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After 10 hours of meeting and public comment, SF supervisors approve Tenderloin emergency
A majority of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted after midnight early Friday morning at a special meeting to allow Mayor London Breed to tackle open-air drug dealing...Read More
‘Entrenched web of corruption’ for building permits, inspections prompts suite of reforms
A wave of fraud in the Department of Building Inspection will bring a suite of reforms before #SanFrancisco voters in 2022.Read More
Supervisors prioritize SF businesses with permanent Shared Spaces program
Restaurants and businesses in San Francisco with shared space parklets that emerged in response to Covid-19 health orders will be able to keep their outdoor spots post-pandemic. The Board...Read More
City celebrates new 100 percent affordable housing complex in the Mission
San Francisco city officials on Thursday celebrated the grand opening of a $60.4 million new seven-story apartment complex in the Mission District, set to provide 100 percent affordable housing....Read More
Supervisor proposes first-year fee waivers for new small businesses
Supervisor Hillary Ronen is trying to ease the financial burden of opening a small business in San Francisco. She has proposed a pilot program called First Year Free, which...Read More
San Francisco adopts $5 hazard pay ordinance for grocery, drug store workers
By unanimous vote Tuesday, San Francisco supervisors ensured many grocery and drug, or pharmacy, store workers will soon see a $5 per hour bump for hazard pay. Those employees...Read More
Supe pushes to temporarily pause graffiti citations on property owners
A member of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors plans at Tuesday’s meeting to introduce legislation that would temporarily suspend citations to businesses and property owners for graffiti on their...Read More
Supervisors unanimously confirm Carmen Chu to city administer post
San Francisco supervisors unanimously Tuesday confirmed Mayor London Breed’s appointment of Assessor Carmen Chu to serve as the city administrator. The Board of Supervisors lavished praise on Chu for...Read More
Supervisors select Walton to lead, unite board through tough times ahead
"He is someone that leads with integrity...regardless of the politics and the surrounding circumstances."Read More
Rules Committee advance Breed’s SFMTA board nominations for full vote
Both of Mayor London Breed’s nominations to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors are progressing to full vote at the Board of Supervisors. Those present at...Read More
State reverses course, allows outdoor playgrounds to reopen under stay-at-home order
California public health officials have backtracked on a decision to close outdoor playgrounds under the state’s stay-at-home order announced Thursday. Parents, state and local officials asked Gov. Gavin Newsom...Read More
Ranked-choice lifts Marjan Philhour to razor-thin District 1 lead
Four incumbent San Francisco supervisors appeared to have secured their spots on the Board of Supervisors.Read More
San Francisco prepares for unprecedented November election
Amid a lingering pandemic and fears over mail service, this election season is like no other. San Francisco officials have scrambled to adapt Nov. 3 plans to meet the...Read More
Supes reject one of two Breed appointees for SFMTA board
San Francisco supervisors are finally adding a new member to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Board of Directors, but supervisors approved only one of two of Mayor London...Read More
Haney’s proposed ballot measure for new sanitation department moves to full board vote
Supervisor Matt Haney has been pushing for a November ballot measure that if passed would establish a new department and commission tasked with cleaning up San Francisco’s streets. The...Read More
City opens third ‘Safe Sleeping Village’ at Everett Middle School
San Francisco opened its third Safe Sleeping Village inside the playground area of Everett Middle School, city officials confirmed with SFBay on Monday. The sites are part of a...Read More
Breed lifts San Francisco curfew beginning Thursday morning
San Francisco Mayor London Breed in a tweet Wednesday said she will lift The City’s curfew as of Thursday morning at 5 a.m. The curfew was ordered by the...Read More
Supes send message to transit agency board by ousting director
Supervisors say they are sending a message to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Board of Directors by ousting Director Cristina Rubke. The board voted 6-5 Tuesday against Rubke’s...Read More
Bay Area leaders call on state to better help undocumented residents
A group of more than 140 Bay Area elected leaders and immigration advocates called for state action Monday to include undocumented residents in the state’s social safety net programs...Read More
Supes’ unanimous vote pushes city for 8,000 hotel rooms, prioritizes homeless
San Francisco has less than two weeks to find thousands of additional hotel rooms to shelter the homeless and frontline city workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision was...Read More