SF News Dennis Herrera Running for Mayor It's official: Dennis Herrera is running for mayor of San Francisco. We just spoke with his office who confirmed that, yes, the San Francisco City Attorney will make a go of it. Herrera
SF News Mayor Mark Leno? Many a wonk (and even your SFist editor, surprisingly!) have had an inkling that State Senator and former San Francisco Supervisor Mark Leno could throw his hat in the San Francisco mayoral ring.
SF News Who Will Be San Francisco's Next Mayor? While we wait for Gavin Newsom to make the official announcement that he plans on running for California Lt. Governor -- Melissa Griffin, if you recall, broke the story that Newsom might make
SF News Bevan Dufty Gets Mayoral Although the election is still a couple of years away, district 8 Supervisor Bevan Dufty "plans to file forms with the city's Election Department this morning announcing his intention to run [for mayor]
SF News LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Will Not Run for Governor Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa revealed Wolf Blitzer today that he will not run for Governor. "The answer's no. I make that decision because like I've said many times, I love the city
SF News Gavin's Tongue Clinton and the gays, two things that gets Gavin's tongue wagging. Man, even in not the most flattering shots, he still looks... flattering. Or at the very least, endearing. Really, the man just
SF News Newsom Must Still Must Attend <del>Detention</del> Board of Supervisor Meetings Much to our surprise, the motion that almost allowed our fair Mayor Gavin Newsom to eschew his monthly cameos Board of Supervisor meeting was tabled. That is to say, it was killed. Dead.
SF News Newsom's Attendance No Longer Required at Board of Supervisor Meetings? You know how Mayor Gavin Newsom is supposed to make a special guest appearance at the Board of Supervisors meeting? At least once a month? To listen to their complaints, demonstrate that he's
misc Close Reading of Yelp We enjoy the following review -- although we're only using part of it for it devolves into anti-Hillary rhetoric, San Francisco's latest form of socially-acceptable sexism -- because a) it turns out that
SF News Governor Gavin Newsom? It looks like Mayor Gavin Newsom will take a stab at running for Governor of California in 2010. In addition to the gaggle of Democratic hopefuls looking to succeed Gov. Schwarzenegger after his
SF News Layoffs Greet San Francisco School Teachers Today 535 San Francisco Unified School District teachers will receive layoff notices this morning due to state cuts in education funding. Today's pink slip handouts stem from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget '09, which will
SF News To Help Curb Violence, Newsom Proposes Nightclub Reform With nightclubs like Jelly's, Whisper, and 715 Harrison playing host to fatal mischief over the past few months, yesterday Mayor Newsom and Police Chief Heather Fong went on the offense against SF nightlife.
misc Crazy Boyfriend Has Headaches Making that splitting headache even worse, Farber was also formally presented with the paperwork for the second restraining order that Rahaim filed against him after Rahaim discovered the fire. (Farber violated the first
misc Breaking Muni News is Mostly a Bunch of Blah Blah Blah Gavin: Nat is as frustrated as everybody else. We want change on the margins. Eliminating bus stops. The line I take down polk never has more than 10 people; It takes 10 minutes.
SF News Quote of the Day "When people say you're not part of the team, it means they want you to be part of the fan club."
SF News Tour Connected Bus: Vehicle of the Future While not all of us are fortunate enough to zip around in swank Aston Martins, or have sleek Tesla waiting for us on the horizon, the "bus of the future" is the next
SF News Leal Voted Out As SFPUC Chief, Receives $400K Without providing an answer for firing San Francisco Public Utilities Commission chief Susan Leal, the SFPUC officially sacked her this morning after a nine-minute closed door City Hall meeting. As part of her
SF News Breaking News: Newsom and Siebel Briefly Go Without Gravitational Pull Oh, for the love of God. Really? Okay, we'll bite. Ahem: while some of us were going through a chemically-induced bender over the last few days, because that's why God invented the three-day
misc Week Around the -Ists Phillyist explored an impending implosion and lived to tell the tale. Gothamist marveled at the city's new NYC-branded condom campaign - especially the use of a Toronto landmark in the advertising. (Also, fun
Arts & Entertainment Kathy Griffin vs. the GayVN Awards According to the fine folks over at The Sword (NSFW), the GayVNs (NSFW) will be held here on Saturday -- you know, those homosexual pornography achievement awards, which led to Mayor Gavin Newsom
SF News Gavin's People Gots To Be Paid Knowing that the report wouldn't put the Mayor in that nice of a light, he held a pre-emptory press briefing on Friday in which he said everything was on the up-and-up, that it
misc Single and Loving It...With an Attitude Oh good. Valentine's Day is just around the corner. And if the thought of next Thursday's approaching fillet mignon-for-two-free evening doesn't make you want to slice open an artery followed by nap-time in
SF News Bill Clinton at the Ferry Building Today? According to the Sentinel: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will lead an Embarcadero rally today in support of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. The even will be held on the second floor of
SF News The Trumpification of Aaron "Payback Is a Bitch" Peskin San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin has been on a bit of a roll lately. In addition to threatening to have Newsom's director of climate protection initiatives, Wade Crowfoot, canned out
SF News Filthy Gossip: Ginsburg Out, Crowfoot In? The Usual Suspects passed us the following note in homeroom recently: Word is that a high-level staffer is departing the Mayor's office. But since none of the Real Media have confirmed anything, we
