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SAN FRANCISCO —
(SAN FRANCISCO) In countering San Francisco's doom loop narrative, a free new literary magazine is officially released on July 28, Sunday, in Chinatown. 19 authors and poets including two Chinese American authors contributed their essays to tell their stories of falling in love with San Francisco.
(SAN FRANCISCO) In recent years, fewer and fewer Chinese and Asian American candidates have been successfully elected to local, state, and federal seats in the San Francisco Bay Area, although Chinese and Asian Americans are the fastest growing ethnic communities. "A seat at the table is not given; it is taken," Bill Wong, one of the Chinese American pioneers in political strategy in California, wrote in his new book and advised the Asian American candidates running for public offices.
Chapter 13: Let political forces serve the Chinese community
My letter-writing campaign urging the amendment of ADA
Chapter 11: Giving back to the community
Chapter 10: Standing in solidarity with the community against unfair policies
I also actively pushed for a gun buy-back program.
Chapter 8: Became part of the mainstream and active in community service
- Asian supermarkets are booming in the San Francisco Bay Area with intense industry competition
- Architect Dartmond Cherk: Taking away this symbolic bridge would deflate the standing of the Chinese community in San Francisco
- San Francisco: Kearny Street, between Clay and Washington streets, to be fully closed Aug. 1-2 and Aug. 8-9; Broadway Tunnel closed Aug. 15-16
- Carla Lee Hurley and Kirk Yin, 2 bilingual and community-oriented police officers, promoted to Captains in SFPD
- Over 15,000 signatures submitted, San Francisco citywide voters might have a chance to reopen Upper Great Highway
- 4-block Red Lane pilot project on Ocean Avenue presented, local merchants and residents oppose and ask for an immediate halt
- Chinese Newcomers Center holds annual food giveaway in San Francisco Chinatown for 5,000 seniors and low-income families citywide
- San Francisco fails to preserve the historic Portsmouth Square pedestrian bridge in Chinatown, demolition to begin
