SF News Board of Supervisors Weekly Power Rankings Our interest in the Board of Supervisors weekly meetings has been waning ever-so-slightly every week since the class of 2011 took their place in the People's Chambers. So, in order to bring a
SF News What's on the Agenda? Board of Supervisors Items of Interest for March 8, 2011 Two things happen every Tuesday in San Francisco: that air raid siren goes off when it's time to go to lunch and the Board of Supervisors meet in the People's Chambers at City
SF News Supervisors Will Get Question Time with Mayor Ed Lee Our current mayor will be making more appearances at Board of Supervisors meetings than our previous one thanks to that question-time ballot measure no one really cared about back in November. You'll remember
SF News Former S.F. Supervisor's Chair, Desk Cleansed With Holy Water During today's Board of Supervisors meeting, one that featured a brand new cast of characters, Supervisor Sean Elsbernd took over the seat and desk in City Hall's legislative chambert, which formerly occupied the
SF News Watch the Special Interim Mayor Selection Meeting Live Now As Eve Batey pointed out in today's SF Appeal's daily newsletter, the SF Board of Supervisors just began their special meeting to choose an interim mayor for SF, which you can watch online
misc Ace Washington Performs "Who's in Charge in Silly Hall?" We mentioned this briefly in last night's scenes from the Board of Supervisors, but here's Ace Washington's original number, which we will be calling "Who's in Charge in Silly Hall?" Ace's use of
misc Scenes from the Interim Mayor Selection Hearings at City Hall So, we didn't get a new mayor out of today's Board of Supervisors meeting, but the afternoon wasn't a total waste. Before any of the supes could even motion to move the selection
SF News Supes Vote to Push Mayoral Succession Process to Next Week So what happened in City Hall this afternoon? Do we have a Mayor yet? The answer to that question is: No, thanks to a motion from Supervisor Maxwell, seconded by Bevan Dufty, which
SF News Supes to Vote on Interim Mayor Tomorrow. (Maybe!) Pizza Party to Follow Immediately. As we pointed out the other day, the Board of Supervisors is set to select Gavin's successor tomorrow. Technically speaking, the most important vote this board will ever make is to decide whether
SF News Newsom Vetoes Alcohol Fee Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed the fee on alcohol, Supervisor John Avalos' plan to charge booze wholesalers to help cover the city's costs to care for dunkards. The mayor's office sent out a press
SF News Alcohol Tax Advocates to Rally Outside PlumpJack Wine Shop So, you know that booze tax that the Board of Supes approved last week but which Gavin says he'll be vetoing? Well, proponents of the tax, which would put a $1 levy on
SF News Board of Supervisors Approve Booze Fee, 7-3 During a fun-filled Board of Supervisors meeting last night -- featuring a packed City Hall, curse words, and a cardboard cutout for an absent Newsom -- the board approved the controversial alcohol fee,
SF News What Do You Think of the Proposed Alcohol Fee? Every second, give or take, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors think of some new tax that will ruffle the feathers of its citizenry. Here's one folks are savoring like a fat Jolly
SF News S.F. to Ban Happy Meals? The line, it has been crossed. In an effort to keep San Franciscans healthy, the city is looking to ban toys in kids' meals under a new law proposed yesterday if, according to
SF News Alioto-Pier Allowed to Run for Re-Election, Says Judge Thought to be termed out this year, District 2 Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier could spend another four years on the Board of Supervisors after Superior Court Judge Peter Busch gave her the green light
SF News Supervisors Wait to Take 'Largely Symbolic' Vote on Muni And in useless news today, the Board of Supervisors is "in limbo" about whether or not to reject Muni's latest budget, even though this amounts to a "largely symbolic" vote on the part
SF News City Layoffs Are Sexist and Racist, Says Supe Eric Mar At an event hosted by the League of Young Voters, Supervisor Eric Mar had some provoking comments about recent city worker layoffs. Though the plan to layoff some 15,000 city workers then
SF News Supes Approve Tougher Anti-Smoking Regulations Yesterday, the almighty Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance "expanding the city's regulations against public smoking." That is to say, you can no longer light up a smooth, relaxing stick of solace at
SF News Tenderloin Housing Clinic Set to Receive $82 Million? As SFist commenter auweia1 pointed out on his blog, San Francisco homeless ilk could receive $82 million. The cash would go to BeyondChron's Randy Shaw and Tenderloin Housing Clinic for the next five
SF News Zoo Elephants Becoming Mayoral Campaign Wedge Issue As SF Appeal is reporting, the San Francisco Zoo has no plans to build (and cannot afford to build) any new sanctuary that would humanely house elephants, following on a 2005 decision by
SF News SF Elected Offiicals Take "Symbolic" Pay Cut San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the Board of Supervisors, and other top-level officials will take a 2.45 percent pay cut this fiscal year. Which is more "symbolic" than anything, because they are
SF News Daly Move Watch 2K9: Daly and Wife Paid $545K Cash for Fairfield Homes The man who has spent his local political career championing the rights of the Tenderloin poor, the SRO-dwelling, and the owners of property more likely to be made of cardboard than of concrete,
SF News Chris Daly Moves Family Out of SF East Coast transplant and D6 Supervisor Chris Daly might soon be headed for safer, more affordable pastures. Daly, it seems, has bought a home in Fairfield, the East Bay (North Bay?) city where
SF News Board of Supervisors Pass $6.6 Billion Budget by Chris Jones Yesterday, the city's Board of Supervisors voted 9 to 2 to pass a $6.6 billion budget. Lonely dissenters, Supervisors Elsbernd and Chu rejected the budget as totally retarded. Young
SF News Supervisors Mar & Daly Propose Sweeping Tenants Rights Laws New laws proposed and authored by City Supervisors Eric Mar and Chris Daly last fall and receiving their final votes yesterday would make it illegal for landlords to a) impose banked rent increases,
