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
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, John
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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,
SF News What's Going On Here, Angry Firefighters? They seem rather upset. Why? Because because the city budget is bad for them, and the cuts will hurt them. So, they want to BOS to cut other services. Or something. Anyway, here
SF News New Police Chief Pick Not Sure About Job Offer First, the good news: Mayor Gavin Newsom picked a new police chief, one that will follow Heather Fong, who announced her retirement last December. Now the bad news: The chosen one, according to
SF News Board of Supes Threatens Fines for Not Recycling, Composting The San Francisco Board of Supervisors yesterday enacted the toughest law in the nation with regard to mandatory recycling and composting, and within two years business owners and landlords could have pay fines
misc Board of Supes to Consider Resolution Urging the Release of (Alleged) Cop Killers According to Peter Jamison at , the SF Board of Supervisors plan to serve up a controversial (and, ultimately, benign) resolution that would ask for charges to be dropped against the San Francisco Eight,
SF News Newsom's Budget Cuts 1,600 Jobs, No Police Layoffs Mayor Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposed budget for fiscal year 2009-10 which would take affect July 1st, and in it he proposes eliminating 1,600 city jobs (including 900 currently vacant positions
SF News Bevan, Buses, and SFPD B.S. Back in March, SF Supervisor Bevan Dufty (who, if casual rumors come to fruition, might be your next candidate fr mayor) was up in arms, and rightfully so. Why? Because he demanded to
SF News Anti-Loitering Law Goes Before Board of Supes San Francisco nightclub owners are lobbying for a law that would make it illegal for "troublemakers" to spend more than three minutes hanging out within ten feet of a nightclub. The
SF News BOS President Vote Live: David Chiu Wins It Forcing us to switch the channel from Sandra Lee to Channel 26, we're watching the Board of Supervisor President election live. (Go here to watch it.) Wait, did Daly really just
SF News Who Will Be Our Next BOS President? Ripe with cigar smoke-filled rooms of tension and drama -- because all the board members hate each other, etc. -- the Board of Supervisors will soon vote for their new president. The drama this
SF News Watch Aaron Peskin's Last Day as President of BOS Live! Goodness gracious, how time flies! Today, for those of you who don't care, is Aaron Peskin's final day as Board of Supervisors President. (Also, it's Jake McGoldrick&
