Gavin Newsom tweets frustration about United Airlines wait
Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom had a bit of time to kill while waiting to fly back from Washington, D.C. Sunday and decided to let all of his almost 1.3 million Twitter followers share in his disappointment...
View ArticleMore answers to your burning questions about the Warriors arena
As promised, we’re answering more frequently heard questions about the somewhat perplexing deal to build a new Golden State Warriors basketball arena on Piers 30-32. Question: Just how supportive is...
View ArticleGavin Newsom on Sacramento: “Ugh, God.”
As mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom caught some flak for his frequent trips out of the city and state - spending nine months outside California in his first six years on the job, according to a...
View ArticleShe’s back! Ruby Rippey-Tourk on new Bravo reality TV show
On the overwhelmingly large chance you didn’t catch the second episode of “Miss Advised,” a new reality television show from Bravo, let us fill you in on a local City Hall connection. The show follows...
View ArticleCity wins latest round in skirmish over GG Park recycling center
A state appeals court has refused to block the city’s plan to evict a recycling center from the southeastearn corner of Golden Gate Park. But the protracted legal battle may not end there. Ed Dunn, the...
View ArticleDrain Hetch Hetchy effort says it has plenty of signatures for ballot
Organizers of the effort to restore Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park by draining its reservoir plan to turn in about 16,000 signatures Monday at San Francisco’s Department of Elections to...
View ArticleEd Lee, Gavin Newsom bond over S.F. Giants love
Mayor Ed Lee and his predecessor, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, visited Wednesday’s Project Homeless Connect officially to talk about the smaller, daily version of the project that will open next week. But...
View ArticleCity commissioner under FPPC investigation for not disclosing income
Andrea Shorter, a mayoral appointee and longtime member of the city’s Commission on the Status of Women, is under investigation by the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission for failing to...
View ArticleHousing Authority drama is like Groundhog Day
We told you last week how Mayor Ed Lee’s newfound interest in reforming the beleaguered Housing Authority was like deja vu since Mayor Gavin Newsom said the same thing in 2007. Turns out you could call...
View ArticleSF Housing Authority: A brief, albeit familiar history
Mayor Ed Lee just did it. Mayor Gavin Newsom did it. And we told you last week that Mayor Willie Brown reminded us that he did it too. Yes, they all tried to make sweeping changes to the perennially...
View ArticleCivil Grand Jury seeks volunteer watchdogs
Attention all watchdog wannabes: The San Francisco Civil Grand Jury is looking for volunteers. The 19-person panel is empowered to look through the city’s books and interview government officials to...
View ArticleRose Pak: “Of course everything in this town is political”
Rose Pak, one of the most politically powerful women in San Francisco, wants you to know this: she’s not a lobbyist, powerbroker or kingmaker. “It’s not true,” said Pak, a consultant at the San...
View ArticleLawsuit: Lowe’s made mockery of SF hiring rules
When the Lowe’s home improvement center opened in 2010 on San Francisco’s Bayshore Boulevard, city officials praised the store for its commitment to hiring local residents. A lawsuit filed Friday,...
View ArticleSilver lining of 49ers move
San Francisco. New stadium. Super Bowl. The terms have been intertwined since at least 1996, when the NFL changed its mind and decided San Francisco was not going to host the 1999 Super Bowl because it...
View ArticleDidn’t we fix that in 2011? Amid jousting, SF health care loophole remains
So much for that loophole closure. You may recall that in late 2011, Mayor Ed Lee, after vetoing stricter legislation, signed a diluted version aimed at stopping employers from pocketing millions of...
View ArticleProject Homeless Connect celebrates 50th event, wants your help
Project Homeless Connect, which gets homeless San Franciscans the services and care they need to move off the streets, is celebrating its 50th event Wednesday — and it’s looking for your assistance to...
View ArticleWade Crowfoot named senior adviser to Gov. Jerry Brown
Former San Francisco mayoral staffer Wade Crowfoot is moving up in the world — Gov. Jerry Brown announced last week that the Oakland resident is now a deputy cabinet secretary and senior gubernatorial...
View ArticleForget routine. Money and safety spark fire code debate
Leave it to San Francisco officials to make the fire code interesting. Yes, the code is in the middle of its regular, three-year update to comply with state regulations, but before stifling that yawn,...
View ArticleMayor: Arts, not Twitter, ‘revitalized’ Mid-Market
He may be seen as the tech mayor, but Ed Lee said the gradual rise of the downtrodden Mid-Market area didn’t rest with a tax break that helped attract companies like micro-blogging powerhouse Twitter....
View ArticleS.F. Chamber of Commerce grades the supervisors
Remember the days when Board of Supervisors’ meetings were a crucible of political contention and razor-edge votes? Yeah, we barely do either. Continuing its march into decorum, broad consensus and,...
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