SF Politics Peskin Apology Adds to Already Dramatic Board of Supervisors Meeting as Tensions Mount With Mayor Supervisor Aaron Peskin appeared at his first public meeting Tuesday afternoon since announcing last week that he would be seeking professional treatment for alcohol abuse. But that wasn't the only drama.
SF Politics Supervisor Aaron Peskin Says He's Entering Rehab for Alcohol, Apologizes for 'Tenor' of His Public Relationships Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who over the last year has been called out on social media a couple of times for sounding drunk during Zoom meetings of the SF Board of Supervisors, announced Thursday that he is entering a treatment program for alcohol abuse.
SF Politics SF Supes Reject CEQA Challenge to The Creamery's Move to the Mission, Upsetting Anti-Gentrification Activists A tech-famous coffeeshop that was the storied birthplace of Airbnb and Stripe, The Creamery, is likely getting to move ahead with its plans to relocate to 14th and Mission streets from its former digs in SoMa after months of pushback.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Restaurant and Bar Parklets Could Become Permanent, But Supervisors Are Keen on Imposing More Rules The 2,100 new Shared Spaces and parklet platforms around San Francisco are potentially becoming permanent fixtures, but if the Board of Supervisors has their way there will likely be a host of new restrictions and regulations.
SF Politics Chronicle Columnist Heather Knight Is Basically at War With Progressive Supervisors Knight has been taking on the Board of Supervisors on various issues, and things have been escalating in recent weeks.
SF Politics SF Supervisors Vote On Recology Settlement That Comes With $190 Refunds for Trash Customers Recology customers in San Francisco are set to get refunds and lower rates from the company, and the city will get a $7 million payout under the terms of a settlement in a lawsuit from the city attorney.
SF Politics Supervisors Prepare for City Attorney Election to Coincide With Gavin Recall; Herrera Explains Why He's Leaving The palace intrigue continues over Monday's announcement that SF Mayor London Breed had tapped longtime City Attorney Dennis Herrera to head up the Public Utilities Commission.
SF Politics SF Is Getting Its Supervisor Districts Redrawn Next Year Your supervisorial district gets changed slightly every ten years after the Census is completed, and that process is getting underway for next year.
SF Politics Peskin and Chan Appear Likely to Thwart Ferris Wheel Extension, Shorten It To One Year At Tuesday's SF Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Connie Chan maneuvered to get their way and keep Rec & Parks from extending the contract for the 150-foot-tall observation wheel in Golden Gate Park for another four years.
SF Politics With FEMA Funding Assured, SF Supervisors Approve 400 More Hotel Rooms for Homeless The SF Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an expansion of the shelter-in-place hotel program for the homeless, adding 400 more hotel rooms to the 1,800 currently in use.
SF Politics Shamann Walton Elected President of the SF Board of Supervisors Supervisor Shamann Walton was elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Friday, as the Board met to swear in its newest members and choose the person who will be second in line to the mayor's office.
SF Politics Unable to Actually Change the Hospital's Name, SF Supervisors to Pass Resolution 'Condemning' the 'Zuckerberg' Part of SF General "There’s been growing public outrage that this important public health institution was named and the naming rights were sold to the highest bidder and to somebody as controversial as Mr. Zuckerberg and Facebook," says Sup. Gordon Mar.
SF Politics If London Breed Joins the Biden Administration, the SF Political Machine Will Kick Into High Gear to Choose New Mayor A whole lot of California politicians might be moving to Washington under a Biden-Harris Administration in the coming months, and SF Mayor London Breed could well be among them.
SF Politics San Francisco May Try to Ban Cigarette and Pot Smoking Inside Apartments A new nanny-state ordinance coming from the Board of Supervisors proposes banning all smoking — including vapes and cannabis smoking — in apartment buildings of more than three units.
SF Politics New Ordinance Will Require SFO Employers to Provide Healthcare to More Workers SF's Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a new ordinance requiring many employers with workers at SFO — including catering workers, cabin cleaners, and baggage handlers — to pay for healthcare family plans for those workers.
SF Politics Connie Chan and Myrna Melgar Join SF Board of Supervisors Representing Districts 1 and 7 With a narrow ranked-choice victory declared Sunday for incoming District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has two new faces representing the Westside beginning in the new year.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Myrna Melgar Declares Victory in D7 Supervisor Race GOP senators are beginning to push back on Trump's vote-count lies, a fatal shooting followed a public fight in Richmond's Iron Triangle Thursday night, and Myrna Melgar appears to be the new SF supervisor for District 7.
SF Politics Mad Mud is Flying as Six Supervisor Seats Are Up for Grabs in November Election Some odd (and vaguely racist) political ads are shaking up the races, as all six odd-numbered supervisor districts are on the November ballot.
SF Politics Supervisors Pass Budget That Will Supposedly Eliminate $1.5 Billion Deficit The supes pretty much gave Mayor Breed what she wanted in a near-unanimous vote, the only difference being that the Board dips into the rainy day fund to give city employees raises.
SF Politics Supervisor Haney Floats a Universal Basic Income Program for SF Matt Haney is calling for a San Francisco guaranteed income, but did not say how much money people would get, and merely hoped the funding would come from a “private philanthropist foundation or something else.”
SF Politics SF Supervisors Block Latest Effort To Create a Public Advocate Department, Approve Sheriff Oversight Commission A proposed ballot measure from Supervisor Gordon Mar to create a new Office of the Public Advocate was shot down by the Board on Tuesday in a 6-to-5 vote — the second time in five years that this proposed office has been shot down.
SF Politics SF Supervisor Introduces 'CAREN Act' To Make Racially Biased Police Calls Illegal With more people frivolously calling the police in incidents involving minorities, SF Supervisor Shamann Walton has proposed an order that would outlaw “racially biased” police calls.
SF News Harry Britt, Openly Gay SF Supervisor Who Succeeded Harvey Milk, Passes Away at 82 Harry Britt, the lauded LGBTQ rights activist and former SF supervisor, died earlier Wednesday at Laguna Honda Hospital after suffering from years of health issues; he was 82 years old.
SF News SF Supervisors Seek to Ban Chemical Sprays, Rubber Bullets During Protests Recent reports of peaceful protesters in San Francisco subjected to rubber bullets and inhumane tactics by on-site police have flooded social media. In a bid to stop a repeat of those scenes, three SF supervisors are set to introduce an act banning certain militant crowd control tools.
SF Politics San Francisco Will Lift Its Curfew Thursday The unprecedented 8 p.m. curfew imposed by Mayor London Breed on Sunday will come to an end after four consecutive nights, lifting at 5 a.m. on Thursday, June 4.
