Real Foods in Real Trouble

For 19 years, the Real Food Company has operated its natural foods store at the corner of Fillmore and Filbert streets, but that could be coming to an end soon. The company’s own... Read More

Real Estate Investor

Governor’s big swing and a miss

Brown lost bid to fast track affordable housing development — what’s next?

By John Zipperer

Critics were quick to poke fun at California Gov. Jerry Brown this August when it was announced that he sold his home in Oakland in the midst of one of the greatest real estate run... Read More

Real Estate

That sinking feeling

By John Zipperer

MILLENNIUM TOWER LAWSUIT You knew Millennium Tower residents would end up in court before they ended up in the landfill. A group calling itself the Millennium Towers Litigation Gro... Read More

News Briefs

Tunnel Vision

By John Zipperer

A new website is seeking San Francisco residents’ input on the future of our subway plan. Called Subway Vision, the site (connectsf.org/components/subway-vision) includes a m... Read More

News Briefs

Crime Update

By John Zipperer

Crimes in San Francisco continued to drop across most categories between May and April of this year. In the Northern District, all categories of violent crime dropped during that p... Read More

News Briefs

Mayoral Recall

By John Zipperer

The mayors of Oakland and San Francisco have been confronted with recall efforts this year, and in the case of San Francisco, “confronted” is an appropriate word. At a ... Read More

News Briefs

New Future for Bridge Motel?

By John Zipperer

The Bridge Motel is not one of San Francisco’s hottest properties. Long known for crime, drugs, and other issues, it has been the problem child of city residential real estat... Read More

News Briefs

SFMAP Rejected for Palace of Fine Arts

By John Zipperer

The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department has rejected plans by the San Francisco Museum At The Palace (SFMAP) Consortium. According to the Marina Community Association, the... Read More

News Briefs

We’ve Got Budget

By John Zipperer

In early August, Mayor Ed Lee signed the budgets for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 fiscal years. The balanced budgets came in at $9.6 billion and $9.7 billion respectively, meaning that ... Read More

Real Estate

Progress made on housing

By John Zipperer

INTEREST RATES Whether driven by public policy in Washington or by uncontrollable foreign actions (see “Quote Unquote” below), interest rates have been falling steadily... Read More

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New Future for San Francisco Reservoir

By John Zipperer

Russian Hill’s Francisco Reservoir will finally have a new life as a city park, following a go-ahead from the Board of Supervisors in July. The board supported Supervisor Mar... Read More

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Everyone Loves Their In-Law Units

By John Zipperer

Two Northside supervisors often on the opposite sides of issues managed to find consensus on the matter of accessory dwelling units, commonly called “in-law units.” Dis... Read More

News Briefs

Tech Workers on the Move

By John Zipperer

Nearly 70 percent of tech workers don’t think it’s important to be in Silicon Valley, and fewer than half of Millennials consider it important to work in Silicon Valley... Read More

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Crime Continues to Decline

By John Zipperer

Most categories of criminal activity citywide and in the Northern District have recorded declines between April and May of this year. According to Northern Station Captain John Jai... Read More

News Briefs

Apothecarium

By John Zipperer

Medical marijuana store The Apothecarium, after a lengthy public approval process, has received its permits and will begin construction soon at its new location at 2414 Lombard Str... Read More

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