Posted on 08/16/2020 3:49:34 PM PDT by rintintin
James Fang, San Francisco's last elected Republican, died Friday at the age of 58.
In a statement, Fang's family said he died of "natural causes." Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown told KQED Fang died of a "heart attack." The Fang family could not be reached for comment.
Fang is survived by his wife, Daphne, his mother, Florence, and brother, Ted. For decades, the Fang family long held sway with their newspapers the San Francisco Independent, AsianWeek and at one time, the San Francisco Examiner.
"He had a very happy life," his family wrote, in a statement. "The family wishes to share their appreciation for the expressions of support from everyone."
Fang left his stamp on Bay Area culture as publisher of AsianWeek for more than a decade, until its closure in 2009. He was also the president of the San Francisco Examiner newspaper after the Fang family bought it in 2000.
Elected to the BART Board of Directors in 1990, Fang served until he was ousted by Nick Josefowitz in 2014. Fang was a noted proponent of an effort to extend BART out to Ocean Beach through San Francisco's West Side, an effort that may now finally be gaining traction as BART studies a second transbay tube.
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He was elected to the BART board in 1990, when he was 28, and held that position for 24 years before he was defeated at the polls by entrepreneur Nick Josefowitz.
Wow, a San Francisco Republican. What a rare species.
Rare? Looks extinct now heh.
“”””Wow, a San Francisco Republican. What a rare species.”””
Probably a republican like romney or McCain.
No one is riding BART anymore. Between the filthiness, the crime, and the low need for commute, there is no reason to build it out to anywhere.
“No one is riding BART anymore. ...there is no reason to build it out to anywhere.”
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You mean DemocRAT corruption, payoffs, favors and kickbacks aren’t enough anymore?
BLM would contest that. Black thieves use BART to get from Oakland to suburban malls around the Bay Area in order to pillage and steal. Of course they jump the farebox and don't pay, but they're entitled so white privileged should just pony up and build BART out to more malls.
You think they would have to maintain some under the endangered species act.
The Streets Of San Francisco - Tonight’s Episode: Find The Elephant.
Oh yes, a "need" - no discussion of his merits as a board member, just a "need" to eliminate all trace of the other team in case he reminds some voters that another team exists.
“Wow, a San Francisco Republican. What a rare species.”
I have a friend who might be the only single white female Republican in SF. But she is moving to rural Arizona in January.
RIP.
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