The Quarterly Report: A brief synopsis of the news in San Francisco over the last three months. You are now reading “Slow News That Doesn’t Break” – the exotic internet.
Weather
The weather in San Francisco in the summer is always foggy and cold. This year has been one of the coldest on record. Unlike many parts of the state, country and world, 2025 so far has been a year when San Franciscans have not had to deal with wildfire smoke, however, there are many months to go before the typical rainy season in the winter.
Historically, summertime is when people leave The City and go inland. There are entire neighborhoods in Oakland that were built in the early twentieth century that are mostly cottages for people escaping the fog. In the summers I like to head to the mountains and feel the sun on my neck and get some fresh air. When the skies are clear, it is difficult to get too much of the Sierra.
National Politics
Good grief! I need not write about the state of the federal government and the current president. Recently, Californian Governor Newsom has taken to rhetorically mocking him. It may be the only way in this Age of Delusion. Below is a quote by Newsom published on a social media website concerning attempts at redistricting and gerrymandering.
A follow-up post tonight read: “DONALD ‘TACO’ TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, ‘MISSED’ THE DEADLINE!!! CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE ‘BEAUTIFUL MAPS,’ THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS THEY WILL END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY (DEMS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE!). BIG PRESS CONFERENCE THIS WEEK WITH POWERFUL DEMS AND GAVIN NEWSOM—YOUR FAVORITE GOVERNOR—THAT WILL BE DEVASTATING FOR ‘MAGA.’ THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! —GN”
It is 2025 and politics is now truly a place of sarcasm, dark humor and unavoidable childishness. I think “Donald Taco” is a good one. Let’s stick with it
Local Politics
If you want to keep track of San Francisco politics, probably the best place is https://missionlocal.org/. They actually have a few beat reporters and report on things like homelessness and the police. For the last few months there has been a lot of coverage about 16th and Mission Street, a place that has for decades been a bit rough around the edges. With the crackdowns of activity in the Tenderloin, many people moved on to the Mission District This has happened many times in the past.
If you drive down Interstate 101, most of the billboards are for tech companies and speak in terms only programmers would understand. Many are for selling AI. Of course, politicians are embracing the new technologies as a panacea for all our problems. AI plus crypto currency? Sounds like a disaster to me. It is definitely the formula for the next financial crash. You heard it here first.
Sporting News
As of this posting the San Francisco Giants are nine games out of first place and are under five hundred. And so it goes. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER!
That is The Quarterly Report – August 2025
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The Quarterly Report – August 2025
