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Breaking: a shooter remains at large after one person was injured by gunfire on Market near Jones.

Yes, that was former mayor Art Agnos with a crowd of politicians at the unveiling of ‘Art Agnos Way’ in Potrero Hill, just a stone’s throw away from where he got marriedโ€”and where he was shot. Read Joe Eskenazi on Agnos’ mission to “leave my city a little better than I found it.”

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is stepping up her support of Supervisor Connie Chan in the race for Congress against State Senator Scott Wiener, writes Yujie Zhou. Her communications director, Ian Krager, will be relocating to San Francisco to work on Chan’s campaign.

Sarah Hopkins has a terrific interview with Matthew Goudeau, the head of San Francisco’s newly-consolidated arts and culture agency. Read his thoughts on how to change bureaucracy, and the role of privately-funded public art.

More soon,

Sara

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Latest News

Connecticut and 20th becomes โ€˜Art Agnos Wayโ€™ in emotional ceremonyย 

“He was one of us. He was a neighbor.”

A woman in a red suit walks down a hallway with a man in a black suit holding a laptop; two other men walk behind them.

Pelosi communications director to join Connie Chanโ€™s campaign

“She’s doing everything she can to get [Chan] elected.”

Arts Roundup

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Matthew Goudeau, S.F.โ€™s new leader of arts and culture

“Beauty is a civic value and is worthy of civic funding. Art is also good for the economy.”

SNAP

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Sunset
By Steven Collari

Events

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Today: Off the Page Reading โ€“ โ€œCry for Meโ€ by William Melvin Kelley and โ€œDance of the Infidelsโ€ by Alston Anderson, ZSpace, July 27, 7-9PM

Tomorrow: A Rob Reger Sketch Tuesday, 111 Minna Gallery, 5-10PM

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