Babies and more new stuff

UNION STREET UPDATE Our friends at The Dryansky Gallery (2120 Union Street) are welcoming a new baby this fall, so the gallery is open by appointment only for the remainder of the ... Read More

At Home, Caring For Our Kids

Teaching our children gratitude

By Liz Farrell

As we embark on the Thanksgiving season when we can spend time with family and friends, it’s important to take a moment not to just eat turkey and mashed potatoes, but to be trul... Read More

Real Estate Today

TICs are different. The question is, how different?

By Carole Isaacs

San francisco buyers are smart. Successful buyers are not only smart but are willing to take a financial risk to buy a home that feels outrageously expensive. Most buyers ask, “A... Read More

Real Estate

Home improvement value and preparing to sell

By Stephanie Saunders Ahlberg

Real estate agents are often asked by homeowners what, if anything, they should do to improve their home’s value prior to putting it on the market. It is smart to consult with ... Read More

Real Estate

Still strong, but …

San Francisco still grappling with production, pricing

By John Zipperer

BUBBLE, BUBBLE … Now’s the time to buy that condo you have always wanted — in Chicago. Housing in that large city is undervalued, according to the UBS Global Real Estate Bubb... Read More

Appetites and Afterthoughts

My Father’s Pot Roast

He may have been cranky, but he sure knew how to make pot roast

By Ernest Beyl

My father was a retired San Francisco chef. When he was 90, we moved him into our large apartment on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco from his home in Oakland, where he had lived wi... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Whose units? Our units. Protecting the city’s housing assets

By Aaron Peskin

I put Proposition C, the Affordable Housing Preservation Bond, on this November’s ballot because creating new housing isn’t enough. San Francisco has allowed thousands of exist... Read More

North Beach Journal

Bartenders, a photographer, an author, a rabbi, and Sicilian sausage

By Ernest Beyl

Some of my sketches columns almost write themselves, like this one. All I need to do is walk around the old neighborhood and keep my eyes open. Recently, I did some walking around ... Read More

Supervisor's Report

Stopping the dark money game

Progressive campaigns bankrolled by taxpayer-funded affordable housing scam

By Supervisor Mark E. Farrell

A recent article from the san Francisco Chronicle brought to light a local “affordable housing” developer who has been donating hundreds of thousands of dollars of dark money t... Read More

News Briefs

Correction

By John Zipperer

In Real Estate Roundup, “Market Report,” October 2016, homes were described as selling for “106.6 percent above asking.” It should have read “106.6 of asking.” ... Read More

News Briefs

Farrell fine slashed

By John Zipperer

At its Oct. 17 meeting, the San Francisco Ethics Commission voted 3–2 to reduce its fine for Supervisor Mark Farrell’s 2010 campaign over allegations of campaign finance violat... Read More

News Briefs

$11 Million from feds for anti-congestion projects

By John Zipperer

In mid-October, Mayor Ed Lee welcomed an award of $11 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help the city try to deal with traffic congestion. The funding will supp... Read More

News Briefs

Fight over political money

By John Zipperer

District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell called for a federal investigation into a local nonprofit housing group’s political contributions. The Todco nonprofit housing group, active in... Read More

News Briefs

Polk, Van Ness construction underway

By John Zipperer

The city has two major road reconstruction projects underway simultaneously, presenting some commute challenges for locals and visitors. At the end of October, the San Francisco Mu... Read More

News Briefs

Real Foods loses lease battle, closes store on Fillmore

By John Zipperer

Despite pulling out the stops to fight the closure of its Fillmore Street location, the Real Food Company announced that it was closing that store for good (see News Briefs, Oct. 2... Read More

Issue November 2016