To save $600,000 next fiscal year, The City wants to begin transferring the care of 24,000 street trees over to private property owners. The proposal will undergo its first public hearing Monday at the Board of Supervisors City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee at 10 a.m. in Room 250.
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The planned Park Merced development could take a significant step forward Monday if the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee approves the project agreement that would result in 5,700 additional housing units. The construction would result in the demolition of half the of the sites existing homes, 1,500 townhouses.
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PERSON IN TOWNComedian Alex Reymundo performs at the Punch Line. "The Original Latin Kings of Comedy" and the award-winning "Alex Reymundo Hick-Spanic: Live in Albuquerque" are among his credits. [8 p.m., Punch Line Comedy Club, 444 Battery St., S.F.]LECTURES
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The San Francisco Giants will hoist the World Championship flag over AT&T Park on Friday afternoon, but before that event there was another flag raising in The City — at City Hall.San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee posted a photo of the flag flying above City Hall on his Twitter account.
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As the Giants begin their season down in Los Angeles, the San Francisco City Hall rotunda will be lit up in Dodger blue for two nights starting Friday.But don’t worry, it’s not in honor of the Giants’ rivals in L.A. The blue lights are part of a worldwide campaign to raise awareness for autism, and the Light It Up Blue campaign kicks off Autism Awareness Month.
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A man was stabbed in the back for just $2 near City Hall on Monday morning, police said.
At around 7 a.m., two robbers attacked the man as he was walking northbound in the 400 block of Van Ness Avenue, across the street from City Hall, police said.
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Hundreds of homeless people lined up near San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza on Wednesday morning to receive help ranging from eye exams to voice mail service — all compliments of the latest Project Homeless Connect. The event, a service fair that has been held quarterly since 2004, is expected to bring about 2,000 clients and 1,000 volunteers to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium throughout the day, event spokesman Kevin McCormack said.
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About 200 people gathered outside San Francisco City Hall on Monday to protest a proposal being considered by the Board of Supervisors to restrict the distribution of Yellow Pages phone books.
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Mayor Ed Lee's decision this week to keep Steve Kawa, Gavin Newsom's longtime chief of staff, in place points to the need for stability during the upcoming budget battles and should give a sigh of relief to some other department heads targeted by board opponents.
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Did you miss the last time the World Series trophy was at City Hall in San Francisco? Then you have another chance as the San Francisco Giants trophy tour gets underway this week.
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