Local Government

4+ hour, 23+ min ago   (502+ words) Volunteers hit the streets in Redwood City on Saturday to get out the vote in favor of a new rent control measure. If passed in November, Measure E would roll some rents back to 2025 rates and add caps on rent…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (345+ words) San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has struck an early agreement with 10 city unions representing 24,000 municipal employees, offering a 12% wage increase between 2027 and 2031 along with a guarantee against layoffs through June 30, 2029. The four-year deal, still pending ratification by union members, arrives…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (518+ words) Last week, the San Francisco Planning Commission unanimously reapproved a 7-story condo building at the former sex club and sauna Eros site with modifications. The 7-story, 85-foot-tall, mixed-use condo building will include 29 units, including 15 one-bedroom and 14 two-bedroom market-rate units, a…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (86+ words) The Borel funding debate concerns a multi-family project in Danville. Separately, the East Bay Regional Park District retained the remaining 10 acres as an agricultural learning park, ensuring the public open space tied to the site has its own dedicated use....

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (381+ words) Foster City is rewriting the rules that govern life along its lagoon, and this time it wants homeowners with docks and water views to help write them. The city is developing a new set of Objective Design and Development Standards…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (128+ words) Tuesday, Supervisor Jackie Fielder introduced a new proposal offering more protections for renters in San Francisco. Currently the city's rent ordinance allows evictions for any amount of unpaid rent. However, Fielder's ordinance would only allow an eviction if a tenant…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (120+ words) news.bloombergtax.com San Francisco doesn’t appear to have salvaged its tax on vacant residential units at oral arguments Tuesday before a California appeals court that recently indicated it plans to invalidate the law. The city’s Proposition M, adopted by…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (107+ words) A new ordinance proposed in San Francisco would increase protections for renters facing eviction over unpaid rent. The proposal, introduced by Supervisor Jackie Fielder and co-sponsored by five other supervisors, is also backed by Mayor Daniel Lurie. Under the city's…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (179+ words) Immigrant rights advocates are expected to rally in San Francisco on Tuesday in support of legislation that would allow people to file civil lawsuits against federal agents over alleged constitutional violations. Organizers point to a recent increase in U.S. Immigration and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (167+ words) San Jose leaders asked residents for their input on what should replace the name of the former Cesar Chavez Plaza. Ali Reid reports. Results from a public poll to rename San Jose's downtown plaza were revealed Tuesday. San Jose is…...