SF News Is Mayor Peskin Next? Even though he won last night, lots of people are saying that Ed Lee symbolically lost. And it's certainly the case that despite low voter turnout, Tuesday's election showed that a large swath
SF News 2015 Election Wrap-up: Peskin In, Mirkarimi Out, Props F And I Go Down Congratulations to my new colleague @AaronPeskin! https://t.co/vihBWT3lNF— Jane Kim (@SupeJaneKim) November 4, 2015 Last night was a rollercoaster for political wonks and hardcore progressives in San Francisco, and for everyone
SF News New Law Will Allow Courts To Compel Treatment Of Mentally Ill San Franciscans Thirteen years after passage at the state level, a law allowing for the compelled treatment of certain mentally ill individuals will take effect in San Francisco next Monday. Implementation of Laura's Law, as
SF News Bill O'Reilly Wants To Send Supervisor Malia Cohen To Jail On last night's The O'Reilly Factor, the eponymous host lashed out at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for voting to kill a proposed ordinance that would have impacted the city's status as
SF News San Francisco Supes Celebrate Closure Of City's Last Gun Shop As the clock ticks down on San Francisco's last gun shop, there's at least one group vocally applauding the business' closure: Members of the SF Board of Supervisors. Of course, you already know
SF News Supervisor Wiener Goes After Serial Code Violators Like (Ahem) Academy of Art Supervisor Scott Wiener yesterday announced his intention to propose new legislation making it easier for the city to go after "serial code violators," specifically mentioning The Academy of Art University as a potential
SF News SF's Sanctuary City Status Safe In Unanimous Vote, Rebuffing Conservative Media “We cannot allow one event to dictate 25 years of our city’s policies toward undocumented immigrants," Supervisor Malia Cohen told a cheering crowd of 250 mostly Latino supporters yesterday. This was in
SF News Supervisors Debating Affordable Housing Density Bonuses Today As discussed last month, the Board of Supervisors today is debating an affordable housing density-bonus program, endorsed by the mayor and drafted by Planning. The deal for developers, as anticipated: Receive two extra
SF News With Surprise Veto, Mayor Puts Brakes On Rolling 'Idaho Stop' For Cyclists It looked like recently proposed 'Idaho Stop' legislation was in the clear last week as a majority of the Board of Supervisors backed the legislation making ticketing cyclists who safely rolled through stop
SF News It's Official: As Of October, There Will Be No Gun Shops In San Francisco Though legislation from Supervisor Mark Farrell proposing that all gun sales in San Francisco be videotaped has yet to pass, San Francisco's last remaining gun shop isn't waiting to see how things turns
SF News Adding Roommates Made Easier, Evictions Made Harder After Board Of Supervisors Vote The Board of Supervisors took an extra step in tenant protections at Tuesday's meeting, voting to approve new legislation that makes it more difficult for landlords to evict tenants for minor violations, or
SF News SF Bicyclists To Be Allowed Rolling Or 'Idaho' Stops San Francisco bicyclists can soon come to a roll through stop signs when appropriate, you know, just like they always have. The difference now, as KQED and Streetsblog report, is that the Board
SF News Fate Of Biergarten Not Guaranteed As City Officials Argue Over Need For Housing On The Property Two years ago, and as recently as last month, we were under the impression that the popularity of 2011-built Hayes Valley "cargo-tecture" complex collectively known as Proxy guaranteed its existence through 2021. But
SF News Supervisor Wiener Really Set On Subway Construction, Introduces 'Master Plan' Legislation Supervisor Scott Wiener prides himself on having his finger to the pulse of San Francisco public transit. But that pulse, he notes, can sometimes be faint. We aren't doing enough, Wiener says, to
SF News SF's Last Remaining Gun Shop May Close Over Supervisor's Proposal Take a good look at that “Guns Gunsmith” sign above, because it may not be a gun or gunsmith shop much longer. That sign sits above High Bridge Arms, the last remaining gun
SF News Ron Conway Donations In District 3 Fight Questioned The only two local-official elections that will be at all interesting this November are the Sheriff's race in which incumbent Ross Mirkarimi will have to fend of bad press and a back-room campaign
SF News Will The Sunset Finally Get Housing Density? The Board of Supervisors is set to debate and potentially pass some new legislation this fall that would allow for so-called "density bonuses" in neighborhoods where not a lot of housing density currently
SF News Osaka Mayor Continues Feud With SF, Objects To Proposed 'Comfort Women' Memorial Last year, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors fought back against the mayor of an SF sister city in Japan who appeared to excuse wartime atrocities. Now that fight is entering another round. In
SF News David Chiu Wore A Wire To Talk To Shrimp Boy Because He Feared For His Life Another detail to come out of the release yesterday of a court filing in the case against Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow is that former Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, who's now a
SF News Does San Francisco Need A New Jail? The Board of Supervisors will vote today on whether to go after $80 million in state funding for the construction of a new county jail facility to replace the seismically unsound one we
SF News Supervisor Scott Wiener Announces Bid For State Senate Setting the political stage for a contest more than a year and a half away, Muni-loving, nudity-banning District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener has announced his candidacy for State Senate. The Democrat just unveiled
SF News Day Around The Bay: Sean Parker Plans To Give Away All His Money The Board of Supervisors narrowly voted to approve an advisory resolution (that is, it’s not enforceable) to hire more police officers after a lengthy argument, [Chron, Examiner] That unruly jerk of a
SF News Halfway Through The 22-Day Muni-Riding Challenge, The Mayor May Have Only Ridden Muni Once Challenged by the SF Transit Riders Union (SFTRU) to hop on Muni as much as possible for 22 days this month, the Mayor and Board of Supervisors are being carefully watched by that
SF News [Updated] Supes Approve Soda Ad Warnings; Will Iconic SoMa Coca-Cola Billboard Get One? The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve warning labels on all print and billboard ads for sodas and sugary drinks in the city, akin to the warnings seen on tobacco
SF News Supervisors Help Kick Off 22-Day Muni Challenge With Rally At City Hall Fun times at our rally to kick off the 22-day #MuniChallenge. #OnBoardSF pic.twitter.com/1XPqpAg1yU— Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) June 1, 2015 Back in April the SF Transit Riders Union challenged the
