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Hundreds of San Francisco Marina residents attended a July 25 town hall to oppose…

2026-07-25 · 03:24 UTC ·@andrewparker ·0 min read

Brief

San Francisco Marina town hall drew hundreds of residents on July 25 to challenge a controversial Safeway housing proposal that would add 22- and 18-story towers to the low‑slung waterfront. The post highlights the turnout but emphasizes the visibly older crowd, raising concerns that in-person civic engagement now skews toward prior generations.

Why it matters

Hundreds of San Francisco Marina residents attended a July 25 town hall to oppose a controversial Safeway housing plan proposing 22- and 18-story towers on the neighborhood waterfront.

Key details

  • Author @andrewparker notes the crowd looks older, questions the mean age of town-hall attendees nationwide, and asserts in-person civic engagement increasingly feels dominated by older generations.
Source evidence

This is going to be an iconic image...

... But I am left wondering the mean age attendance at all town halls, for all reasons, across the country.

Sadly, IRL civic engagement just feels like mostly a prior generation thing.

Laura Waxmann (@laura_waxee)

Hundreds of #SanFrancisco Marina residents turned out this evening for townhall on controversial @Safeway housing plan, which would place what for many is an uncomfortably tall, 22 & 18 story project at the low-slung neighborhood’s waterfront.
@sfchronicle

— https://nitter.net/laura_waxee/status/2080465433803813311#m