Construction Parking Law

Responding to residents’ complaints about loss of parking due to construction, in September the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation introduced by District 2 S... Read More

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Tenant Protections

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed legislation in September that would make it more difficult to evict “problem tenants.” In a city where it is already n... Read More

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The Royal Treatment

San Francisco was in the news recently for two bits of forehead-slapping news that demonstrated how science fictional the city’s housing market has become. First came KPIX... Read More

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Mission Moratorium Debunked By Controller

In June, Supervisors Mark Farrell and Scott Wiener called for the city’s Office of Economic Analysis to study the effects of a proposed temporary moratorium on market-rate ho... Read More

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City Touts Service Delivery

San Francisco’s government is doing better at delivering services to its residents, according to the Office of the Controller. In the Controller’s Aug. 20 report for th... Read More

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Crime Wave

Northern District Captain Greg McEachern urged residents to take efforts to avoid becoming a victim of crime during a rise in crime rates in the city. The statistics for violent cr... Read More

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Farrell Seeks Parks Funding

District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell announced in August his intention to seek voter approval of a sustainable revenue source for San Francisco’s parks and open spaces. The par... Read More

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Northside Crimes: Tourist Shot, Custody Death

An early afternoon robbery of a Thai tourist near famous crooked Lombard Street resulted in a non-fatal gunshot wound to the tourist and a police chase across the Bay Bridge before... Read More

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Mel Murphy Out

Mel Murphy resigned as San Francisco Port Commissioner amidst allegations of illegal real estate conversions. Murphy, who had been appointed by Mayor Ed Lee, is also a real estate ... Read More

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Stem Cell Move

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state’s agency for funding stem cell projects, is abandoning San Francisco and moving to more affordable digs across t... Read More

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Lawsuit In The Mission

The housing development in the Mission District that helped spark a backlash against new projects in that neighborhood has become mired in a nasty lawsuit filed by the developer ag... Read More

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Help For Student Housing

Supervisor Scott Wiener has called for the city to encourage more housing for San Francisco’s 82,000 college students. The District 8 supervisor says “providing housing... Read More

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Additional Housing Vouchers For Homeless Vets

San Francisco got an assist from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in its efforts to provide housing to more homeless veterans. In mid-August, Mayor Ed Lee... Read More

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Density Bonus To Be Considered For Developers

This fall, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is expected to debate a proposal from the city’s Planning Department that would relax certain restrictions on housing de... Read More

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More Muni Money

At the end of June, San Francisco welcomed $41 million in funding from the state for the city’s Muni system. The money comes from California’s Transit and Intercity Rai... Read More

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