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19 Mar, 10 tweets, 3 min read
BREAKING: San Francisco school board vp Alison Collins is under fire for racist tweets targeting Asian Americans and their "white supremacist thinking to assimilate and get ahead."

A third of students in SF public schools are Asian.

Via @jilltucker.

sfchronicle.com/local-politics…
Collins did not apologize for her tweets or delete them as of early afternoon.
Full statement from school board member Jenny Lam calling on Alison Collins to resign.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman echoing Lam’s statement:
And Supervisor Catherine Stefani adds to the calls for Collins to resign:
And Scott Wiener:
And Supervisor Ahsha Safai:
Another call for Collins to resign:
Wise words from deputy superintendent of SF public schools Myong Leigh. I haven’t seen any comments from Superintendent Vince Matthews about school board vp Collins’ racist tweets.
While you’re here....some background on the jaw-dropping San Francisco school board.

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My latest: Follow along as Julie Nicholson runs a half-marathon in San Francisco 14 months after a car slammed into her, breaking her neck and back. Her miraculous run highlighted senseless traffic deaths in a city making little progress on Vision Zero. sfchronicle.com/local/heatherk…
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My latest: San Francisco’s beloved cable cars are in trouble. They haven’t run in nearly a year due to the #COVIDー19 pandemic, and the @sfmta_muni won’t promise they’ll run in 2021 either. Saving them likely depends on a planned tax measure next year. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heathe…
I’m with you! San Francisco isn’t San Francisco without its cable cars.
I’d never heard of long-ago San Francisco Mayor Roger Lapham until five minute ago, but I already despise him. In an annual address he said, “Junk the cable cars!” Thankfully a very smart woman named Friedel Klussmann intervened. sfchronicle.com/chronicle_vaul…
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Six days until our #ILoveTheRichmond celebration plus #TotalSF virtual movie night. Spend the day supporting small businesses and then press play on “Always be my Maybe” at 7 pm. Got the party started today with a visit to @GreenAppleBooks. 📚 ImageImageImage
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Should have made it to the Outer Richmond for this! Next Saturday, Norton the It’s-It is expected to make an appearance at the @balboatheatresf.
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3 Feb
✏️SCOOP!✏️

It's San Francisco vs. San Francisco. City Attorney @dennisherrera today will sue the San Francisco Unified School District and the Board of Education for failing to craft a plan to reopen its schools. "So far, they have earned an F," he says.

sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heathe…
Mayor @LondonBreed supports the city's lawsuit to reopen public schools.

“This is not the path we would have chosen, but nothing matters more right now than getting our kids back in school," she said. "This is hurting the mental health of our kids and our families."
Listen to me and @demianbulwa discuss the city's lawsuit against the school district -- believed to be the first in the state and maybe the nation -- on today's Fifth and Mission.

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BREAKING: Anybody visiting San Francisco from outside the Bay Area or returning to the city after travel must quarantine for 10 days under new health order. Non-essential travel of any kind and of any distance is strongly discouraged per Mayor Breed and Dr. Colfax.
Dr. Colfax will hold a press conference with more info momentarily.
Colfax: #coronavirus cases in San Francisco have doubled since Thanksgiving. The Bay Area has 13.1% of ICU beds available. Throughout California, 3% are available.
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