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Oakland tenants receive $1 million settlement

A judge has approved a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit filed on behalf of tenants of a single room…

6 years ago

San Francisco closes in on electric scooter rules

San Francisco officials approved legislation on Tuesday to regulate the dockless electric scooters that began appearing on city streets last…

6 years ago

Oakland to responds to DOJ letter on sanctuary policy

The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a letter to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf seeking information about her city's sanctuary…

6 years ago

Oakland sues landlord for illegal rent increase

Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker said Tuesday that she and Centro Legal de la Raza have filed suit against a…

6 years ago

SF city attorney sues to close gambling den

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera sued the owners of an alleged gambling establishment in the Outer Mission District Monday,…

6 years ago

Deal wipes away waterfront height limit stalemate

San Francisco reached a settlement with a California state commission to settle a yearslong dispute over how development projects on…

6 years ago

They crammed veterans into unsafe housing. It cost them $2 million.

A $2 million settlement has been reached between the San Francisco City Attorney's Office and two landlords accused of cramming…

6 years ago

SF sues California over ride-hailing rules

The city of San Francisco sued the state of California Thursday over new restrictions by the state on how cities…

6 years ago

City Hall drama shuffles Mark Farrell into mayor’s spot

San Francisco Supervisors voted to appoint Mark Farrell mayor after a heated, racially charged debate.

6 years ago

Eight candidates file for SF mayor

A total of eight candidates people filed papers to run for San Francisco's June 5 mayoral election by Tuesday's 5…

6 years ago

London Breed declares for mayor’s race

Acting Mayor London Breed Friday declared her intention to run in a special election scheduled for June.

6 years ago

Safe injection site shows promise, tradeoffs

The push for safe injecting spaces comes in response to a growing and highly visible drug crisis.

6 years ago

SF native London Breed rises to helm her hometown

London Breed assumes the powers, responsibilities and duties as the first black female mayor of San Francisco.

6 years ago

Oakland, union head to mediation Monday

Negotiators for the city of Oakland and the larger of two striking unions have agreed to try to settle the…

6 years ago

Union sues Oakland over temp workers

A union that represents several thousand city of Oakland employees filed a lawsuit Tuesday that accuses city leaders of violating…

6 years ago

Feds warn Bay Area sanctuary communities

The cities of San Francisco, Berkeley, Fremont and Watsonville and Contra Costa, Monterey, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties received sanctuary…

6 years ago

SF massage parlors face unhappy ending

The City Attorney's Office announced a settlement shutting down a brothel posing as a massage parlor in San Francisco's Financial…

7 years ago

Police broke her ankle in 2016. She just settled for $6.7 million.

The City of Santa Clara has settled a lawsuit alleging that its police department entered a home without a warrant…

7 years ago

SF sues Equifax over massive data breach

San Francisco is suing credit monitoring company Equifax after the company announced earlier this month that its website was breached.

7 years ago

Court blocks San Francisco soda warnings

A federal appeals court blocked a San Francisco law that required advertisements for sodas and other sugary drinks to carry…

7 years ago

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