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Neighbors Pack Church to Push Back on Eight-Story Safeway Tower at Ocean Beach

A proposed 562-unit housing development above the Outer Richmond's La Playa Safeway has ignited a community firestorm, with residents arguing state streamlining laws have stripped them of any real say.

<cite index="71-4">Due to state law, the proposed housing development to replace the Safeway on La Playa Street with a new store and 562 units of housing has been "streamlined," restricting the input to city officials from the residents of that neighborhood.</cite> That legal reality did not stop neighbors from showing up. <cite index="71-5">The Planning Association for the Richmond (PAR) gave local residents the opportunity to voice either their opposition or support for the proposal by hosting a meeting at St.

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80-Year-Old Man Killed by Tow Truck at Anza and Arguello — a Stretch City Officials Long Flagged as Dangerous

Yuan Jun Zhu died September 28 at a crosswalk near Rossi Playground, reigniting demands for protected infrastructure on one of the Richmond's most hazardous corridors.

<cite index="99-5,99-6,99-7">The city medical examiner identified the victim as 80-year-old Yuan Jun Zhu. The vehicle was a tow truck, the advocacy group Walk San Francisco said, citing SFPD. The collision occurred at the intersection of Anza Street and Arguello Boulevard, near Rossi Pool and Playground.</cite> <cite index="40-3,40-4,40-5,40-6">On September 28, 2026, at approximately 2:08 p.m., San Francisco Police officers from Richmond Station responded to the intersection of Anza Street and Arguello Boulevard regarding a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Officers arrived on scene and rendered aid.

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Jack Dorsey's Sea Cliff Renovation Drags Into Its 14th Year — and His Billionaire Neighbors Are Over It

The Block CEO's two adjoining El Camino del Mar properties have been under almost continuous construction since 2012, turning one of San Francisco's quietest streets into a round-the-clock work site.

<cite index="115-4,115-5">Jack Dorsey bought his first Sea Cliff property in February 2012 for $9.99 million, and in the time since, the San Francisco home has barely gone a stretch without scaffolding, a permit filing, or a crew on site. Nearly 14 years later, work is still happening in some form on the two adjoining lots the tech entrepreneur now owns on El Camino del Mar, a stretch of street perched above the Pacific Ocean with sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge.</cite> <cite index="115-8">In November 2018, Dorsey added the neighboring…

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Inner Richmond Car Wash Site Proposed for 38-Unit, Eight-Story Building

<cite index="87-4">A shuttered car wash at the corner of Collins Street and Geary Boulevard in San Francisco's Inner Richmond could soon give way to an eight-story building with 38 apartments, according to…

Presidio Trust Lands First-Ever Corporate Sponsor in Sutter Health Partnership

<cite index="125-1">As the Presidio Trust's Founding Partner and Official Healthcare Partner, Sutter Health became the first nonprofit healthcare organization to hold an official partnership designation with a U.S. national park site, announced…

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