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0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Real Estate Landlords and property managers look for integrated solutions to accept, manage and safely secure incoming packages Leslie Kaufman , Community Contributor Posted Reply (San Francisco) January 25, 2023 -- San Francisco Bay Area multifamily landlords and property managers have been adopting technology-enabled solutions to accept, manage, and safely secure incoming packages at multifamily properties. ButterflyMX , the leading provider of smartphone-based access control technology for multifamily, commercial, student housing, and gated properties, today released data showing the growth of package deliveries in the Bay Area, which has created new security challenges for property owners and managers. ButterflyMX has seen a 5% adoption rate in San Francisco and surrounding cities as more property owners and managers strive to … [Read more...] about Bay Area Residents Demand Tech Solutions at Multifamily Properties

When 27-year-old Cameron Scott pushed on the gas of his semitrailer Sunday morning, he was trying to get his foot to stop shaking. More than 200 people were watching as he slowly inched the historic, 133-ton Victorian "Englander" home attached to the truck off of its lot and onto the Franklin Street hill. Even though Scott has moved more than 30 homes in his career, San Francisco doesn’t make it easy. “The most stressful part of that entire move was coming out onto that hill,” Scott said. “That was the hardest part is coming off a perfectly level lot and making a 90 degree turn onto that steep graded hill. That was the most nerve-wracking part. I was just trying to keep my feet from shaking because I was so scared I would do the wrong thing.” Moving houses is in his blood though, Scott says, as he’s a fourth generation house mover whose family has been moving homes since the 1930s. He and his father own Scott Heavy Movers, a Sacramento-based structure lifting and moving company … [Read more...] about 27-year-old drove the Victorian ‘Englander’ house to its new SF location: ‘I was so scared’

There’s maybe nothing more emblematic of San Francisco than the Victorian home. Without these historic structures, delighting everyone from tourists to longtime residents, would the city still feel the same? For Skeeter Jones, a craftsman focused on restoring the fronts of these famous structures, his whole job is ensuring that Victorian homes remain the architectural and historical fixture of the city. From restoring original, lost details to reconstructing what disappeared in a stucco transformation, Jones may be the only person in the city that does exactly what he does, approaching facade restoration like an artist approaches a canvas. He’s lost track of how many facades he’s restored, but Jones knows it’s more than 100 by now, a feat considering he may only complete a few each year. “San Francisco has its own distinctive style that's different from everywhere else,” Jones said. “The redwood makes it unique.” Jones, now 69 years old, came to the Bay Area in the 1970s and … [Read more...] about Meet the man who has restored more than 100 Victorian home facades in San Francisco

Early in the pandemic, word started to travel among Asian-American artists: racist attacks were on the rise. Jamie Chan told a fellow artist, Kenneth Tam , about getting kicked out of an Uber pool ride by the driver who noticed her sniffling. Anicka Yi , an artist based in New York, called Christine Y. Kim , a curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, to talk about being spit at on a Manhattan street; Kim, in turn, recounted being accosted in a Whole Foods parking lot. Tam decided to start recording these incidents in a Google spreadsheet he named “We Are Not COVID.” It circulated on social media first among arts communities, then to wider audiences. Over the last several months, the document has filled up with reports ranging from microaggressions to outright violence. “I had assumed that things like this were going to start happening, but not so quickly, and not to people I knew,” Tam said in a phone interview. “It made me realize that I needed to educate … [Read more...] about Asian-American Artists, Now Activists, Push Back Against Hate

San Francisco is the type of city that captures you. For many, it’s love at first sight. How could you not fall for the fog-draped skyline, the stately Victorians or the many parks scattered throughout the city? Others might not warm up until the second or third date, the deal sealed by a life-affirming burrito or yet another impossible Steph Curry 3-pointer. Or maybe you need to stumble upon a punk concert on a BART train to be convinced that the city still has a renegade streak underneath its techie exterior. Yet San Francisco is far from a perfect partner. Issues of inequality, gentrification and high costs are just a few of the reasons many have lost faith, exacerbated by a pandemic exodus that we’re still recovering from. Despite the many reasons to leave SF, there are so many things to love. To celebrate San Francisco, 20 members of SFGATE’s staff contributed reasons we’ve resisted the temptation to leave for less-foggy pastures. Here’s why we’re staying in our beautifully … [Read more...] about 40 reasons not to leave San Francisco

1 Schools The student could win the prestigious award which honors academic and community achievement. Bea Karnes , Patch Staff Posted Reply ALAMEDA, CA — Claire M. Wong of Alameda, a student at The College Preparatory School, was named as a candidate to become a U.S. Presidential Scholar. 5,000 students out of roughly 3.6 million students were named as candidates for the prestigious award, which honors graduating high school seniors with superior achievements in academics, leadership, and community involvement. A panel of distinguished educators will review submissions and select approximately 600 semifinalists in early April. The Commission on Presidential Scholars, a group of up to 32 eminent citizens selected by the president, will select up to 161 finalists, whose names will be announced in May. The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964 to recognize the nation’s most promising students. Most … [Read more...] about Alameda Student Named U.S. Presidential Scholar Candidate