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
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&
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
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
SF News A Mission Development Moratorium Would Stall 1,100 Housing Units A temporary moratorium measure on market-rate development in the Mission District that Supervisor David Campos introduced to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday would, according to the Business Times, stall around 1,
Arts & Entertainment Nightclubs And Music Venues Can't Be Sued Over Noise Complaints, Say Supervisors In a victory for SF nightlife, that proposal we talked about back in March to legislate protections for music venues and nightclubs against complaints by new neighbors and condo owners passed at yesterday&
SF News Both Campos And Guy Vying For His Seat Push To Halt Market-Rate Development In The Mission Dueling paths toward to a potential moratorium on market-rate development in the Mission moved forward this week. One is a two-year, temporary measure that Supervisor David Campos wants to pass via
SF News Day Around The Bay: Which Supes Agreed To Ride Muni? * You know how the Transit Riders Union issued that challenge to the Supervisors and the Mayor to ride Muni to work at least 22 days in June? Well, seven of them signed on,
SF News Big Names Throw Their Weight Behind Julie Christensen, Against Aaron Peskin Less than a month after former San Francisco Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin announced his intention to reclaim his old seat on the board, some of San Francisco's biggest names
SF News Mayor And Supervisors Challenged To Ride Muni Themselves Much like the citizenry did almost ten years ago with then mayor Gavin Newsom, a citizens' group is challenging the current mayor and Board of Supervisors to ride Muni themselves for 22
SF News Black Lives Matter Protesters Disrupt Traffic, Shout 'Shame On You' At Malia Cohen And London Breed; Campos Compares SF Inequality With Rwanda There were multiple coordinated protests Tuesday around the country in order to keep attention on the problem of racial injustice and police shootings, including a large one in New York City that resulted
SF News Is 16 Hours Of Training Enough For Muni's Gun-Wielding Security Guards? A vote to approve a controversial agreement to employ handgun-equipped private security guards at Muni yards was postponed Tuesday over concerns that the guards would not receive a sufficient amount of firearms
SF News Veteran Progressive Aaron Peskin Wants His Board Of Supervisors Seat Back In a move that was fully expected within politico circles, longtime supervisor of the last decade, Aaron Peskin, will be vying to return to his seat as supervisor of District 3. The move
SF News Poll Shows 65% Support For Halting Development In The Mission According to a late February survey of 602 likely voters conducted by David Binder and Associates and reported on by the Examiner, 65 percent favor a time-out on “new project approvals in
SF News Airbnb Law Impossible To Enforce, Says Agency Tasked With Enforcement Less than two months after the controversial Airbnb-legalization ordinance took effect, the city agency that has been dealing with the registration nightmare of the city's many thousands of Airbnb hosts,
SF News Landlords Now Suing Over Tenant Buyout Law As the Board of Supervisors tries valiantly to push back against the market forces that are displacing many tenants in rent-controlled apartments across the city, landlords and the industry group the San
SF News One To Watch: BoS President London Breed Revives Pissily Deleted Twitter Account Two months after SFist wished it, it has become so: Board President and one time "Amanda Bynes of SF Supes" London Breed has returned to Twitter, years after she deleted her
SF News How The Police Union Intimidated Supervisors Into Voting Against Police Brutality Resolution Remember the non-binding resolution, introduced by Supervisor John Avalos, that caused a stir among the SFPD and its union back in December? Well, the Examiner has now unearthed the strong-arming emails
SF News Amended Ellis Act Relocation Law Caps Landlord Payouts At $50K Supervisor David Campos has come back to the Board with a new, dialed back version of the Ellis Act payout legislation that was previously passed and took effect last summer only to be
SF News Now Mayor Lee Wants A City-Run Clean Energy Program, On His Terms “If San Francisco is going to do a clean energy program, let’s do a real one,” Mayor Lee said in a statement announcing a shift in his priorities. The Chron reports that
SF News Get Ready To Register Your Airbnb And Follow All The New Rules Starting Next Month Renting out a room on Airbnb ain't what it used to be. In fact, now you have to do a little clearance first, thanks to our first-of-its-kind law
