I heard from a lot of readers about last month’s Reynolds Rap (“The me-me-me millionaires”), mostly positive (the folks at Salesforce) and some surprisingly negative (tech fo... Read More
I split my time between the Silicon Valley and San Francisco. It’s a great arrangement: Just when I’m getting tired of too many places to park, squeaky clean streets, a... Read More
In April 2014, I received a call from someone inside the San Francisco Police Department. “You should look into the shooting of that dog at the projects,” he said. R... Read More
In next month’s race for the District 3 supervisor’s seat, voters have two extremely capable and passionate candidates to choose from. Both have their pluses and minuse... Read More
PROPOSED AIRBNB LAW District 3 Supervisor David Chiu has presented his plan for dealing with renters using Airbnb to short-term lease their apartments at rates their landlords can&... Read More
People who didn’t grow up in the San Francisco Bay Area or didn’t follow the region’s politics may not remember the story of Jim Jones except for the horrors of Nov. 18, 197... Read More
A new poll released by the Mark Farrell for Mayor campaign shows Farrell having the most first-choice votes among major candidates, and that after allocating votes to simulate the... Read More
“Peskin used a lot of my plans that I couldn’t get approved and got them approved … So how does the project they opposed become a single-family home? I’m no fan of Aaron�... Read More
“Homelessness is not designed to be solved. It is designed to be perpetuated. It is to treat the problem, not solve it.”— Former mayor Willie Brown in the CNN documentary �... Read More
“Public safety and homelessness are the two issues I’ve heard the most about and spent the most time on as a supervisor, and without a doubt they will remain two areas of ... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO RACES Superior Court Judges Seat 1: Albert “Chip” Zecher (Challenger) Seat 13: Jean Myungjin Roland (Challenger) Despite what the incumbents se... Read More
When Garret Doty, a transient from Louisiana, was caught on security footage methodically grabbing two metal pipes, putting them together, taking practice swings, then chasing for... Read More
On the March 2024 election ballots, San Francisco residents will be asked to vote for Proposition D to change city ethics laws and expand the restrictions on gifts to city officia... Read More
It may not come as a surprise, but several of the 2023 nominees for my second annual Hypocrite Hill Awards made the list in 2022. This year’s runner-up, however, isn’t an indi... Read More
On Dec. 17, 2014, the late Mayor Ed Lee and Lennar Urban broke ground on Pacific Pointe at the Shipyard, 60 permanently affordable family homes in Bayview-Hunters Point shipyard. ... Read More