News Briefs

News Briefs

Approaching soft story deadline

By John Zipperer

The Department of Building Inspection (DBI) issued a reminder in August about the impending deadline for building owners to apply for permits to retrofit their soft-story buildings... Read More
News Briefs

Facts and figures

By John Zipperer

99: San Francisco’s rank among the most “stressed cities in America” list compiled by WalletHub … Mid- to late 1990s: The era when retailers that didn’t “rush to develo... Read More
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Picnics nab EPA Award for Presidio

By John Zipperer

The Presidio Trust was one of five organizations to receive the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2017 Federal Green Challenge Education and Outreach Award for the Pacific Northw... Read More
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Taxing vacancies

By John Zipperer

In 2014, SPUR released a study estimating that there were more than 30,000 housing units that were vacant in San Francisco, out of 376,899 total housing units. There were many diff... Read More
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Street Tree SF

By John Zipperer

San Francisco residents no longer have to take responsibility for the upkeep of street trees in front of their homes. The city now puts aside $19 million a year for upkeep of the t... Read More
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What will they do with the dummy?

By John Zipperer

A man was robbed by two suspects, who fled with the man’s ventriloquist dummy, reports SFGate. The July 21 crime took place in the Polk Gulch neighborhood, when the 20-year-old v... Read More
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City Attorney pressures Uber, Lyft

By John Zipperer

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera sought court orders to force Lyft, Uber, and two of Uber’s subsidiaries to comply with subpoenas issued in early June as part of Herrer... Read More
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Presidio Theatre to get makeover

It looks like the Northside is going to get one more performance space. This summer the Presidio Theatre, located on the Main Post, will begin a two-year rehabilitation that will ... Read More
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City budget protects against Washington uncertainty

Tackling the city’s homeless crisis will get an annual $30 million boost in Mayor Ed Lee’s proposed $10 billion budgets for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. That combined ... Read More
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Ting boosts homeless housing

A bill designed to help San Francisco build shelters and transitional housing for the homeless sailed through the California Assembly on a 67–0 vote at the end of May and headed ... Read More
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Facts and figures

Nearly one in four: Number of San Francisco and Marin residents who face the threat of hunger, according to the San Francisco Marin Food Bank … 68,000: Square footage in the Chro... Read More
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Chariot Parking

One day in May, when a Marina Times reader pulled up to drop her children off at school on Green Street between Steiner and Pierce, she could tell there had just been an accident. ... Read More
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Short-Term Rental Truce

In May, homeshare companies Airbnb and HomeAway settled their lawsuit against San Francisco over a 2015 law that restricted the amount of time people could rent their residential s... Read More
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Fixing The Streets

Mayor Ed Lee is committing almost $90 million to addressing residents’ complaints about bad roads, announcing in May a two-year investment for street resurfacing projects. &#... Read More
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To Your Health

The Travel Channel lists San Francisco as the fourth healthiest city in America, based on the American Fitness Index. Forbes only saw fit to make San Francisco the sixth healthiest... Read More


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