SF News London Breed Helps To Launch Task Force On Creating Safe Injection Sites Supervisor London Breed, who has lost family members to addiction, has come out as a strong advocate for establishing safe-injection sites in San Francisco a controversial topic for some who see such sites
SF News Plan To Charge Toll On Crooked Stretch Of Lombard Screeches To Halt The beleaguered residents of Lombard Street's most popular stretch will remain under tourist siege for the near future, it appears, after a proposal to decrease tourist traffic via a toll system was stalled
SF News City Pens Angry Letter To PG&E About Blackout, Says Communication That Day Was 'Nonexistent' City officials are tallying up the economic impacts of Friday's eight-hour blackout which affected some of the densest and busiest parts of San Francisco, shutting down 21 schools and impacting countless businesses for
SF News SFPD Reminds Everyone That Child Protective Services Will Step In If Kids Are Brought To 4/20 Now that 4/20 is a semi-sanctioned affair in Golden Gate Park, complete with gates, fencing, and a city permit, there are some rules that are going to be enforced rules that existed
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 Newly Appointed Rec And Parks Commissioner Resigns Days After Being Sworn In Jason Chan's time as a commissioner with the Rec and Parks Department was short and not particularly sweet. The Chronicle reports that the former Ed Lee campaign worker resigned from his post mere
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 Feds Accept Version Of Anti-Displacement Preference Plan Today is a good day. We WON historic anti-displacement housing preference in SF! #fightingandwinning for our communities who need it most. pic.twitter.com/DCBi3betue— London Breed (@LondonBreed) September 22, 2016 Supervisor London
SF News Supervisor London Breed Calls Progressive Website 48 Hills A 'Bulls**t A** Blog' When London Breed became Board of Supervisors President last year, besting David Campos for the top spot, her election was interpreted as a victory for the board's so-called moderates over its so-called progressives.
SF News Underground Muni Riders To Finally Be Blessed With Cell Phone Service As long as there have been cell phones, riders of Muni's light rail system have been afflicted with the scourge of no bars (now dots, I guess) any time the vehicles plunged beneath
SF News Intern For London Breed Beefs With Tourist Complaining About Litter The office of the president of the Board of Supervisors got into it with a tourist last week, reaffirming the old adage that only San Franciscans can talk trash about San Francisco. It
SF News Local Leaders Respond To Ousting Of Former SFPD Chief Greg Suhr As reported yesterday, the shooting by a San Francisco Police Department sergeant of an unarmed African-American woman Thursday morning was the last straw for Mayor Ed Lee, who fired (let's call it what
SF News SF Might Ban Styrofoam Coolers, Packing Materials, And Beach Toys It's been nearly nine years since San Francisco banned Styrofoam coffee cups, to-go containers, after then Board of Supervisors President Aaron "I'm back" Peskin pushed forward legislation banning the use of such products
SF News Breed Staffer Quashes Rumors That Kezar Pavilion Will Become Another Homeless Navigation Center In sharp contrast to the thus-far pricey yet lackluster accommodations for the undomiciled at Pier 80, the Mission's Homeless Navigation Center has been widely hailed as a success (so much so that folks
SF News Supervisors Seek Day Of Remembrance For Mario Woods, DOJ Investigation Into His Killing By SFPD An apology. A day of remembrance. And hopefully a Department of Justice Investigation into the San Francisco Police Department's use-of-force, training, and tactics. That's all the Board of Supervisors were able to offer
SF News [UPDATE] Supervisors Set To Tank New Jail Project With Vote Today It looks like we might not be getting that bright and shiny new jail after all. With a crucial Board of Supervisors vote on the project set for today, six Supervisors have officially
Arts & Entertainment The Fillmore Would Like One Big New Sign, Please Last Friday night on the way to see Kurt Vile at the Fillmore, a friend who hadn't yet been gestured to the iconic indie music temple, a bit baffled. "That's... the Fillmore?" he
SF News Fate Of Biergarten Not Guaranteed As City Officials Argue Over Need For Housing On The Property Two years ago, and as recently as last month, we were under the impression that the popularity of 2011-built Hayes Valley "cargo-tecture" complex collectively known as Proxy guaranteed its existence through 2021. But
SF News Does San Francisco Need A New Jail? The Board of Supervisors will vote today on whether to go after $80 million in state funding for the construction of a new county jail facility to replace the seismically unsound one we
SF News [Update] London Breed: 'Traffic Will Be A Nightmare' On 4/20, Traffic Diversion On Fell [Update] A previous version of this story noted several street closures, but in fact, there will only be a traffic diversion on Fell Street to northbound Stanyan Street, effectively shutting down Kezar Drive
SF News Will This Year's 4/20 Be Another Potpocalypse? Despite encouragement from their cultural icons to "smoke weed every day," some among San Francisco's pot-crazed population still prize a single day of the year as their a high holiday. The traditional 4/
Arts & Entertainment Local Nightclub Owners Make Noise At City Hall Over Shutdown Threats From New Condos Lucky 13 and the Elbo Room are currently endangered. Cafe Du Nord, The Lexington, Club Cocomo and others are already gone or counting down the days. Nightclub owners aren’t laying down anymore,
SF News One To Watch: BoS President London Breed Revives Pissily Deleted Twitter Account Two months after SFist wished it, it has become so: Board President and one time "Amanda Bynes of SF Supes" London Breed has returned to Twitter, years after she deleted her account in
SF News London Breed, One-Time 'Amanda Bynes Of SF Supervisors,' Is Now Their President Who would have thought it? London Breed, District 5's representative for the Board of Supervisors, is now the president of the Board. That's right, the woman we dubbed "The Amanda Bynes Of S.
SF News Supervisors Testing Fewer Seats, Wider Aisles On Muni Trains If you took an N-Judah to work and noticed a lot more standing room, you can thank Supervisors London Breed and Scott Wiener, who pushed for more strap-hanging and less seat-hogging on light
