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Supervisor Wiener Now Required To Place Napkin On His Chair Before Sitting Down

Not that the Castro Supervisor has taken to attending Board meetings in the nude or anything, but at the start of yesterday's meeting District 7 Supervisor (and current Power Rankings Points Leader) Sean

Nobody Puts Willie in the Sunset

"You're going to have to stamp my passport for coming all the way out here." - Former Mayor Willie Brown to District 7 Supe Sean Elsbernd, quoted by Catherine Bigelow during Sean's annual

Former S.F. Supervisor's Chair, Desk Cleansed With Holy Water

During today's Board of Supervisors meeting, one that featured a brand new cast of characters, Supervisor Sean Elsbernd took over the seat and desk in City Hall's legislative chambert, which formerly occupied the

LGBT Center Gets Its Loan From City Hall

The Board of Supervisors voted 9 to 1 yesterday to approve the $157,500 loan to the LGBT Center to address their aforementioned mortgage renegotiation issue. Supervisor Sean Elsbernd was the sole dissenting

ID, Please?

San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved municipal ID cards to SF inhabitants yesterday. These (hopefully adorable) new cards can be used by anyone here, it seems -- U.S. resident or not. Tommy

Blue Angels Committee Vote

As promised, non-mayoral candidate Chris Daly's proposing his nonbinding resolution to ban the Blue Angels from flying over San Francisco at the Governmental Audit and Oversight Committee meeting today. Daly, who's been working

Tsk, Tsk: The Latest On The Board Of Supes Code Of Conduct Proposals

As you may remember, Alioto-Pier (or MAP, as we like to call her) is spearheading the push to institute a code of conduct for supervisors, after the flap about Chris Daly saying that

Everybody Hates Chris: Reassigned!

Chris Daly was finally reassigned to a new committee today, in a total step down. After getting removed from the "powerful" budget committee chairmanship Chris was totally lonesome, floating in a committeeless void.

Oh No, Ed Jew!: Updates

Ha ha ha ha ha!! Isn't this LOLJEW picture excellent? We got it from reader Cior. Send us your LOLJEW pictures too! (Here's commenter KWillets's two pictures too.) So what's on tap(ioca)

Oh No, Ed Jew!: Around The Districts

Nothing too new to report on the Ed Jew got arrested front this morning, but the Chron did survey all the other Board of Supervisor members for their reactions. Let's go in order!

Do It, Lumpy: The Progressive Convention

Afterwards, a fellow blogger irritatedly reported that he had stopped by Gavin Newsom's -same-timed rally up the street a little earlier, where Sean Elsbernd had told a snickering crowd, "I gotta leave soon,

Oh No, Ed Jew!: Permits

--So you know what that $40,000 would've bought the Quicklys? A letter from Ed Jew to the Planning Commission to get a business permit, the Examiner says. The Quicklys' rival bubble tea

We Have A Mayoral Candidate!

Tony Hall's been famously irritated with Gavin Newsom ever since Newsom dumped him off at the Treasure Island Development Association to give his Supervisor's seat away to Sean Elsbernd and the Office of

Swells By The Numbers

Total number of people pictured in this week's Swells society column: 65. Total number of people pictured whom we recognize: 9 (including George Shultz, Dianne Feinstein's husband, and Spike Lee). Minority count: 6

Today, On <i>As The Gav Turns</i>...

First off. Alcoholism is a serious problem and we hope Gavin Newsom (.pdf) gets help and support. Second of all. Blue tie alert! (see picture from this afternoon at right.) We're tag-teaming in

How'd Question Time Go?

Well, we're sorry to report that everyone's day jobs managed to succeed where Wade Crowfoot did not -- namely, in preventing anyone wearing a chicken suit from gaining access to the city's very

Mmm...Junk Food....

We kind of imagine this thing being like what happens when you go on Haight Street but instead of people going up to you and saying "buds...doses" you hear "Doritos...cokes...." The

Aaron P. Is President

Where's Rakim to cut Aaron Peskin's single? The progressively-aligned District 3 representative is widely expected to win another term as the president of the Board of Supervisors in the wake of Newsom's Election

Watch Out Bush/Cheney, Here Comes the Board of Supes

The measure brought out the snark from Gavin, of all people, who said in response: "I imagine, immediately, Congress will probably convene into session and begin impeachment proceedings.'' Hey, that's our line.

Your Commute: Time For New Shock Absorbers

It's not just that you're bad drivers, folks! DPW says that over half of SF needs to be repaved and it's going to need $340 million to do it. DPW says per year,

Bush/Cheney Escape Another Close Call

So why did Elsbernd push it off to committee, a sure-fire way to delay the sucker and keep the thing from ever being voted upon? Says Elsbernd in Matier & Ross: "I have

Super Softball Action

“It is great to have the win, but our team is looking to forward to the playoffs,” said a modest Elsbernd, who put the Super in Supervisor with his outstanding play. Boris Delepine

For Sale on eBay: Fake Island

Seriously, at the current high bid of $222,322, this thing is a steal for any San Franciscan. When was the last time you saw anything in The City at that price? It

Tony Hall's Looking for Work

His old job, of course, was District 7 Supervisor, a job he held before Gavin's now infamous "Triple Play" political move. There's only one problem with that idea-- the job is currently being

Sizzling Hot-Hot-Hot!!

Love 'em for their policies? Love 'em for their sexy strut? Who cares! Clean out those cookies on your computer and stuff the ballot box for your hottie of choice! Super Hotties!Who