Net Neutrality Symposium at USF...

But for those of you that this applies to (or those of you thinking about owning property in the future), consider this a bit of a PSA. Prop 13 will only let the government increase its valuation of your property for tax purposes by 2% -- but should you let them take even that much in a down market (understatement? perhaps; we'll leave that to the experts)? Point is, you might want to think about contesting your revaluation. ...

In today's "No Duh" study of the day, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority determined that-- are you sitting down for this?-- a rapid bus system and better public transportation options will increase ridership along Geary Street. The study also determined that puppies are cute, Brooke on "the Real World" is crazy, and the Giants need more offense. ...

-In a poll, local residents say their biggest pet peeve is traffic. -San Francisco school board wants to go small. ...

Well, friends. The end has officially arrived. "Arrested Development" producer Mitch Hurwitz announced yesterday that they would not be pursuing any offers to continue the series on another network. One could take that to mean that they weren't getting enough money, or not everyone needed to continue the show was willing to continue the show, or everyone thought it was better to go out with three seasons of brilliance than with untold seasons of......

Last night we went to a see a new play called 'Sleeper,' written by the lovely and talented Samantha Chanse and directed by Friend of SFist Oliver Saria. We've seen Sam and Oliver slay an audience doing stand-up, so it came as no surprise that the play came with a healthy dose of laughs. There's one more show tonight and tomorrow at eight at Bindlestiff Studio, 6th and Natoma. Finally, some actual summer weather,......

Is it just us, or is it just sort of hilarious that a two-bed one-bath condo on 18th Street is being offered at $737,000 and a single-family house in Pacific Heights is listed at $4.9 million? While we're not quite as sick as New York, we're not really much better either. So, on the real estate as entertainment tip, EssEffist has been reading Carol Lloyd's Surreal Estate for a couple of years now....