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Breed’s budget proposal tackles safety, housing, pandemic recovery
Mayor London Breed outlined some pretty clear priorities in her two-year budget proposal: public safety, homelessness and pandemic recovery.Read More
SF economy shows recovery signs, but still lags behind comparable cities
Despite a lag behind comparable cities, San Francisco is showing signs of a strong economic recovery in some key sectors.Read More
Task force limits reparations by direct lineage to enslaved ancestors
The state's reparations task force voted 5-4 to limit eligibility to Black Californians who can prove direct lineage to enslaved ancestors.Read More
Richmond, San Jose selected for federal clean economy program
Richmond and San Jose have been selected to receive federal Communities LEAP funding to help the cities transition to clean economy.Read More
‘Bloom SF’ events aim to draw downtown workers back to offices
After two years of nearly empty streets, workers are slowly trickling back to San Francisco’s downtown offices, and the “Bloom SF” initiative will soon launch to welcome them back. ...Read More
Sonoma cannabis growers gain tax reprieve amid ‘freefall’ in legal pot market
Sonoma County Supervisors unanimously approved a cannabis cultivation tax reprieve on Tuesday after multiple growers reported financial hardships. Read More
EDD ‘clawback’ pursues unemployed for repayment of pandemic benefits
California is asking some 1.4 million unemployment recipients to prove their eligibility months after receiving aid as part of a fraud recovery campaign.Read More
Port of Oakland basin project would speed processing for larger ships
The public can now comment on a study of the Port of Oakland seeking to enlarge turning basins as to accommodate larger ships.Read More
California migrations plummet 38 percent as state population growth slows
Far fewer people are moving to California from other states, while a growing number of residents opted to leave the state during the pandemic, according to new research.Read More
Gas prices stabilize in Bay Area, rise slightly statewide
While prices at the pump stabilized nationwide and in the Bay Area in the past week, statewide the figures continued to inch upward. According to figures shared Monday by...Read More
Supes approve guaranteed income pilot for 160 households in need
South San Francisco’s guaranteed income pilot program is set to receive an additional $100,000 in funds, thanks to a grant the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved on...Read More
Study finds nearly 26 percent of Californians are ‘functionally unemployed’
California’s official unemployment rate is 7.5 percent. But a newer method of measuring unemployment reveals a far larger portion of the state is struggling to find full-time employment that...Read More
Supervisor calls on White House to aid small butchers, stop alleged ‘price fixing’
The soaring price of meat is hitting Bay Area residents square in their pocketbooks, and a San Mateo County supervisor Saturday asked the president to help small local butchers...Read More
Dentists descend on city for Moscone Center conference comeback
San Francisco officials welcomed dental professionals back en masse for the first Moscone Center conference since the pandemic shut down events large and small in March 2020. The California...Read More
City opens second rental assistance center for tenants, landlords impacted by pandemic
Less than a month after opening its first center at City Hall to help tenants and landlords most affected by the Covid pandemic, the city has opened a second...Read More
Breed signs off on $26 billion two-year budget
Supervisor Matt Haney...said the work was nothing compared to sacrifices made by residents over the past year.Read More
San Francisco’s new safety plan adds more officers to popular tourist areas
San Francisco leaders joined forces in Chinatown Monday to announce a plans to protect people in highly visited tourist areas by deploying additional police officers. Mayor London Breed and...Read More
Famous fireworks show kicks off comeback along San Francisco waterfront
After more than a year of canceled events, San Francisco’s iconic waterfront is poised to make a comeback over the next few months. Sunday will kick things off as...Read More