Arts & Entertainment SF Supervisor Hopes to Raise Funds From Local Billionaires to Save Nightlife Venues Supervisor Matt Haney hopes to create a nightlife fund that will attract private-sector donations so that the city doesn't lose one of its greatest cultural assets before the pandemic is through with us.
SF Politics Supervisor Haney Floats a Universal Basic Income Program for SF Matt Haney is calling for a San Francisco guaranteed income, but did not say how much money people would get, and merely hoped the funding would come from a “private philanthropist foundation or something else.”
SF Politics Sup. Haney’s Bid to Break Up Public Works Likely Headed for November Ballot A new department would have one job — keeping our haggard sidewalks clean — under Supervisor Matt Haney’s proposal to break up the scandal-plagued Department of Public Works.
SF News SF Supervisors Seek to Ban Chemical Sprays, Rubber Bullets During Protests Recent reports of peaceful protesters in San Francisco subjected to rubber bullets and inhumane tactics by on-site police have flooded social media. In a bid to stop a repeat of those scenes, three SF supervisors are set to introduce an act banning certain militant crowd control tools.
SF News Uber Eats Stops Delivery to Treasure Island, Sparking Public Outrage and Criticism From SF Supervisor To support local restaurants, SF recently capped fees delivery apps could charge eateries at 15 percent. Uber Eats warned of the less-than-savory outcomes that may arise as a result. Treasure Island — with half of its population below the poverty line — will now no longer be served by the company.
SF News Boudin to Stop Prosecuting for Contraband Seized at Traffic Stops, End Sentence Enhancements SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin launched a bevy of new policy directives — among them the end of charging defendants for contraband procured during "pretextual" traffic stops — yesterday, aimed at reducing racial imbalances in our criminal justice system and mass incarceration.
SF News Supervisor Haney Wants To Break Up Public Works, Create New Agency That Just Cleans Streets As shoes keep dropping in the Mohammed Nuru/DPW scandal, Matt Haney proposes making the street-cleaning unit its own separate city department.
SF Politics SF Unlikely To Get Navigation Centers In Every District Despite Supervisor's Push Supervisor Matt Haney has been saying for over a year that there ought to be a homeless Navigation Center in each of San Francisco's 11 supervisorial districts. But legislation Haney has drafted that would make this a mandate appears to have been stalled in committee.
SF Politics Scaled-Down Mental Health SF Plan Finalized, Set for Supervisors’ Approval The formerly universal mental health plan will still treat as many as 4,000 people in need, and the mayor and supervisors’ compromise version looks likely to cruise through City Hall by next week.
SF News Three ‘Pit Stop’ Porta-Potties to Remain Open 24 Hours As Program Gets Renewed The potty will keep going all night long at three Pit Stops citywide, but Sup. Matt Haney yearns for all of them to be open through the wee hours.
SF Politics Haney Says Feds Should Take Responsibility For Rampant Drug Sales In Federal Building Plaza The "open air drug market" that the courtyard outside the Federal Building has become at 7th and Mission shouldn't just be the responsibility of local authorities, says District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney.
SF Politics Supervisors and Mayor at Odds Over Dueling Mental Health Plans After Supervisors Haney and Ronen introduced their sweeping Mental Health SF initiative, Mayor Breed counters with her own Urgent Care SF plan, which is ironically the less urgent of the two.
SF Politics Supes Haney And Ronen Unveil Sweeping Mental Health Bill, Mayor Is Quick To Oppose It Mayor Breed comes out swinging against the scaled-down compromise bill, because people with health insurance could qualify for taxpayer-funded care.
SF News Progressive Matt Haney Declares Candidacy For District 6 Supervisor Residents of San Francisco’s District’s 6, where well-heeled Supervisor Jane Kim is soon to be termed out, could have been rightfully concerned over the lack of established candidates running for that
SF News Pilloried By Fox News For Proposal To Rename SF Schools, Board Of Ed President Backs Down Pretty much immediately after new-ish Board of Education President Matt Haney, who is also running for re-election in November, floated the idea of re-naming local schools in San Francisco for local figures of
