelessness. DignityMoves is currently promoting an open-source playbook around their Interim Supportive Housing (ISH) model. Based on modular construction in underutilized sites, DignityMoves manages or is building ISH sites in San Jose, Santa […]

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Mike Ege 2d ago

Bay Area transit officials slam nearly 700-day delay of Clipper 2.0 rollout. Riders deserve better. New launch expected late August. #BayAreaTransit #ClipperCard #PublicTransit
🔗 https://thevoicesf.org/bay-area-transit-officials-slam-clipper-2-0-delays-say-bay-area-deserves-better/

Bay Area transit officials slam Clipper 2.0 delays, say Bay Area deserves better

The patience of Bay Area transit officials is running thin as delays continue with the rollout of the next generation of the Clipper card system that will eventually allow transit riders to pay for fares with a credit or debit card. Staff from Cubic and from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), which administers the Clipper […]

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Mike Ege Jun 5

FreddyB Aviation Photography Jun 5

USAF F-16 Viper and P-51 Mustang break during the Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025 #P51 #F16