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In this week’s newsletter, we report on last night's city budget town hall. Plus:
• We catch up with shipping and packing extraordinaire Mark Mercado
• The Listing, Neighborhood Events and Worth Reading
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Anne Marie Kristoff
‘No Strategy’: Equal Funding Questions Linger After District 11 Budget Town Hall
District 11 nonprofit leaders want fair funding, not to be an "afterthought" in the city budgeting process.
Mark Mercado Is Ingleside’s Packing And Shipping Wiz
In Case You Missed It
- Ocean Dry Cleaning’s Marlon Lee Keeps Ingleside Looking Sharp
- 1,100-Unit Balboa Reservoir Project Construction Start Date Changed
- Real Estate Investor Is Trying To Develop Ingleside Project Again
The Listing
146 Ralston St.
From two primary bedrooms to a large potential family room, space won't be a problem at 146 Ralston St. Built in 1951, this home includes three bedrooms and three bathrooms. It also comes with newly updated appliances, including an HVAC system, stainless steel oven, refrigerator and furnace. Read more.
Events Around the Neighborhood
💃 Downtown First Thursdays On Market Street and 2nd Street | Thursday, 5 – 10 p.m. | Free with RSVP | Financial District
🧑🔬 Community Celebration & Fundraiser at Mission Science Workshop | Friday, 5 – 8 p.m. | Tickets between $0 to $55.20 | Excelsior
🎸 Hop Sauce Performance at Ocean Ale House | Friday, 7 – 10 p.m. | Free | Ingleside
🤱 Mother’s Day Market at Lakeside Landing | Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. | Free | Lakeside Village
🩺 Adult CPR and AED Training at St. Francis’ Episcopal Church | Saturday, 10 a.m. | Free | Balboa Terrace
Worth Reading
- S.F.’s Parks Alliance is in financial disarray, endangering critical funding source San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
- S.F. city departments overcharge each other millions as city faces down massive deficit Mission Local
- SFMTA chief releases 12 managers in major shake-up San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
- Pink-slipped SF educators await fate amid budget crisis San Francisco Examiner
- Pelosi calls on Airbnb to drop $120M lawsuit against SF San Francisco Standard (Metered Paywall)
- SF Chinatown shops brace for rising costs amid US.-China trade tensions KTVU
- SF to Bring Back Warrantless Searches and GPS Monitoring for Pretrial Release KQED
- Dozens of Mission homes could gain historic preservation protections San Francisco Examiner
- San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf fills one of its major vacancies SFGate
- Fraud in California community colleges triggers call for Trump investigation CalMatters
- Should each SF district be required to have a homeless shelter? Here's a new proposal ABC 7
- San Francisco’s People’s Budget Coalition Calls for Transparency and Equity in City Budget Vanguard News Group
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