Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Civic Center Plaza Yarn-Bombed With Giraffes People voted for an animal theme for phase 2 of #knittingthecommons so the first 3 trees got a family of giraffes. These cuties have quickly become one our favorite yarn bombs! A post
SF News San Francisco's Proposed Delivery Robot Ban Rolls Forward It's been a good long while since we heard about Supervisor Norman Yee's proposed ban on delivery robots on SF sidewalks. But that doesn't mean it's fallen by the wayside — in fact, Yee's
SF News Cash Pouring In For Mayor, Supervisor Races As Ed Lee Staffers Bolt For Uber It may become a new rite of passage in lame duck administrations that top staff start taking lobbying positions for the lawless scandal factory that is Uber. That’s a thread we see
SF News SF Might Start Taxing Landlords Who Keep Apartments Vacant It's a comment news orgs get on nearly every story about San Francisco's rent control laws — something like,"I'm a property owner, but I refuse to rent out my vacant apartment(s) because
SF News California's Best-Paid Mayor Is...SF's Own Ed Lee Based on his salary from last year, San Francisco mayor Ed Lee is the best paid mayor in California, beating out Los Angeles, Oakland, and every other town in our state. But it
SF News CEO Trying To Raise $100 Million For Homeless Reportedly Considering Run For Mayor Candidates running for mayor of San Francisco in 2019 will not be running against Ed Lee, as Lee is termed out after this, his second full term. That means a large litter of
SF News SF Mayor Reacts With Disgust As House Of Representatives Pass American Health Care Act San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee had harsh words for the Republican members of the House of Representatives who voted 217-213 on a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare with what they are calling
SF News Mayor's Office Blamed In Four-Year Delay To Possibly Name SFO Terminal After Harvey Milk It was January of 2013 when then-Supervisor David Campos proposed that San Francisco name its airport after slain gay icon and SF Supe Harvey Milk. After that plan was met with no small
SF News Dianne Feinstein To Hold First SF Town Hall Of Trump Presidency Monday Congressional leaders across the country are taking a quick break from all the fun of our nation's capital, returning to face their constituents during a recess through April 23. Here, that means a
SF News Recall Ed Lee Campaign Ends Not With A Bang But A Whimper Oh, the halcyon days when certain San Franciscans thought the biggest threat to their happiness was Mayor Ed Lee. But those days are gone, and with them, it appears, are any hope of
SF News Mayor Never Convened Promised Working Group On Airbnb Regulations A working group to propose improved Airbnb regulations that Mayor Lee promised to set up by the end of February 2017 when he vetoed the 60-day rental cap is nowhere to be found,
SF News SUV Slams Into Cars Near SF City Hall After Driver Is Shot In Head A SUV belonging to a driver who police say was fatally shot in the head smashed into multiple parked cars and caused a tree to topple before coming to a stop near San
SF News Comfort Women Memorial Approved Despite Japanese Disinformation Email Campaign Earlier this week, and as expected, the San Francisco Arts Commission unanimously approved a final inscription for a memorial to the women who were sexually enslaved by the imperial Japanese army during WWII,
SF News Supervisor Can Only Be A 'Good Dad' If San Francisco Gives Him Free Parking Can one be a good husband or father in San Francisco if one 1) Does not own a car 2) Has to pay for parking? Apparently not, if the words of one of
SF News Bamboo Lanterns Light Up Civic Center For Lunar New Year Although the sixteen 20-foot bamboo lanterns that now stand outside Civic Center in an art installation called "Peace All Year Round" will last only through March, the spirit of the artist's message, we
SF News Mark Leno Pretty Definitely Running For Mayor In 2019 We've been teased with this before, but this time it looks like recently termed-out state senator Mark Leno is almost certainly going to be a top candidate for San Francisco Mayor just as
SF News Potential Successors To Mayor Ed Lee 'Saddling Up' For a few glorious days in early November, political wonks mulled a possible successor for current San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee after he was mentioned as a possible cabinet member for Hilary Clinton,
SF News Head Of SF's Police Commission Resigns, Will Be Lawyer For Sheriff's Department The embattled president of the San Francisco Police Commission surprised police reformers Tuesday, when she announced that she was quitting the gig for a job with the San Francisco Sheriff's Department. Suzy Loftus,
SF News Will New District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy Face An Immediate Special Election This Year? It's a longshot and a rumor at this point, but mayoral appointee Jeff Sheehy, who today is attending his first Board of Supervisors meeting as District 8 supervisor, could face some immediate opposition
SF News Mayor Lee Announces New District 8 Supe, Openly HIV-Positive Glen Park Resident Jeff Sheehy As was expected, Mayor Lee has filled outgoing Supervisor Scott Wiener's seat on the Board of Supervisors unofficially the "gay seat" on the board since it was originally held by Harvey Milk with
SF News Supervisor John Avalos Not Afraid To Burn Bridges On His Way Out Of Casterly Rock We've all compared real-life events to those in fiction — hell, I did it today, when I mentioned an episode of a TV show that a BART collision evoked. But at what point does
SF News $91K Bronze Gavin Newsom Bust Headed For City Hall Fans of Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom's luscious mane have cause to celebrate today, as the former San Francisco Mayor is to be immortalized at City Hall in the form of a bronze bust.
SF News John Avalos Likens Current Board Of Supervisors Intrigue To 'Game Of Thrones' If you enjoy the chess game of Supervisorial politics in City Hall, you're maybe waiting with bated breath to find out who will get picked to replace Scott Wiener in District 8, and
SF News District 8 Will Likely Be Without A Supervisor Until January Supervisor Scott Wiener narrowly beat out Supervisor Jane Kim in his effort to become District 11's next state Senator. As he will be vacating his current role of San Francisco District 8 supervisor,
SF News Twitter Tax Break And Proposed Free City College On Chopping Block Following Trump's Win San Francisco's liberal bubble is potentially facing serious strains under the looming presidency of Donald Trump. As we noted earlier, and as the Chronicle reports again, if the president-elect follows through on his
