SF News S.F. Interim Mayor Selection Put On Hold The Board of Supervisors plan to vote for an interim mayor was put on hold yesterday. The supes, it seems, want to first hear from the public. At Tuesday's meeting, according to BCN
SF News S.F. City Hall Turns Orange In honor of the S.F. Giants clinching the NL West title and making the playoffs, San Francisco City Hall will be lit orange for however long they make it -- i.e.
SF News Astrid Hayarti, SF Greening Director, Quits According to a tipster, SF Greening Director Astrid Hayarti left her position today. Our tipster writes to us, saying, "Just heard another member of Gavin's team jumped ship. Astrid Hayarti, the so-called Greening
SF News Scene / High Fashion Outside San Francisco City Hall A few Yes On 8 protesters gathered outside San Francisco City Hall today to voice their anti-gay marriage stance. They also made these lovely blouses crafted out of anti-gay marriage banners. Fancy. Please
SF News Today in SF History: 'Black Friday' at City Hall On May 13th 1960, a group of Bay Area college students gathered outside the Supervisors' chambers at City Hall on the second day of hearings by the House Un-American Activities subcommittee, which was
SF News City Programmer Found Guilty of Felony Computer Tampering Terry Childs, the SF City Hall's network engineer who almost brought the city a stand still after withholding crucial passwords, was found guilty of felony computer tampering on Tuesday. KTVU reports: "After nearly
SF News Eliminate Entertainment Commission, Says Newsom Just before the city's arguably useless Entertainment Commission voted to close killer nightclub Suede for 30 days -- if you recall, a 20-year-old Richmond man was killed and four wounded in a February
SF News Haight Sit/Lie Debate at City Hall Sparks Protest This morning, there was a sit/lie rally happening at City Hall -- a protest against a law that would, if all goes according to plan, preemptively stop crimes from happening in the
SF News Angry Horde Arrives at SF MTA Board Meeting Scores of justifiably livid transit riders and supporters crammed into City Hall today to voice their outage over Muni fare hikes and service cuts -- which, if you recall, will. help close the
SF News City to Potentially Unleash Whoopass on Academy of Art University Owner of Nob Hill and issuer of valuable art school degrees, Academy of Art University, is reportedly in big trouble with the City of San Francisco. It would appear that over the last
SF News Newsom Rewards Campaign Staffers with City Hall Jobs Filling the ranks in the Mayor's Office are several young guys who Mayor Newsom calls "superstars" who were part of the inner circle of his gubernatorial campaign -- hires that are likely to
SF News Photos: SF Abortion Rights Rally, 12/2 On Tuesday at the steps of San Francisco City Hall, activists gathered to rally for abortion rights -- specifically to protest the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. Here are some images from yesterday's rally.
SF News Abortion Rally At City Hall At Noon Today at noon, loads of pro-abortion (and, no, we will not call it "pro-choice," a sunshine-lollipop term that, ultimately, helps play a part in having abortion rights stripped away; if you can't even
SF News Photos: City Hall And Coit Tower Turned Red In honor of World Aids Day yesterday, both SF City Hall and Coit Tower were illuminated in red. (Red being the signifying color of AIDS awareness.) Also, are you looking to get tested
SF News Battle Over Teenaged Illegal Aliens Planned for the Board of Supervisors Today The Board of Supervisors will be casting votes today on whether to override Mayor Newsom's veto of Supervisor David Campos's legislation amending the City's sanctuary law. As you may recall, the legislation approved
SF News Newsom Mainland Watch: Gavin Returns Tonight Breaking news, folks. It looks like Newsom will return to San Francisco tonight, and be back to work come tomorrow morning. The mayor, if you recall, vanished from San Francisco and City Hall
misc Reminder: Fight the "Anti-Fun" People at City Hall Today at 1 p.m. As we all know, San Francisco nightlife has been under fire quite a bit lately. In addition to the ongoing saga of the Alcoholic Beverage Control's enforcement of arbitrary rules they've set for
SF News Meet Your Favorite City Hall Employees at 9:30 According to AlertSF, "San Francisco City Hall will be conducting an EVACUATION DRILL today 10/21/2009 at approximately 0930 hours. Tenants will completely evacuate the building and assemble in the Civic Center
misc Updated: Fight the "Anti-Fun" People at City Hall on October 26 <strike>at 10 a.m. on Monday</strike> Update: Thanks to Sarafina for the update on the hearing's schedule change from next Monday to the following Monday, October 26th at 1 p.m. at City Hall, Room 263. That gives you
Arts & Entertainment French-Themed Gathering Outside City Hall Features Free Paté, Pétanque A charming French lady by the name of Meshá Mongé-Irizarry is hosting a little event outside City Hall right now featuring free grenadine, bread, paté, and pétanque. The event functions both as a
SF News Photos: State Budget Cut Protest Leads to 17 Arrests So many protests causing a ruckus at Civic Center / City Hall these days, it's an embarrassment of riches, photo-wise. Today, we present to you Steve Rhodes' choice set of images shot at yesterday's
misc Photo du Jour 432 Scene from yesterday's budget rally to, like, help save public health. Read more about it over at SFBG.
SF News Scenes from Bay to Breakers Rally at City Hall Around a 100 or so people showed up at today's Bay to Breakers Rally at San Francisco City Hall. But numerous speakers (e.g., Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, former Supervisor candidate and progressive Alix