Arts & Entertainment Yes, There’s an SF Burning Man at Ocean Beach Saturday, Co-Organized by… Former SF Supervisor Eric Mar? There are actually several contingents of Burners heading to Ocean Beach Saturday to put on their own miniature versions of Burning Man, but one of them appears to be co-organized by former District 1 Supervisor Eric Mar.
SF News 'Tech Tax' Dies After Supervisor Farrell Associates It With Donald Trump The controversial "tech tax" is dead for the time being, with a 2-to-1 vote yesterday by the Board of Supervisors’ budget committee meaning the measure will not be sent to the full board
SF News City Report: 'Quality Of Life' Laws Are Costly, Ineffective So called "Quality of life" laws like the controversial sit/lie law are costly and ineffective, according to a new report issued by the city's Budget Analyst Wednesday. The Examiner picked up the
SF News Pressure Mounts On SFPD Chief As Four Supervisors Call For His Resignation The chorus calling for the removal of San Francisco's chief of police gained several important voices this week, as now a total of four San Francisco Supervisors have made it known that Greg
SF News 'Education,' Lifeguards Proposed For Ocean Beach As Yet Another Distressed Swimmer Is Rescued Just a few days after two teens were killed while wading in waist-deep waters at Ocean Beach, rescue crews were called there again Tuesday when a surfer got caught in a rip current
SF News SF May Limit Chain-Store Subsidiaries, Too San Francisco's formula retail rules, est. 2004, don't themselves adhere to any one strict formula. For example, while Hayes Valley, Chinatown's tourist corridor, and North Beach ban chains entirely, other parts of town
SF News [Updated] Supes Approve Soda Ad Warnings; Will Iconic SoMa Coca-Cola Billboard Get One? The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve warning labels on all print and billboard ads for sodas and sugary drinks in the city, akin to the warnings seen on tobacco
SF News Chain Retail Rules For S.F. To Get More Strict A proposal before the Board of Supervisors, spearheaded by Eric Mar, could further complicate things for chain retailers seeking space in San Francisco. The new guidelines, which go to a vote next week,
SF News Target To Open Three New Express Stores In Bay Area Target announced a plan to expand its San Francisco Bay Area presence with three new mini-stores opening in 2015, reports the San Francisco Business Times. There’s no word yet on where the
SF News San Francisco Supervisors Vote To Ban E-Cigarettes San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously yesterday to impose the city's strict no-smoking laws on e-cigarettes and vaporizers. In other words, you and that e-cig you've been happily puffing away on will
SF News Supervisor Eric Mar Tries To Ruin Batkid Merriment For Everyone [Updated] Waiting for Miles the BatKid & Wondering how many 1000s of SF kids living off SNAP/FoodStamps could http://t.co/LNNwpDsIsS— Eric Mar (@ericmar415) November 15, 2013 Sheesh. District 1 Supervisor Eric
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Less Booze, More Produce Coming To A Corner Store Near You After a brief test run in the Bayview and the Tenderloin, Richmond District nutritionist Supervisor Eric Mar is now expanding his plan to put produce aisles in liquor stores citywide. The new legislation,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Eric Mar's Next Crusade: Less Beer, More Produce At Your Corner Store Having famously saved an entire generation of San Francisco children from making potentially unhealthy lifestyle choices, Richmond District Supervisor Eric Mar has a new mission that will rescue San Franciscans from themselves: Getting
SF News Mirkarimi Supporters Circulate Talking Points as Legal Team Appeals to Delay Supervisors' Vote It's time for your requisite Ross Mirkarimi update for the week: The embattled sheriff, who has been suspended without pay since this past winter and who faces the permanent loss of the job
SF News Hustler's Mobile Strip Club Sparks National Controversy Like any good brick-and-mortar spot these days, North Beach bare-breasted joint Larry Flynt's Hustler Club has its own mobile version making the rounds in San Francisco. On Friday and Saturday nights, ladies can
SF News S.F. Board Of Supervisors To Waste Time Discussing Limited Grammy Categories Now this is rich: Item 40 on the agenda for today's Board of Supervisors meeting [PDF warning], is a non-binding resolution that would formally declare the San Francisco city government's displeasure with the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink McDonald's Dodges Happy Meal Toy Ban San Francisco's much-publicized Happy Meal Ban, goes in to effect tomorrow, December 1st. By Monday morning, we expect the city of San Francisco to have saved America by eliminating childhood obesity altogether. Except
SF News SF Supervisor Introduces Legislation Protecting Birds from Buildings Pardon us if we somehow didn't notice this little bit of local legislation until we slammed right in to it today: Supervisor Mar, famously responsible for banning Happy Meals, pushed through new legislation
misc Here's Eric Mar on <em>The Daily Show</em> Discussing That Happy Meal Ban The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c San Francisco's Happy Meal Ban www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> The Daily
SF News Supervisor Eric Mar to Get Mocked By <em>Daily Show</em> Re: That Happy Meal Toy Ban The Daily Show has already spent some time mocking San Francisco's Happy Meal toy ban (in particular Lewis Black's tirade against our Nanny State legislating), which the Board of Supervisors passed last month
SF News City Layoffs Are Sexist and Racist, Says Supe Eric Mar At an event hosted by the League of Young Voters, Supervisor Eric Mar had some provoking comments about recent city worker layoffs. Though the plan to layoff some 15,000 city workers then
SF News San Francisco May Get Tougher On Cigarette Smokers (Again) Though it was shot down last year by local businesses, on Tuesday the city reintroduced legislation that would bar the merciful release of nicotine "near the doors, vents and operable windows of any
SF News Day Around The Bay --Ha! The guy to your right ran for mayor of Barcelona, and doesn't he look like Matt Gonzalez? By copatbark from the SFist Flickr stream. --John Edwards was in town at Google. So
misc School Credit Give Gavin Newsom a shiny red apple! In an interview with this month's San Francisco Magazine (in blatant disregard of another interview with the Gavman in 7x7, which was optimistically labeled "exclusive"), the
