Zhe Wu 吴哲

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!

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Tech to Table: Second-Generation Business Owners Take Over Chinatown Restaurants Chelsea Hung wasted no time in making a life-changing decision: In her late 20s, she left her tech job in New York City, and headed back to San Francisco’s Chinatown to take over her parents'…

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.
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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!

Rent Striking Tenants in SF's Tenderloin Face Eviction Four San Francisco tenants who have been on a rent strike for more than a year to demand building improvements say they now face eviction.

781 O'Farrell tenants are coming together for safe housing, even as Veritas is ramping up evictions against people striking for their rights.

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Muni operator Mc ‘Mack’ Allen rallies support for Transit Driver Appreciation Day - The Voice of San Francisco One of San Francisco’s well-known Muni operators is bringing awareness to Transit Driver Appreciation Day, which takes place next Tuesday, March 18, by asking passengers to show some love for Muni ope...

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.

SF Business Entrance Accessibility Law Expected to Be Scrapped The city is expected eliminate a local business entrance accessibility requirement after having postponed enforcement six times.

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.

SF Chinatown Advocates Keep Bus Connection After Service Cut Chinatown community leaders reached a compromise with San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency on proposed bus service cuts.

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.

Major SF Landlord Moves to Evict Rent Strikers, Organizers Say Organizers say San Francisco's largest residential landlord has withdrawn from negotiations and moved to evict tenants on rent strike.

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.

It’s Not Just the Great Highway. Some Chinese American Voters Have Felt Unheard for Decades

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.

1.25 million people came to the Chinese New Year Parade according to San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott

Lurie came with good news: MUNI will be free tomorrow as well!!

Public transit girlie is loving it.

Daniel Lurie reappeared after missing half the parade—and his role in lighting the firecrackers during the grand finale—at the post-parade event.

The golden dragon danced around the firecrackers, marking the grand finale of this year's parade:)

Happy Year of the Snake 蛇舞新春，蛇年大吉

It’s nighttime now!

SF new mayor is always there for the handshakes and cameras

Speaking of parade tradition, once a year, Mazu will come out of her temple (in Chinatown) and celebrate with us.

Mazu is a deity of the sea who would bless immigrants coming from southern China to travel oversea safely

Happening now: The Chinese New Year Parade

Joan Chen 陳沖, the grand marshal of this year’s parade is just gorgeous💃

As Trump Challenges Birthright Citizenship, SF Chinese Americans Prepare for a Familiar Fight A Chinatown organization won a legal victory for birthright citizenship a century ago. Now the community is once again embracing its legacy of fighting for immigrant rights.

Chinatown groups in San Francisco have been fighting for immigration and citizenship rights for more than a century.
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State Commission Gives Green Light to Close SF’s Great Highway to Cars San Francisco on Thursday received state approval to proceed with closing a 2-mile section of the Great Highway to car traffic as early as spring 2025, and to begin planning a long-term park on that s...

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.

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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