SF News Sunday Links: Trump Takes MLK Jr. Day Off National Parks’ List of Free Days, Adds His Birthday Mayor Lurie talked about his socks during Wired’s ‘Big Interview’ while Governor Newsom trolled MAGAts with his sitting position; California residents are urged to avoid foraged mushrooms after 21 recent poisonings; and Golden Gate Ferry is adding two new vessels.
SF Politics Lurie’s Reported ‘Short List’ for District 4 Supervisor Appointment Becomes Public After the bungled Beya Alcaraz appointment for District 4 supervisor, Mayor Lurie reportedly has a short list of candidates he’s considering as the new replacement, and thankfully, they are all more experienced than his last pick.
SF Politics New SF Supervisor Beya Alcaraz Abruptly Resigns After New Revelations on Potential Tax Fraud at Pet Shop After reports broke late Thursday that new SF District 4 Supervisor Beya Alcaraz had paid employees under the table and misrepresented expenses on her taxes, Alcaraz resigned from her supervisor seat about four hours later.
SF News Lurie’s Latest Fentanyl-Fighting Strategy Is to Arrest Drug Users and Put Them in a ‘Sobering Center’ A vacant city-owned warehouse is going to become the “drunk tank” for people on drugs, as arresting people and trying to sober them up is Mayor Lurie’s latest attempt to cut down on drug use on San Francisco streets.
SF Politics Lurie’s New Supervisor Appointee Faces Bizarre Scandal Over Filthy Conditions, Dead Animals at Pet Store As new SF supervisor Beya Alcaraz faces a fresh new scandal about a freezer full of dead animals and a mouse infestation, it seems Mayor Daniel Lurie may not have background-checked his new District 4 supervisor pick very thoroughly.
SF Politics Lurie Names New D4 Supervisor as Engardio’s Replacement: Largely Unknown Isabella ‘Beya’ Alcaraz We now have a new District 4 supervisor taking the place of Joel Engardio, as Mayor Lurie has named former pet shop owner, music and arts teacher, and lifelong Sunset resident Isabella ‘Beya’ Alcaraz to the seat.
SF Politics City Economist Report Says Lurie’s Upzoning Plan Won’t Build Much Housing, Lawsuits and Recall Threats Now Brewing A new City Hall report throws cold water on Mayor Lurie’s “family zoning” plan, saying it won’t really build much housing. YIMBY groups are threatening to sue, while west side voters say it’s overdevelopment and are threatening a recall.
SF News San Francisco to Cover Gap In SNAP Funding, Assuming Checks Don't Arrive, With Help of Foundation Recipients of SNAP assistance, or food stamps, in San Francisco will not see their benefits lapse due to the federal government shutdown, thanks to a partnership between San Francisco and the charity started by billionaire Michael Moritz and his wife.
SF Politics Lurie’s Office Unwilling to Share Details of His Call With Trump That Called Off Federal Troop Deployment The SF Public Press put in a records request for call logs of Mayor Lurie’s famed call with President Trump where Trump called off the cavalry of an impending federal troop invasion. Lurie's office refuses to disclose details.
SF Politics Trump and Lurie Have Their Moment as Oakland Braces For Its Own Possible Federal 'Surge' SF Mayor Daniel Lurie, who has spent months treading carefully when it comes to discussing national politics, has now emerged as an unlikely recipient of praise from President Donald Trump, among Democratic mayors.
SF Politics Trump Tells Mayor Daniel Lurie That Federal Deployment In SF Is Called Off In a confusing turn of events, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie says he had a phone call with President Trump Wednesday night, and the president said he was calling off any federal deployment in the city. But does that mean federal agents will focus on Oakland or another locale?
SF Politics 'Don't Take the Bait': Bay Area Leaders Plead With Potential Protesters to Stay Peaceful as Trump Sends Federal Agents Thursday could bring chaos to the Bay Area, and local leaders are hoping against hope that any protesters can temper their passions long enough to avoid what Trump and his team surely want, which are television images of violence and protest chaos that they can use to make their case for fascism.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mayor Lurie Says National Guard Can't Arrest Drug Dealers SF Mayor Daniel Lurie issues a new statement about Trump's National Guard threat; BART has not clarified what the 'equipment issue' was this morning; and police in Atlanta may have thwarted a mass shooting at the airport there.
SF News Sunday Links: Pro-Trump Counter-Protestors Crash ‘No Kings’ Rally in Palo Alto Some Glen Park residents are perplexed by Time Out's coining their beloved neighborhood as cool; Mayor Lurie was conspicuously absent from Saturday’s “No Kings” rally in SF; and some MAGA supporters showed up to Palo Alto’s “No Kings” protest.
SF Politics SF Mayor Taking Heat for Awarding Big-Bucks Contract to Longtime Donors, Against Staff Recommendations Some tough questions are suddenly being asked of the Daniel Lurie administration, after they awarded a contract to a very pricey vendor with connections to Lurie, snubbing a much cheaper and more highly rated competitor.
SF News Saturday Links: Yosemite Overrun With Hikers Cutting in Line, Squatting Amid Shutdown San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins tells Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, “We don't need your help here;” the SF Arts Commission was not consulted on Mayor Lurie’s “Big Art Loop” project; and nefarious characters are flocking to Yosemite, which currently only has one volunteer park ranger.
SF Politics SF Elected Officials Get an Earful Over Lurie’s Rezoning Plans, Everyone Uses ‘Miami Beach’ as a Boogeyman Mayor Lurie, Scott Wiener, and D2 Supervisor Stephen Sherrill all took some heat at SF town halls this week over Lurie’s proposed “family zoning” plan, with both critics and supporters saying the other side would turn SF into Miami Beach.
SF News Leaders Across Bay Area Launch Fund for Families of Immigrants Targeted by ICE Local leaders are launching the Stand Together Bay Area Fund, which will provide living expenses to families of local immigrants who’ve been deported or detained by ICE. Applicants can sign up through the SF-based Mission Asset Fund.
SF News Lurie’s ‘Family Zoning’ Plan Narrowly Passes Planning Commission, Right Along Party Lines A ten-hour-long Planning Commission meeting allowed Mayor Lurie’s “family zoning” plan to clear its first legislative hurdle on Thursday, but the SF Board of Supervisors seems primed to add a ton of amendments to the ambitious upzoning proposal.
SF News Lurie’s ‘Family Zoning’ Proposal Starts Slogging Through City Hall, With Both NIMBY and YIMBY Opposition Mayor Lurie’s “family zoning” plan could be his signature accomplishment and add 36,000 housing units citywide. Or it could get people pissed enough to recall him. We’ll start learning which this week when it heads to the Planning Commission.
SF News Saturday Links: Draft of California Redistricting Map Released, GOP Seats Nearly Cut in Half More than 100,000 travelers are stranded worldwide as Air Canada flight attendants have gone on strike; a crow in Walnut Creek tested positive for West Nile virus Friday; and California released a draft of a new proposed redistricting map.
Arts & Entertainment Transgender History Month Kicks Off With Flag-Raising Ceremony at SF’s City Hall, Events All Month Events are planned throughout August celebrating Transgender History Month, which opened with a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall last week. Mayor Lurie presided, with guest speakers honoring the trans community.
SF News Video: Mayor Lurie Booed Out of Dolores Park as SF Trans March Kicks Off Pride Weekend SF’s 2025 Pride Weekend opened Friday with more than 10,000 people attending the annual Trans March from Dolores Park to the Tenderloin District. Prior to the march, Mayor Daniel Lurie was loudly booed, shouted down, and chased away from Dolores Park by attendees.
SF Politics SF Supervisors Say They Saved Almost 60 From Layoffs In Last-Ditch Budget Negotiations It was "Budget Day" in City Hall on Wednesday, and the city's supervisors were reportedly working late into the night — until around 2 am Thursday — working out the final details on next year's budget with the Mayor's Office.
Arts & Entertainment Last Week, This Week: Litquake, Drag Bingo, Roller Disco, and Circus Bella Last week: SF is searching for a new Drag Laureate, SoMa's getting the “Four Seasons of bathhouses,” and Rikki's, the Castro's first women's sports bar, is open. This week: Roller disco, drag bingo, Circus Bella, and more.
