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District Attorney Job Offer; Will Run For Mayor Board of Supervisors President David Chiu announced today "that he has withdrawn his name from consideration for the San Francisco District Attorney's job."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
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
