Anti-Abortion Lawyer Vows To Sue City Over Proposed Buffer Legislation
Proposed legislation that would create a 25-foot buffer zone around entrances to facilities that provide reproductive health care was intended, sponsors say, to protect workers...
View ArticleCity Leaders Call For Immigration Reform
As President Barack Obama prepares to visit San Francisco on Wednesday, dozens of Asian and Pacific Islander elected officials and community leaders gathered today to...
View ArticleBoard Of Supervisors Unanimously Approves Ordinance Requiring Retrofits Of...
At least 2,800 buildings in San Francisco that are believed to be the most vulnerable in an earthquake must make seismic retrofits under an ordinance...
View ArticleBoard Of Supervisors To Consider Plan To Pull $521 Million Of Pension Fund...
Fossil fuel companies should not be a part of San Francisco’s holdings in its pension funds for city employees, according to a resolution the Board...
View ArticleRestrictions For Lobbyists Proposed To “lead to a better and more open...
Lobbyists seeking to influence San Francisco city officials could soon be subjected to new disclosure requirements and restrictions proposed today. The legislation authored by Board...
View ArticleBoard Of Supes Approves Plan To Create 25-Foot Protest Buffer Zone Outside...
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today gave unanimous initial approval to legislation that will create a 25-foot buffer zone around entrances to reproductive health...
View ArticleSupes Approve New Food Truck Rules
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation that clarifies and tweaks the laws for the city’s burgeoning food truck industry. The...
View ArticleMayor Lee: “Adequate notice” Given For Additional Question Time Query
The voter-mandated monthly appearance of San Francisco’s mayor in front of the city’s Board of Supervisors went off-script for the first time today for a...
View ArticleDOMA Decision Inspires Jane Kim To Say The Pledge Of Allegiance
San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim said the Pledge of Alliance for the first time at the start of today’s board meeting in what she said...
View ArticleSupes Give Initial OK To SF’s $7.9 Billion Budget
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors gave unanimous initial approval today to the city’s $7.9 billion budget for the next two fiscal years. The budget “reflects...
View ArticleSupes Make Temporary Botanical Garden Admission Fee Permanent
San Francisco supervisors voted today to make permanent a fee for non-city residents visiting the Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park. The Botanical Garden, which...
View ArticleSupes Approve Plan To Encourage Corner Stores To Sell Healthier Foods
A San Francisco Board of Supervisors committee today approved legislation that will provide incentives to corner stores that sell healthier foods in the city. The...
View ArticleDouble Parkers Beware: Supe Wiener’s Got You In His Crosshairs
A San Francisco supervisor is calling for a hearing on the issue of motorists double parking on city streets. Supervisor Scott Wiener announced that he...
View ArticleSupe: “I’ve lived in San Francisco for 16 years and I’ve never seen a double...
Vehicles double parked on San Francisco streets are the target of a hearing that a city supervisor called for at today’s board meeting. Supervisor Scott...
View ArticleBuilding Owners Keep Mum After Supe Introduces Resolution To Save Historic...
A black-owned bookstore in San Francisco’s Fillmore District is in danger of eviction, prompting a city supervisor to introduce a resolution today encouraging the new...
View ArticleSupe Tang Wants New Laws To Prevent Booze, Sexual Shenanigans At Massage Parlors
A San Francisco supervisor introduced legislation Tuesday that would establish new health and safety requirements for massage parlors in the city to prevent sexual and...
View ArticleSupe Campos Officially Announces State Assembly Bid
San Francisco Supervisor David Campos is announcing today that he will run for state Assembly. Campos, who represents San Francisco’s District 9, which includes the...
View ArticleSupervisor Calls Hearing On How SFPD Investigates (Or Doesn’t) Vehicle...
Issues over how police investigated the death of a bicyclist in San Francisco last month has prompted a city supervisor today to request a hearing...
View ArticleSupes Take Mayor To Task For Failure To Support Alternative To PG&E
San Francisco’s mayor was questioned today by several members of the city’s Board of Supervisors over his lack of support for a program that would...
View ArticleSupe Proposes New Partnership To Provide Microfinance Loans To Businesses
A San Francisco supervisor proposed a new partnership Tuesday between the city and the microfinance organization Kiva to support local small businesses. Supervisor Mark Farrell...
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