2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (655+ words) The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 9-2 Tuesday to place a measure on the November ballot that would be a step towards creating the first city-run public bank in the country. A public bank would let the city issue low-cost…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1021+ words) San Francisco’s website informs visitors that, if they are unsure whether a suspicious vehicle or uniformed officer is immigration enforcement, or if a friend or family member has been detained and needs legal help, they should call 415-200-1548, the hotline for…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (994+ words) San Francisco’s Proposition D, dubbed the “Overpaid CEO Tax,” is still hanging on to a sliver of a chance of passing as of early Wednesday morning, after initial results. But things were not looking great: The measure, which would increase…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (738+ words) Millions of dollars are flowing into San Francisco’s two June supervisor contests, and a substantial sum is coming from deep-pocketed political action committees. There are no fewer than eight PACs involved in the District 2 and District 4 races, and they’ve contributed…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (780+ words) On Thursday, after a phone call to Mayor Daniel Lurie reportedly arranged after a concerted lobbying effort by tech executives, President Donald Trump “called off” a planned immigration “surge” in San Francisco. Federal officials confirmed on Friday that the rest…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1906+ words) Earlier this month, San Francisco runner Cal Calamia won the non-binary division of the Los Angeles Marathon with a time of 2:49:17. It’s the second win for the S.F.-based athlete, activist, and poet, following another first-place finish in 2024. They’ve only…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (258+ words) A cell outage on Monday could interfere with San Francisco residents’ ability to call 911. The Department of Emergency Management wrote in a 12:21 p.m. post on X that “911 is still operational” after a “reported AT&T/Xfinity/Comcast cell outage.” The…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (934+ words) Of all the recent dings against historic preservation—and there have been a heap—perhaps none is as ironic as the near demolition of 2229 Webster St. in the Fillmore District. The Italianate Victorian was for decades home to Anne Bloomfield,…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1860+ words) Is voting on the fate of a highway three times in four years weird and strange? Not in San Francisco. Barring unforeseen lunacy, come November, you’ll be voting on cars on the Great Highway — for the third time since 2022. Like…...

8+ mon, 6+ day ago   (414+ words) Every few years during the rainy season, certain neighborhoods of San Francisco flood. If it rains too hard or for too long, the sewer pipes fill, pushing water (and raw sewage) out of floor drains and sewer grates. Residents and…...