SF News Mirkarimi Watch: Mayor Lee Could Bench The Sheriff, If He Felt Like It While the comment sections of local Internet news outlets and one noted anti-progressive former mayor continue to call for Ross Mirkarimi to step down from his post, it turns out Ed Lee could
SF News MC Hammer Stands Against SOPA While the Internet blacked itself out to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act today, a group of local Internet luminaries gathered at City Hall to protest the bill and it's PIPA Senate bill
Arts & Entertainment City Hall Goes Red & Gold In honor of the Niners current playoff run, San Francisco city hall lit up in a wash of Red and Gold lights tonight. Local photographer The Tens captured this lovely shot of the
SF News Eliana Lopez Spotted At Today's Anti-Domestic Violence Rally? [Updated] The San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium called a press conference on the steps of City Hall this afternoon, calling for Sheriff Mirkarimi to "step aside" while the investigation in to his possible domestic
SF News Berkeley City Clerk Found Dead Inside Her Home [Updated] Deanna Despain, Berkeley's city clerk, was found dead inside her Oakland home (at on the 4100 block of Lyman Road) on Saturday morning. According to Berkeleyside, who broke the story, "The coroner’s
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco Inauguration Buffet Items Reviewed Yesterday, old/new Mayor Edwin Lee was officially inaugurated to a full four-year term in a special ceremony at San Francisco City Hall. The reception immediately following the ceremony in the temporarily carpeted
SF News Judge Declines To Swear In Ross Mirkarimi As Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi was quietly sworn in Saturday night as San Francisco Sheriff in a private ceremony just a day after news broke of an investigation into a New Year's Eve domestic violence incident
SF News It Has Been A Whole Year Since That Former S.F. Supervisor Promised To Haunt City Hall Remember way back in January 2011, when the promise of a mayor with less exciting hair and a refreshed lineup at the Board of Supervisors had every political wonk in town excited for
SF News SF Nabs 'Smart, Eloquent' New Cultural Affairs Director Tom DeCaigny After Luis Cancel's disastrous tenure—which, among other things, included telecommuting from Brazil, reports of horrid behavior to underlings, and "questionable granting practices"—the city made a spot-on decision by hiring Tom DeCaigny
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, at City Hall... Ta-da! City Hall's (ahem) Holiday Tree has arrived in Civic Center plaza to generally embarrass the denuded sycamores with its coniferous splendor. Not to be confused with the Macy's-sponsored Union Square tree, the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Theft, Human Feces, Sponge Baths: Ferry Building Furious Over Occupy SF Crimes Ferry Building property manager Jane Connors wrote two letters to City Hall detailing supposed crimes perpetrated by some thoughtless Occupy SF members. An increase in shoplifting, break-ins and, ugh, reports of abandoned human
SF News Cops Bust Deplorable Teens Who Pistol-Whipped Photographer A photographer presumably taking some night shots of the gilding on City Hall was robbed last night near Polk and Grove Streets in Civic Center. According to the Examiner, the 45-year old man
SF News S.F. Cabbies Protest Credit Card Fees Yesterday afternoon at City Hall, hundreds of cab drivers staged a protest and threatened to strike if the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency didn't give them face time to discuss critical issues. KTVU
SF News What's on the Agenda? Board of Supervisors Items of Interest for April 26, 2011 We still won't see Temporary Mayor Ed Lee in the People's Chambers again until next week, but with a couple of public hearings and a tricky NIMBY issue that's almost guaranteed to raise
SF News S.F. Officials To Score Massive Pay Raise Despite Deficit Despite a deficit of $306+ million, the San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, mayor and other elected officials could receive thousands of dollars more in their paychecks come next fiscal year. "The salaries
SF News Entertainment Commission Postpones Security Requirements Meeting Last night's meeting to discuss new security proposals for San Francisco nightclubs -- which would include ID scanning and face recording of patrons, among other things -- was postponed. Mayor Lee wanted "further
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 Supervisor Weiner Endorses Dennis Herrera for Mayor While we're on the subject of mayorship, District 8 Supervisor Scott Weiner officially endorsed City Attorney Dennis Herrera today. "I’ve seen firsthand that Dennis has the leadership style we need in our
SF News How's That Fundraising Going, Mayoral Hopefuls? Campaign Financing reports for 2011 Mayoral hopefuls started coming in to the city's Ethics Commission yesterday, meaning we get an early look at who has how much money behind their campaign. According to
Arts & Entertainment Save KUSF Alert: Rally At City Hall, 1 P.M. Today The Save KUSF folks are organizing a rally to take place in front of City Hall today from 1 to 4 p.m. The Board of Supervisors will be voting on the cause's
SF News Mayor Ed Lee's Facebook Page Did we say Ed Lee had no Facebook page? Scratch that. San Francisco's nascent mayor does, in fact, have a Facebook page. A fan page, actually, with not much on it. Yet. Let's
SF News San Francisco's New Mayor: Ed Lee Ed Lee was sworn in as San Francisco's first Chinese-American mayor on Tuesday. In a speech after the ceremony, Lee promised to be a mayor "for everyone." What's in store for San Francisco?
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 David Chiu Refuses District Attorney Job Offer; Will Run For Mayor Board of Supervisors President David Chiu announced today "that he has withdrawn his name from consideration for the San Francisco District Attorney's job." In yet another closed door meeting with Newsom, Chiu declined
