John Zipperer

News Briefs

Losing number

By John Zipperer

The San Francisco area has the worst roads in the entire country, according to “Bumpy Road Ahead,” a new report on roadways by TRIP, a transportation research group based in Wa... Read More
News Briefs

Winning number

By John Zipperer

An unidentified young employee of the Marina Safeway store won $1.9 million in the Mega Millions lottery in late October. When he learned about his good fortune, the bakery departm... Read More
News Briefs

Lyft, Uber dominate

By John Zipperer

So-called “transportation network companies” (TNCs) such as Lyft and Uber account for about 50 percent of the increase in San Francisco street congestion between 2010 and 2016,... Read More
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The crime beat

By John Zipperer

Burglaries were up in 2018, according to SFPD’s Northern Station. Year-to-date through Oct. 8, there were 638 burglaries, up from 537 for the same time in 2017. Robberies jumped ... Read More
News Briefs

Campus for Change applicants winnowed

By John Zipperer

In late September, the Presidio Trust announced its board of directors had chosen four of the nine proposals for its new Campus for Change to advance to the second round of the sel... Read More
Real Estate Reporter

Election selection

By John Zipperer

State voters will have a say on housing policy this November, as voters once again look at their long, multipage ballots and wonder what they did wrong to be confronted with this. ... Read More
News Briefs

October facts and figures

By John Zipperer

24.73: percent increase in burglaries year-to-date in 2018, according to Northern Station . . . 2100: the block on Lombard Street that was the scene of a shooting on Sept. 7; an em... Read More
News Briefs

Breed pushes housing

By John Zipperer

In September, Mayor London Breed took a number of housing-related actions, particularly regarding affordable units. Early in the month, on Sept. 6, she participated in the unveilin... Read More
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Lombard changes

By John Zipperer

The start of construction on Lombard shifted from September — as reported in last month’s News Briefs — to Oct. 1. According to San Francisco Public Works, the work on Lombar... Read More
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A time in crime

By John Zipperer

As the city continues to struggle with auto burglaries, Northern station reports there were 58 auto burglaries in one recent week in mid-September. Year-to-date, the Northside had ... Read More
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Francisco Park challenge grant

By John Zipperer

There’s big news for the effort to build a new park on the site of the old Francisco Reservoir on Russian Hill. The Francisco Park Conservancy, the group behind raising the money... Read More
Politics as Usual

The stakes in November

A look at the big people and props on the ballot
By John Zipperer

Political pundits are predicting a huge blue wave of Democratic voters in the midterm elections. But here in lefty San Francisco, waves of Democratic voters casting their ballots i... Read More
Real Estate Reporter

Get a piece of the rock

By John Zipperer

San Francisco’s housing market is so competitive . . . How competitive is it? Here’s the headline from a recent Business Insider article: “San Francisco’s housing market is... Read More
News Briefs

September facts and figures

By John Zipperer

$184,219: Annual salary (about $71,760) plus benefits (about $112,918) for employees of San Francisco’s project to clean up feces on city streets (the so-called “poop patrol”... Read More
News Briefs

Auto burglary arrests

By John Zipperer

If there’s one thing San Franciscans hate more than scooters or the word “Frisco,” it’s auto burglaries. San Francisco police had good news: Plainclothes officers made arre... Read More


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