Every election day, John’s Grill in San Francisco hosts a free luncheon where politicians, activists, journalists, and freeloaders gather to eat, drink, and make new friends, all while not paying a dime.

California Democratic Congressman Phil Burton, second from right, with – left to right – Democratic State Assemblymen Leo T. McCarthy, Willie L. Brown and Art Agnos, in the early 1980s. San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library by Lincoln Mitchell This article originally appeared on The Conversation.  The political

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

Endorsements are rolling in for San Francisco’s 2024 mayoral race. Will they matter to anyone else except the chronically online?  Research shows that endorsements can help uninformed voters make decisions, especially in close races, but this is San Francisco we’re talking about. Disengaged, disappointed, disheartened, yes, but uninformed? Hardly. Endorsements

Lee Houskeeper & Alex Clemens would like to invite you to The Election Day Luncheon at the historic John’s Grill in San Francisco.  The Election Day FREE luncheon will be hosted by former Mayor Willie Brown along and the Grill’s owners John Konstin and John Konstin Jr. They typically block

There are many time capsules buried around San Francisco containing everything from newspaper clippings to bottles of Anchor Steam beer.   The oldest SF time capsule is from 1865, and it was only unearthed in 2001.  Bellow we discuss the contents, discoveries and dates of several capsules that have found in

Well I bet this is something A LOT of you have wanted to see. I’m gonna be hanging out with Willie Brown & Will Durst next week, Tuesday July 12th. This should be incredibly interesting. The info is below and can be found here. And if there’s anything you want

Guest post by Jennifer Friedenbach from the Coalition on Homelessness I met a woman the other day, one of the much maligned tent dwellers, and she told me how awful it is living outside. She is scared all the time, of course, us woman do like having our locked doors,

The hardest part of driving a cab in San Francisco is dealing with all the Uber/Lyft cars clogging the streets.  I’m willing to venture at least ninety percent of these freshly minted drivers don’t know what the hell they’re doing.  They double-park with reckless abandon, jamming up arterial thoroughfares and