SF News Brace Yourselves For The Inevitable Mirkarimi Recall Proceedings Oh dear, here we go. In the wake of Sheriff Mirkarimi's reinstatement, there are still some hard feelings around City Hall and not just Tony Winnicker's. Today, Supervisor Jane Kim, who voted not
SF News Live-Blogging Ross Mirkarimi's Judgment Day As promised, we're live in City Hall where Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's official misconduct hearing will get underway in a little under an hour at 2 p.m sharp. We'll be updating throughout. You
SF News John Avalos Contacted Harvey Milk's Ghost Using $29 Board Game This seems perfectly normal: San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos tells the San Francisco Chronicle that he and his aides contacted Harvey Milk's ghost regarding a vote on a non-binding resolution to name a
SF News Live: SEIU Protest At San Francisco City Hall In Progress Justin Beck is live at City Hall covering today's SEIU occupation. So far there are an estimated hundred or so protesters inside, one brandishing a bullhorn to shout and chant stuff. Supervisors Eric
SF News SEIU Planning Wisconsin-Style Occupation Of San Francisco City Hall The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) local 1021 will attempt a Wisconsin-style occupation of San Francisco City Hall starting tonight and going well into tomorrow, May Day. Via the SEIU Facebook page, "We
SF News List Of Declared And Rumored S.F. Supervisor Candidates Revealed While San Francisco won't get to select a new mayor this time around, residents will have the chance to pick a slew of new supervisors. And the Usual Suspects, San Francisco's political page
SF News Anti-Bullying Rally At City Hall Gives Gay Teens Hope 14-year-old Jonah Mowry of Lake Forest spoke about his own experiences with harassment and suicide attempts at an anti-bullying rally on the steps of City Hall today. Bullied by classmates over his sexuality,
Arts & Entertainment February 14th, 2012 Declared "Tony Bennett Day" In San Francisco [Photos] As you know, San Francisco's honorary Granddad was celebrated in a ceremony at City Hall earlier today. While the emergency warning siren might have failed to entertain us, the San Francisco Boy's Chorus,
SF News Rose Pak Skewers Local Leaders At Chinese New Year Parade [Video] Power broker Rose Pak is a genius. In addition to getting Ed Lee into the mayor's office, cursing like a truck driver on crank, and lording over a good chunk of San Francisco,
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
