As San Francisco celebrated a 17 percent drop in auto break-ins in the first few months of 2018, it still had to deal with the other 83 percent of the auto crimes that have bedevil... Read More
If you want to start a heated argument with a neighbor, bring up SB 827. It’s a bill put forward by our state senator, Scott Wiener, which would push communities to increase the ... Read More
$2.5 million: amount proposed to be added to city efforts to clean streets and sidewalks of feces, litter and needles; it was defeated in the Board of Supervisors Budget and Financ... Read More
In the wake of the death of a woman who was hit by a self-driving Uber vehicle in Arizona, San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell held a meeting with city officials and representatives f... Read More
In early February, the San Francisco Land Use Committee invited comments from local business leaders on the state of retail businesses in the city. The Union Street Association rep... Read More
Mayor Mark Farrell drew upon the Small Business Disaster Relief Fund in late March to help seven businesses that were affected by a four-alarm fire in North Beach. The fund allows ... Read More
Everyone is complaining about crime in San Francisco, so if you’re one of the people who wears a uniform dedicating you to doing something about that crime, there is a special we... Read More
IS AN OFF-MARKET DEAL RIGHT FOR YOU? We’ve all heard the stories from recent years about homes selling within days or even hours of going on the market. That might sound like a s... Read More
Will the shooting deaths of 17 students at a Florida high school ever result in changes in American gun policy? That was the question I was asked by a KFOG radio host in late Febru... Read More
153/96/41: the number of downtown San Francisco city blocks surveyed by NBC Bay Area, followed by the number of those blocks that were “sullied with piles of feces,” followed b... Read More
State Senator Scott Wiener is pushing Senate Bill 827, which would give density bonuses to new housing developments located within a half-mile of transit hubs, such as BART, Muni, ... Read More
On Feb. 13, new District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani introduced the Free Speech Protection Act, which if passed by the full Board of Supervisors would ban firearms at public par... Read More
The city is beginning to get tough on the quality of life problems that have been plaguing many parts of the city, where homeless individuals have obstructed sidewalks, relieved th... Read More
San Francisco’s new regime of enforced registration of vacation or short-term rentals has resulted in a significant drop in the number of listings on major short-term rental site... Read More
On Jan. 30, District 2 got a new supervisor when Mayor Mark Farrell selected Cow Hollow resident Catherine Stefani to replace him. Insiders quickly praised the decision as savvy; s... Read More