SF News S.F. Supervisors Chiu, Kim, and Mar Heading to Burning Man Supervisors David Chiu and Jane Kim will voyage to the annual art and drug festival in the Nevada desert known as Burning Man. For whatever reason, they plan on spending only 24 hours
SF News SFist Attends: Last Night's SF Mayoral Open Government Forum Arriving late to the Pier 38 offices of Automattic yesterday evening for a mayoral candidate forum on Open Government, we caught the tail end of opening remarks from a panel comprised of the
SF News Mayoral Candidates Trade Words Over Pay Raises [Mayor Fight!] The Examiner's Ken Garcia might be bored by the Mayor's Race, but over at the Chronicle the mud has started to fly. After last week's news that some city officials will be getting
SF News Thousands of Unwanted Phonebooks Returned to SoMa AT&T Office Oh snap. This morning at AT&T's 739 Folsom office, Phonebook Free SF delivered thousands of unwanted phonebooks to the company's doorstep. See, San Francisco Supervisors and environmental groups are trying to
Arts & Entertainment Wednesday: S.F. Board of Supervisors Host Fundraiser for Japan Have you ever wanted to have an intimate dinner with Supervisor Jane Kim? Ride your bike alongside Supervisor David Chiu? Sup with Supervisor David Campos at Moki's? Well then, head over to to
SF News Protestors Rally In Support of Phone Books Nobody Wants According to Bay City News, a group of about 200 people converged on City Hall today to protest David Chiu's proposed ban on unsolicited Yellow Pages - proving once again that San Francisco
SF News Another S.F. Mayoral Candidate: David Chiu Board of Supervisors President and Boston native David Chiu, 40, will toss his hat into mayoral ring today. He plans on making it official at around 11 a.m.-ish. Chiu, if you
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District Attorney Job Offer; Will Run For Mayor Board of Supervisors President David Chiu announced today "that he has withdrawn his name from consideration for the San Francisco District Attorney's job."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 Little Known City Admin Ed Lee Looks to Be Our New Mayor, and Daly is Super Pissed Yesterday's eight-and-a-half-hour meeting of the Board of Supervisors regarding the vote for interim mayor -- a drama which, as we noted, riveted at least several dozen non-blogging, non-journalist San Franciscans -- culminated in
SF News Supes to Vote on Interim Mayor Tomorrow. (Maybe!) Pizza Party to Follow Immediately. As we pointed out the other day, the Board of Supervisors is set to select Gavin's successor tomorrow. Technically speaking, the most important vote this board will ever make is to decide whether
SF News BoS President David Chiu, Your Ideal Interim Mayor We asked who you wanted as the interim San Francisco mayor yesterday. A decent pool of 560 responded to our unscientific poll. The winner? David Chiu. Behold: 1) Board of Supervisors President David
SF News Chocolate and Chiu At SF Bicycle Coalition's Annual Fund-Raising Party Last night was the SF Bike Coalition's Annual holiday fund-raising party. How did they raise much-needed cash? With an auction. Matt Smith has the details: A dinner with Board of Supervisors Prez Daivd
misc Dim Bulbs in San Francisco? In an effort to conserve energy, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu introduced legislation yesterday that "would prohibit downtown commercial buildings from leaving the lights on after hours," according to reports. If passed,