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Vol. 54 • No. 41 • October 10-16, 2024
Queer artist recovering after Tenderloin assault Cynthia Laird
by John Ferrannini
Officials at the San Francisco Unified School District have been mum on plans for an LGBTQ parents’ group.
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riends of a San Francisco queer artist set up a GoFundMe for him after he was injured during an assault near his home in the Tenderloin neighborhood. The artist, Diego Gomez, may be known to readers as he designed the Bay Courtesy Diego Gomez Area Reporter’s 2016 Artist Diego Pride cover. When asked what Gomez is he’d like people to recovering after know, Gomez, 43, being assaulted in told the B.A.R., “don’t the Tenderloin. punch people in the face that didn’t do anything to you.” He spent his October 2 birthday in the hospital. The GoFundMe has raised over $35,000 of a $40,000 goal as of October 8. In an Instagram post October 7, Gomez explained what it was that had happened the night of September 30.
SFUSD quiet on LGBTQ parents group launch by Matthew S. Bajko
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50th Castro fair sizzles
he 50th edition of the Castro Street Fair Sunday, October 6, was sizzling, as temperatures reached the 90s in San Francisco. Mary Vance was one of several performers
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at the Juanita MORE! stage, as attendees took in the show. Crowds were a little thinner than usual in the early afternoon, but as shadows lengthened, the streets became full and crowded.
wo years after the school board approved the creation of an advisory body for parents of LGBTQ students, the San Francisco Unified School District is working to launch it this academic year. But school district officials have provided few details about their plans for convening the Queer Transgender Parent Advisory Council. Since August, the Bay Area Reporter has inquired about the QTPAC’s formation, including how many people applied to be on it, how many will be selected, and when it will first meet. As the district had previously said it had no money to fund the staffing for the advisory body, the B.A.R. See page 2 >>
B.A.R. election endorsements CALIFORNIA GENERAL ELECTION President and Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
BART Board Dist. 9 Joe Sangirardi
U.S. Senate Adam Schiff
OTHER RACES Alameda County Board of Supervisors Dist. 5: John Bauters
SF Mayor London Breed, first choice Aaron Peskin, second choice SF Board of Supervisors Dist. 1: Connie Chan Dist. 3: Sharon Lai, first choice Danny Sauter, second choice Dist. 5: Dean Preston Dist. 7: Myrna Melgar Dist. 9: Roberto Hernandez, first choice Stephen Torres, second choice Dist. 11: Ernest “EJ” Jones, first choice Michael Lai, second choice SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins SF Board of Education Matt Alexander Jaime Huling John Jersin Parag Gupta City College of SF Luis Zamora Alan Wong Aliya Chisti Heather McCarty
Oakland City Council Dist. 3: Warren Logan Dist. 5: Erin Armstrong At-Large: Rowena Brown Berkeley City Council Dist. 2: Terry Taplin Dist. 6: Andy Katz Congress (Bay Area) Dist. 2: Jared Huffman Dist. 4: Mike Thompson Dist. 8: John Garamendi Dist. 9: Josh Harder Dist. 10: Mark DeSaulnier Dist. 11: Nancy Pelosi Dist. 12: Lateefah Simon Dist. 14: Eric Swalwell Dist. 15: Kevin Mullin Dist. 16: Evan Low Dist. 17: Ro Khanna Dist. 18: Zoe Lofgren
CA Assembly Dist. 14: Buffy Wicks Dist. 16: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan Dist. 17: Matt Haney Dist. 18: Mia Bonta Dist. 19: Catherine Stefani Dist. 20: Liz Ortega Dist. 21: Diane Papan Dist. 24: Alex Lee Dist. 25: Ash Kalra Dist. 26: Patrick Ahrens CA Senate Dist. 3: Christopher Cabaldon Dist. 7: Jovanka Beckles Dist. 9: Marisol Rubio Dist. 11: Scott Wiener Dist. 13: Josh Becker Dist. 15: Dave Cortese Dist. 17: John Laird SAN FRANCISCO PROPS Yes on: A, B, F, H, I, J, L, M, O No on: C, D, E, G, K, N CALIFORNIA PROPS Yes on: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 32, 33, 35 No on: 34, 36
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San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, left, and prosecutor Ryan Khojasteh are running against each other on the November ballot.
SF DA candidates spar on what justice looks like by John Ferrannini
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an Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins faces one challenger – a prosecutor she fired who has contrasting views about criminal justice – in her bid for reelection this year. Ryan Khojasteh is backed by progressives, while Jenkins is running on her record that her office has beefed up prosecutions after voters recalled former DA Chesa Boudin two years ago. It was in the aftermath of that June 2022 recall that Mayor London Breed appointed Jenkins, who formerly worked in the DA’s office but left and helped lead the campaign for Boudin’s ouster. Voters had become anxious over crime and repeat offenders during Boudin’s tenure. Jenkins was handily elected to finish the remainder of Boudin’s term in November 2022 against attorneys Joe Alioto Veronese, Maurice Chenier, and John Hamasaki. See page 12 >>