SF News Owner of Bayview Affordable Housing Complex Agrees to $9 Million Settlement Over Violations A St. Louis-based developer has agreed to pay $9 million settlement to the city of SF over numerous health and safety violations at its property, Alice Griffith Apartments, a 337-unit affordable housing complex in Bayview.
SF News Monterey County Couple Pleads No Contest, Settles Lawsuit Over Housing 270 Tenants In Illegal Units The owners of a Monterey County nursery, who also face jail time for tax evasion, agreed to pay $800,000 in penalties and restitution after 270 farmworkers were found living in illegal and unsafe makeshift units there in 2023.
SF News Cal/OSHA May Fine BART $200K Over 2024 Incident With Staff on Live Track BART has set aside over $500,000 to fight citations for violations dating back to 2019, as Cal/OSHA considers fining the agency more than $200,000 over a 2024 incident where managers allowed employees to work on a live track, and BART is blaming the workers.
SF News Saturday Links: Stabbing Near SF Homeless Shelter Puts Victim in Hospital, Suspect Arrested A Milpitas restaurant was temporarily shut down after an employee was filmed throwing meat on the ground; Amazon is issuing refunds to qualified Prime customers from a recent settlement with the FTC; and a suspect was arrested in connection to a stabbing near 700 Hyde Street in SF.
SF News Pickett Fire May Have Ignited During Set-Up of Unauthorized Wedding at Napa Winery Cal Fire is investigating whether the 6,800-acre Pickett Fire was caused by an outdoor fireplace at Hundred Acre Wines in Calistoga during preparations for an upcoming wedding. Weddings have been banned at wineries in Napa since 1990.
SF News Excelsior Laundromat Exposed As 'Death Trap' With Shoddy, Illegal Apartments In a fairly shocking report even by contemporary SF slumlord standards, the Chron finds that a longtime popular laundromat in the Excelsior has secretly been serving for more than ten years as a
SF News Board of Supes Hates On Academy of Art at Hearing Former supervisor Aaron Peskin used the opportunity of a hearing about favorite corporate punching bag Academy of Art University to make his first appearance at City Hall since the end of his elected
