SAN FRANCISCO — As the Asian population has continued to grow in the southwest sector of San Francisco in recent decades, the Ocean Avenue portion within the Ingleside and Oceanview neighborhoods has become an emerging major business corridor for the Asian community. Asian merchants and residents citywide have overwhelmingly spoken out against the K-Ingleside Rapid Project in which red-transit-only lanes in both directions along that Ocean Avenue corridor would be added.
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On behalf of the Chinatown and Sunset Merchants United Association in San Francisco, I am writing this open letter to express our strong protest and deep dissatisfaction regarding the planned street-closure event on Grant Avenue hosted by BeChinatown on February 4, Wednesday, which was publicly promoted and advanced without any public hearing, formal notice, or prior consultation with affected merchants and residents.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Paul Yep, one of the most-respected law enforcement and police leaders in the Chinese community, served as the 6-month Interim Police Chief in 2025 and was recognized by the Board of Supervisors for his leadership and accomplishment in the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) with historic low crime rates and record high police hiring since the pandemic.
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SAN FRANCISCO — As the Asian population has continued to grow in the southwest sector of San Francisco in recent decades, the Ocean Avenue portion within the Ingleside and Oceanview neighborhoods has become an emerging major business corridor for the Asian community. Asian merchants and residents citywide have overwhelmingly spoken out against the K-Ingleside Rapid Project in which red-transit-only lanes in both directions along that Ocean Avenue corridor would be added.
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SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Chinatown has a profound history as the oldest Chinatown in North America, the oldest Chinese school for teaching Chinese languages in North America was also established in San Francisco Chinatown in 1888.
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