San Francisco and what to do in it

lol nooo. m bes fren did that 4 a looong whyle.. she jus got bak frum sf. Amtrak of course! and the new train thats supposed to be quite fast. my dad always told me id get killed that way

I think Amtrak is rad but this is entirely based on early teen experiences riding it. it seems to get a bad rap in general.

heh. i love it. i take the hiawatha to chicago from time to time. i ove it.

So today I woke to see an email from DonorsChoose that the iPads in the classroom project at my kids' school was fully-funded. I was surprised, so I went on the page, and found that Google had paid for the rest of the project, and left this note:

"You rock. You inspire us by going out of your way for your kids all day every day. Today, to say thanks for all that you do, we are backing your project and all projects in the Bay Area. Keep it up!"

So you know, say what you will about them, and yeah I'm sure it's a drop in the bucket, etc. But FUCK YEAH! Thanks, Google. Pretty cool.

dude you know taxes should be paying for that instead of the private sector

Let me know when that happens...

*sigh* they're never gonna repeal Prop 13, are they?

It's made such a mess of this state. Seems like we could repeal it with some grandfather clauses and gradual phase-in to reduce the pain...

someone on Twitter talked about step 1 as repealing prop 13 with the exception of primary residences.

also, this'd be easier if renters voted more. kinda surprised that we don't have more get out the vote stuff.

2/3rds Dem supermajority made me briefly hopeful that a repeal might get past the legislature, I believe there was some sort of piecemeal plan floated but I dunno how far it got

let's laugh at these idiots

@KTVU
#developing Federal indictment on #Leland Yee pg 99 tells undercover agent he can get rocket launchers.

omg

http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/news/documents/2014/03/26/complaint_affidavit_14-70421-nc.pdf

SENATOR YEE responded by saying "M.I.L.F." UCE 4599 understood M.I.L.F. to be an acronym for the MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT. SENATOR YEE went on to explain there were several factions within the M.I.L.F. Regarding the M.I.L.F., LIM told UCE 4599 they are his friends but he does not personally associate with them.

I love this story

gangsta

damn freemasons!!

Jesus the stuff on pages 98-100 (just skimming) is pretty damning.

ok I'm settling in to read this start to finish...the first 2 pages were enough to hook me. DAMN

Chinatown power broker Rose Pak back in July 2011:

Leland Yee is one of the most morally corrupt politicians I've ever encountered in 40 years. From the first day he stepped in as the school board member, lying to get his children to the preferred assigned school using a phony address, selling his services to Chinese-American parents who would cut an arm or leg to get their kid to the right schools ... he did all of that.

So I don't think he stood for anything decent in our community except to come and take money and then claiming to be the first Asian this and Asian that, but he doesn't impress me. He doesn't stand for anything except corruption and bribery.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/item/Key-players-California-state-Sen-Yee-and-others-28376.php

Jew eventually pleaded guilty to mail fraud, extortion and soliciting a bribe. Facing years in prison, however, he reportedly began singing to the feds - telling them that he had learned about how to trade cash for favors from Chinese American politicos, including Yee.

http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2014/03/27/a-san-francisco-restaurant-walking-tour-of-the-leland-yee-saga/

Because of course.

jfc

http://blog.sfgate.com/crime/2014/03/27/watch-raymond-shrimp-boy-chows-episode-of-history-channels-gangland/#21934101=0

This episode of Gangland is pretty interesting in retrospect

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/How-an-undercover-FBI-agent-broke-Calif-state-5355568.php

The man appeared to be some type of supercriminal - a drug-dealing, gun-running member of the Sicilian Mafia who held up cigarette trucks, fingered enemies for assassination and swam in millions of dollars that needed laundering.

He became, authorities allege, a trusted go-to guy and moneymaker for associates of the Ghee Kung Tong, the Chinese brotherhood that Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow ran in San Francisco's Chinatown.

Or so everyone thought.

lol polls

73 percent of respondents think tech companies are good for the city, but only 60 percent think tech workers are good for the city

the buildings & their logos look pretty but the people uuuugh

If I'm in the city after 10pm with no car, waiting for the last Caltrain, any suggestions on how to kill an hour?

http://www.ofarrell.com/

that's two buses to get to the Caltrain station from there though

http://www.goldclubsf.com/

^ walking distance from caltrain

this sounds kind of made up:

http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/04/14/another-google-glass-wearer-attacked-in-s-f/

"Glass!"

also lol sarahell

xp

sarahell sent Leee to the Gold Club?! It must be a riff on milo z's suggestion...

was it Dave Eggers who used to do cartoons about the "Gold Club Guy" from the weekly ads? This was back in the 90s so i may not rc

I miss that guy

dave eggers or the gold club guy?

Yeah I was kind of looking for a cafe or a bookstore.

The Gold Club Guy! who cares about dave eggers?

True story: I have been kicked out of the Gold Club.

Embarcadero BART most nuts I've ever seen it in my five+ years of commuting to the east bay. Lines up all the escalators and through the entrances.

I blame the technology people

some got run over at montgomery station

When I got to Montgomery station, BART cops were telling everybody the station was closed and to leave. As they were doing so, someone came on the PA system and said the station was open. The cops didn't seem to hear, so there was this weird brief moment where we were starting to push toward the gates while the cops were shaking their heads and trying to walk us back. Someone with a video camera filmed me and a few others going through the gates. Went downstairs and my train rolled up with hardly anybody on it. Impeccable timing! Once everybody piled on from Embarc station, it got hot and sweaty, though.

Cool story, huh.

Seems like a lot of people have been getting hit by trains lately.

currently having a FB argument with a friend who thinks SF's housing supply problem is caused by rent control :/

a guy I went to college with got hit and killed by the caltrain a couple months ago trying to convince someone to get off the tracks

Interesting in-depth look at SF's housing problems:

http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/14/sf-housing/