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
SF News San Francisco Celebrates America's Cup Promising to bring an estimated "$1.4 billion in economic benefits and 8,000 jobs to a city facing a $379 million deficit," San Francisco celebrated the America's Cup pick on Wednesday. The
SF News Giants' World Series Trophy at City Hall This Week In case you missed the Giants' World Series Trophy's brief stop at City Hall a couple of weeks ago, it will be back for a stint this Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 to
SF News Newsom Stars in Final Swearing-In Ceremony Lt. Governor-elect Gavin Newsom appointed his final batch of city board members and commissioners on Tuesday. A few new names of note? "Dorka Keehn and Kimberlee Stryker were appointed to the city's Arts
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Necessary Conversation & Gavin Newsom Necessary Conversation City Hall Christmas Edition from Necessary Conversation on Vimeo. Columnists Melissa Griffin and Beth Spotswood interviewed reigning Mayor / Lieutenant Governor-elect Gavin Newsom at Sunday's Holiday Open House at City Hall for
SF News World Series Trophy On Display At City Hall Today At San Francisco City Hall this afternoon, you can check out the World Series trophy from 1 - 3 p.m. What's more, the Giants will also "make a major announcement" of some
SF News Notes from Gavin Newsom's Holiday Open House at City Hall Yesterday afternoon in the spirit of The Holidays (but also kind of in the spirit of "see y'all in SacTown"), Mayor Newsom held the first public meet and greet in as long as
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
