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

News Briefs

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

News Briefs

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

News Briefs

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

News Briefs

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

News Briefs

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

A & E

The Art of Eyvind Earle at the Walt Disney Family Museum

By Sharon Anderson

From May 18 through Jan. 8, 2018, the Walt Disney Family Museum presents Awakening Beauty: The Art of Eyvind Earle. Best known as the lead stylist for Walt Disney’s class... Read More

Reynolds Rap

Living in la-la land

San Francisco keeps spending while pension disaster looms

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Last month, the San Francisco school board voted unanimously to offer Vincent Matthews a three-year contract paying $310,000 per year, $60,000 more than the $250,000 he made at his... Read More

Bellingham by the Bay

The fast and the spurious

By

It slays me when people say “happy” memorial Day as we approach this country’s most solemn holiday. Believe it or not, I heard a news anchor on MSNBC gush, “... Read More

Real Estate Investor

Real estate culture

If the city gets less weird, does it matter?

By John Zipperer

Michelle recently moved back into the city after spending years elsewhere in the Bay Area. The one thing she immediately noticed was the people at the bus stop and in the cafe wher... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Budgets, Trump’s budget and its impact on San Francisco

By Supervisor Mark E. Farrell

Government budgets are moral documents. They are a true reflection of a government’s priorities and values. Budgets detail exactly how government is choosing to spend to addr... Read More

Supervisor's Report

A public safety investment that rocks — before we get rocked

By Aaron Peskin

Last month we celebrated the 111th anniversary of the Great Earthquake and Fire. Per tradition, city and community leaders gathered at Lotta’s Fountain on Market Street (one ... Read More

Issue May 2017