A new recall election is coming this September. Like the past recalls, Asian Americans played a key role in it. But this time, billionaires are backing the opposing side. We take a closer look at how this shift is making Asian American leaders rethink the alliance & their seats at the table.

Recall organizers just tell me that they were notified the petition to recall @joelengardio.bsky.social is successful and the election will occur 9/16/26, with 95% validation rate and 10,500 signature valid. Department of Election said they will publish a press release this morning.

With such high validity rate, “the campaign feel that it’s will be qualified,” said recall campaign leader Jamie Hughes.

BREAKING: 99.3% of the sample signatures were found to be valid for the campaign the recall supervisor @joelengardio.bsky.social. The campaign submitted 10,985 number and 9,911 number are needed to get placed on the ballot.

Only in San Francisco would the public library @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social host a workshop on decorating your K-pop photocard 小卡. I’m genuinely jealous teen me never got to have that! sfpl.org/events/2025/...

Seven years ago, Chelsea Hung left her tech job to take over her parents' restaurant, helping keep the iconic spot alive in SF’s Chinatown. Now, she’s part of a generational shift in Chinatown bringing fresh energy to local businesses. www.sfpublicpress.org/young-entrep...

Happening now: Elected officials and Chinatown leaders commemorate the 127th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision United States v. Wong Kim Ark. An observation of girl power in Chinatown leadership—a refreshing shift!

781 O'Farrell tenants are coming together for safe housing, even as Veritas is ramping up evictions against people striking for their rights. Learn about their efforts: sfpublicpress.org/more-tenderl... ✏️: @zhewww.bsky.social @sfpublicpress.bsky.social

Latest: Ahead of Transit Driver Appreciation Day (next Tuesday), San Francisco Muni operator, Mc Allen, is calling for Muni passengers to show appreciation for their operators by sending in commendations. He's hoping passengers will send in at least 500 commendations on Tuesday.

Over 7,000 businesses may face fines for not complying with SF's accessible front door mandate. Now, the city plans to scrap the rule, citing resource strain and small business burdens. But disability advocates say the city is going too far.

A compromise is in for a bus service cut that faced months of pushback from the Chinatown community. @SFMTA_Muni announced its revised plan that will keep the 30S bus running slightly south of Market Street while maintaining the same cost savings.

San Francisco’s largest residential landlord pulled a rent reduction offer for tenants in a Tenderloin building, who have been on rent strike for over a year, according to tenant organizers. Now, six of the seven remaining strikers face eviction.

For some Chinese Americans in SF, the controversy over the Great Highway closure resurfaced memories of lost battles decades ago to preserve or retrofit freeways.

Happening now: The Chinese New Year Parade Joan Chen 陳沖, the grand marshal of this year’s parade is just gorgeous💃

Chinatown groups in San Francisco have been fighting for immigration and citizenship rights for more than a century. www.sfpublicpress.org/sf-groups-lo...

The California Coastal Commission just approved a permit allowing San Francisco to move forward with its plan to close the Upper Great Highway to vehicles and start planning for a new coastal park. www.sfpublicpress.org/california-c...

Earlier this year, I wrote about historians preserving century-old records in Chinatown organizations, including Cameron House and the 175-year-old Chinese Six Companies, which was key in the 1898 Wong Kim Ark case that established birthright citizenship. www.sfpublicpress.org/volunteers-r...

Every time I step into the Chinese Six Companies 中華總會館, I feel the weight of history left by my ancestors, the gaze of our founding father. They are immigrants, many still seen as perpetual foreigners. Yet they paved the way for me—and many of me—to be here today.

Kicking off my first 🦋 post with a fresh look at the recall campaign against SF Supervisor Joel Engardio. 🧐 #Sanfrancisco