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Sen. Wiener Wants to Ditch State Environmental Review for San Francisco Building Projects

February 17, 2024 8:34 amFebruary 17, 2024 8:34 am

A bill to exempt all San Francisco building projects within a certain area of the city from the California Environmental Quality Act for ten years was introduced in the Senate on Friday. CEQA is a law that requires significant environmental...

Former San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos Put On Leave Following alleged Anti-Semitic Tweets

February 16, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 16, 2024 2:31 am

Former San Francisco Supervisor and current executive director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations John Avalos was put on leave on Thursday following alleged anti-Semitic tweets involving Jewish lawmakers. Avalos, who was a Supervisor between 2008 and 2016 and...

Palestinian Youth Movement Protest Stops Traffic On Golden Gate Bridge

February 14, 2024 6:29 pmFebruary 14, 2024 6:29 pm

A Pro-Palestinian group blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on Wednesday, resulting in traffic being snarled for about 30 minutes, with no arrests made. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), about 20 protesters from the...

Former San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell Announces 2024 Run For San Francisco Mayor

February 14, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 14, 2024 2:31 am

Former San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell announced on Tuesday that he will be running for the Mayor of San Francisco this November, joining a small list of candidates including current Mayor London Breed, Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie, and Supervisor...

The Greenberg Brief: Change SFGOP’s Leadership, Now

February 13, 2024 2:45 amFebruary 14, 2024 12:16 pm

A few months ago, I wrote about the need for San Francisco’s registered Republicans to take SFGOP party leadership elections seriously. So here we are, the county party committee elections are upon us now. Each presidential year, the party leadership...

More Affordable-Housing Bonds?

February 8, 2024 2:14 pmFebruary 8, 2024 2:55 pm

On March 5 San Francisco voters will decide whether their city should issue $300 million in bonds to subsidize the construction of affordable housing. The matter is likely to be approved, given the voters’ track record on similar measures. In 2015 they authorized $310...

Bay Area Tech Layoffs Continue Into February As Several Firms let Hundreds More Let Go

February 8, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 8, 2024 2:31 am

Mass layoffs struck the Bay Area once again this week after a high number of jobs lost during January, with hundreds more workers being let go from multiple tech companies. San Francisco and the Bay Area, still reeling after tens of...