After a year of tireless campaigning by local supporters, the plan to provide free Muni passes for some or all of The City’s youths is in danger of being derailed by the regional body expected to fund the program.
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Big oil and eco-conscious San Francisco may sound like the strangest of bedfellows, but The City is on the verge of signing a contract with Shell Energy North America to launch a public-power program.
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Former San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris has been one busy lady. As California’s attorney general, she has made online dating sites agree to safety measures, wrestled $2.1 million dollars from Wal-Mart for overcharging customers, and is even going after Bernie Madoff’s estate. One of my favorite legal moves by her office so far is the defense of State Controller John Chiang in a lawsuit brought by State Senator Darrell Steinberg and Assemblyman John Perez.
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With Ross Mirkarimi out of office for the time being, it’s time to assess what comes next in the trial of our overly enthusiastic jailer. Having pled guilty to false imprisonment of his wife on New Year’s Eve, he now refuses to resign. Moderates must be thrilled.
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Mayor Ed Lee reaffirmed Wednesday his desire for a long-term solution to the hundreds of teacher pink slips and other budget headaches that the San Francisco Unified School District scrambles to avoid each year.Speaking at the retirement announcement of Superintendent Carlos Garcia, Lee clarified his recent comments regarding the potential release of about $6 million from The City’s rainy-day fund, which was created in 2003 to fill the district’s funding gaps.
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Ammiano says the mayor should not make the school's use of rainy-day funds contingent on sale of surplus properties.
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Students, parents and lawmakers showed up at City Hall on Tuesday to again voice their support for free Muni passes for youths.The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which operates Muni, is considering allowing all residents under 18 to ride free, an initiative that would cost $7.9 million annually. The SFMTA is facing a $53.2 million projected budget shortfall over the next two years.
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A once-threatened vintage Coca-Cola billboard painted on the side of a Bernal Heights home was cleared for restoration Thursday by The City’s Planning Commission.The 15-by-7-foot 1930s-era sign — featuring the soft drink’s logo and a silhouetted woman drinking from a glass bottle — became the subject of debate last year when a local resident complained to the commission that it violated San Francisco’s billboard regulations.
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A second look at the complex development deal that would bring the America’s Cup yacht race to San Francisco yielded a few key changes to the agreement Wednesday.
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Battle lines solidified Wednesday over the vast development deal between The City and event planners trying to bring the America’s Cup yacht race to San Francisco over the next two years.As currently structured, the pact would require race officials to finance repairs to some of San Francisco’s long-crumbling piers in exchange for prime property to build condominiums, plus lucrative 66-year waterfront development and lease rights to publicly owned land.
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