This Month In Trump-And-San-Francisco

While numerous press outlets report that White House staff members have begun sending out their resumes in hopes of leaving the under-siege administration, at least one person is i... Read More

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April Power Outage Stokes Vulnerability Fears

Nearly 90,000 customers lost power for much of the day on April 21 after a fire in a PG&E substation. The affected customers were all on the Northside of the city, from the Fin... Read More

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Seven Decades Of San Francisco Senior Center

Congratulations to Fisherman’s Wharf-based San Francisco Senior Center, which this month will celebrate 70 years of existence. Founded in 1947, SFSC is the oldest nonprofit s... Read More

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National Parks, National Bucks

With the country’s national parks services on the potential chopping block in Washington, expect to see many defensive reports on the services’ benefits to the economy.... Read More

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50 Percent Green By 2020?

In late April, San Francisco committed to a goal of getting 50 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by the year 2020. The commitment, if fulfilled, would mean that the... Read More

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Eviction Protection

Citing an NBC Bay Area investigation that claimed that 25 percent of evicted tenants had been wrongfully evicted, District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell introduced legislation in April... Read More

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Time For A City Bank?

Supervisors Malia Cohen and Sandra Fewer are promoting a task force to look into the creation of a city-owned bank. Supporters of the idea see it as a way to help undocumented immi... Read More

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Mark Leno, Angela Alioto In Mayoral Talk

The race to succeed Ed Lee as San Francisco’s mayor is already heating up, two years before the 2019 election. One of the frontrunners is Mark Leno, who served as a superviso... Read More

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City Labor Bill

Under a proposed policy, any contractor hired for a public works project in San Francisco costing at least $1 million would have to adhere to a new set of rules regarding hiring an... Read More

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City College, Fort Mason Clash Over Arts Programs

The arts classes offered by City College at Fort Mason could be endangered, due to disagreement between City College and its landlords at Fort Mason. The college is facing the loss... Read More

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Northside Crime Update

The number of robberies jumped in February in a month-to-month tally provided by the police department’s Northern Station. In the northern district, robberies rose by 30 perc... Read More

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City Adjusts Financial Plan

Citing uncertainty caused by threats to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities such as San Francisco, Mayor Ed Lee announced updates to the city’s five-year financial plan. ... Read More

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Is Lombard Ready For The Big Time?

Developing housing in San Francisco isn’t easy — for the developer or the neighbors. Case in point: Neighbors around a new Russian Hill development have met with the projec... Read More

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Dog Rule On Hold

The National Park Service put a hold on new rules limiting the presence of dogs in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. NPS said the move came in response to congressional req... Read More

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Crooked Street Toll Coming

Following the release of a report by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell announced his support for charging motorists a toll for d... Read More

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