Presidio Trust, GGNRA named Green Challenge winners

By saving resources and reducing spending, the Presidio Trust and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area were named among the winners of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency�... Read More

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June facts and figures

By John Zipperer

78: percentage of Americans who report being “extremely” or “somewhat” concerned about not having enough money for retirement, according to a study by Northwestern Mutual .... Read More

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Addressing street needs

By John Zipperer

Mayor Mark Farrell has put some money into the effort to clean up San Francisco’s streets, especially its downtown areas. Media coverage of the amount of human waste, discarded n... Read More

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That’s the last straw

By John Zipperer

A lot of attention has been focused lately on the need to clean up downtown city streets, which are laden with drug paraphernalia and human waste. Looking at a different sort of cl... Read More

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More officers

By John Zipperer

In mid-May, the city announced it would spend $34.2 million in public safety measures, including the addition of 250 new police officers. The increase will take place over the next... Read More

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Jest Jewel honored

By John Zipperer

Fashion and fine jewelry store Jest Jewels was named as District 2’s honoree for Small Business Week in San Francisco. “Jest Jewels is more than just a store,” District 2 Sup... Read More

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May facts and figures

By John Zipperer

10 millimeters: the amount San Francisco is sinking into the ground each year . . . 884,363: San Francisco population as of July 2017, according to latest Census Bureau estimates .... Read More

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Scooters scattered

By John Zipperer

San Francisco sent cease-and-desist letters to three companies renting electric scooters the city complains have left sidewalks and transit stops blocked when users drop off the de... Read More

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Teamwork nabs auto burglars

By John Zipperer

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

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April facts and figures

By John Zipperer

$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

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Farrell meets self-driving auto reps

By John Zipperer

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

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Retail challenges

By John Zipperer

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

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Disaster relief for fire-affected businesses

By John Zipperer

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

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March facts and figures

By John Zipperer

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

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Wiener pushes housing increase near transit

By John Zipperer

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

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