Board of Supervisors

Gordon Mar seizes Election Night lead in Sunset

San Francisco District 4 candidate Gordon Mar leads Tuesday night against candidate Jessica Ho.

5 years ago

Matt Haney wins District 6 over Johnson, Trauss

District 6 Supervisor hopeful Matt Haney has pulled into an early lead Tuesday night.

5 years ago

Gavin Newsom rises to governor, Feinstein holds seat

Former San Francisco Mayor and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has won the race to be California's new governor.

5 years ago

Measure W heads for passage, raising hotel, short-term rental taxes in West Marin

West Marin County voters appear to have passed Measure W, a 4 percent increase in the transient occupancy tax.

5 years ago

SF increases capacity in advance of conservatorship law

Humming Bird Place in San Francisco will add 14 beds at its facility which treats homeless people with severe mental…

6 years ago

Video, audio surveillance helps fight crime on Muni

Crime on Muni is seeing a downward trend thanks to an increase police presence on buses and trains and surveillance…

6 years ago

San Francisco freezes funding for Salesforce Transit Center

San Francisco is suspending $9.7 million in funding for the second phase of the Salesforce Transit Center.

6 years ago

Cannabis committee to oversee San Francisco pot business

San Francisco Supervisors Tuesday voted unanimously to create a committee to oversee The City's growing cannabis industry.

6 years ago

Sonoma Co. approves zoning for more housing units

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors made changes to the county's zoning code Tuesday that expand opportunities for affordable workforce…

6 years ago

Hearing explores stiffer safety requirements for city contractors

Supervisor Norman Yee is calling for city departments to do a better job when it comes vetting contractors' safety records…

6 years ago

Electric scooters power back onto San Francisco streets

Powered scooters are back on San Francisco streets after a more than three-month hiatus.

6 years ago

BART sinks $982,000 into cleaning Mission Street plazas

BART is quadrupling its efforts to power wash the plazas at its 16th and 24th Street Mission stations.

6 years ago

SF redirects surplus medications to public health clinics

Medications from patients no longer using them will soon be able to go to low-income clinic patients in San Francisco.

6 years ago

Santa Clara Co. board approves encampment lease

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors agreed to a 6-month pilot program Tuesday for the Hope Village homeless encampment,…

6 years ago

Chinatown public housing reborn under nonprofit

Residents, community members and city officials celebrated the reopening of 92 units of public housing Thursday.

6 years ago

Urban Shield returns to Alameda Co. fairgrounds

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is hosting its last "Urban Shield" first-responder training exercise in its current format this weekend.

6 years ago

SF eliminates $32 million in criminal court fees

San Francisco has eliminated $32 million in outstanding local court fees owed by individuals who left the criminal justice system.

6 years ago

Twin Peaks Tunnel worker death prompts call for hearing

San Francisco Supervisor Norman Yee will call for a hearing when the Board of Supervisors returns from its summer recess…

6 years ago

Sonoma Co. to consolidate fire agencies

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved a fire deployment plan Tuesday that proposes consolidating the 39 fire agencies in…

6 years ago

Breed signs $11-billion, 2-year SF city budget

San Francisco Mayor London Breed signed her first two-year budget on Wednesday which will focus on spending millions on combating…

6 years ago

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