‘A Day Of Remembrance And Celebration’: Thousands Gather For San Francisco AIDS Walk
The current state of turmoil over health care repeal-and-replace efforts lent a political atmosphere to the event.
San Francisco Chronicle:
Thousands Pack Golden Gate Park For AIDS Walk SF
More than 10,000 people turned out at Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park on Sunday for the annual AIDS Walk San Francisco, where organizers implored the crowd to fight for health care for all Americans, not just those living with HIV and AIDS. Before the event began, many participants were handed fill-in-the-blank signs distributed by organizers that read, “My Pre-Existing Condition Is ______.” (Ioannou, 7/16)
In other news from across the state —
KPCC:
SoCal Gas Pushes Back On L.A. County And Cal/OSHA Safety Demands
SoCal Gas this week sued California’s workplace safety agency and Los Angeles County to prevent them from imposing new safety standards that the company says are federal responsibilities under the U.S. Pipeline Safety Act. The company wants to shut down a county inquiry into how well gas operations mesh with the neighborhoods where they operate. (McNary, 7/14)
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
Helping Her Patients Heal With Music
The career path Amy Andrews originally headed down was in occupational therapy — until she learned about music therapy. This type of therapy uses music to help patients with physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs by singing, listening to, moving to or creating music...Andrews, 31, lives in South Park and also holds a master’s degree in expressive arts therapy, which uses all five art disciplines (dance and movement, drama, creative writing, music and visual art) to help patients with healing and recovery. She’s been a board-certified music therapist since 2009 and provides services for premature infants and their families, patients with advanced illnesses, patients in rehabilitation from brain injury or stroke, and with groups for in-patient psychiatric treatment. (Deaderick, 7/15)
KQED:
S.F. Commission Approves Former Oakland Mayor Quan’s Medical Pot Shop
The San Francisco Planning Commission Thursday night approved a plan by former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and her husband, Floyd Huen, to open a medical marijuana dispensary in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Located at Noriega Street and 32nd Avenue, the dispensary would cater to the largely Asian-American population in the Outer Sunset neighborhood. (Hutson, 7/14)
San Francisco Chronicle:
Oakland Begins Foray Into Equalizing Cannabis Industry
Oakland’s attempt to fix racial inequality in the cannabis industry by giving permits to ex-convicts to sell, grow or transport the drug for which they were once criminalized is off to a surprisingly good start by most accounts. The city has received 72 applications for pot business permits since May, and nearly half are seeking equity permits under a city program meant to provide reparations for the war on drugs, a U.S. government campaign that researchers say disproportionately affected African Americans. (Veklerov, 7/16)