This Week's Top Stories

Great Highway

Controller Puts a Price Tag on Prop G: Reopening Great Highway Would Cost $9.8M Up Front

A new city analysis released this week says reversing the Sunset Dunes park conversion would cost nearly $10 million — intensifying the November ballot debate.

San Francisco's city controller released an official cost estimate on August 11 for Proposition G, the 'Great Highway for Everyone' initiative headed to the November 3 ballot. According to the analysis, reopening the Upper Great Highway to weekday traffic would cost roughly $9.8 million upfront and up to $1.9 million annually thereafter — a figure approximately $4 million lower than estimates previously produced by the city's transportation and parks departments.

Inner Sunset

Inner Sunset Vibrancy Fund Opens Applications — With a Priority Deadline of Aug. 28

A privately funded grant program from SF New Deal is offering up to $20,000 to Inner Sunset small businesses for storefront improvements and filling vacant spaces.

The nonprofit SF New Deal has launched the Inner Sunset Neighborhood Vibrancy Fund, a pilot grant program backed by anonymous donors from within the neighborhood, offering financial support to new and existing small businesses along the Irving Street corridor. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis, but priority is given to submissions received by August 28.

Inner Sunset

Amazing Fantasy Comics Marks 26 Years on Irving Street Under Current Owner

Owner Frank McGinn's beloved Inner Sunset comic shop is being celebrated this August as it passes its 26th anniversary under his stewardship.

Amazing Fantasy, the comic book shop at 650 Irving Street in the Inner Sunset, is marking 26 years under the ownership of Frank McGinn this August — a milestone highlighted in a feature in the August 17 edition of the Sunset Beacon. McGinn took possession of the storefront in August 2000, when the former Comics and Comix chain vacated the space, and neighboring Irving Street residents immediately began poking their heads in to see what was arriving.

Upcoming Events

Ongoing

Outer Sunset Farmers Market & Mercantile

📍 37th Avenue at Ortega to Quintara, Outer Sunset · 9:00 AM–2:00 PM

Sunday, August 9

Inner Sunset Flea Market — 'Dog Days of Summer' Edition

📍 Irving Street, 9th–11th Avenues, Inner Sunset · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM

Sunday, September 13

Inner Sunset Flea Market — 'A Taste of Comedy Day' Edition

📍 Irving Street, 9th–11th Avenues, Inner Sunset · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM

Friday, September 25

Sunset Night Market

📍 Irving Street at 20th–25th Avenues, Inner Sunset · 5:00 PM–10:00 PM

More from the Neighborhood

CASA Clubhouse Opens at Shirley Chisholm Village, Resolving Long-Running Community Room Dispute

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West Portal's Restaurant Boom Keeps Growing with New Cafés and Wine Bars

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Affordable Senior Housing Project at 1234 Great Highway Remains on Hiatus

The proposed 199-unit affordable senior housing development at 1234 Great Highway — slated to replace a Motel 6 and become the tallest building in the Outer Sunset — remains on an indefinite…