Mayor Ed Lee announced Thursday that The City will restore $6.6 million in federal funding to preserve primary care and critical support services and programs for San Franciscans living with HIV/AIDS.
Programs and services funded by the federal Ryan White Care Act or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had been expected to lose about 15 percent of their total federal HIV/AIDS budget for the fiscal year, according to the Department of Public Health.
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Since August, there have been three tragic pedestrian deaths in a seven-block radius near the Castro and Upper Market area.
While each of the incidents included acts of negligence, according to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, the public reaction to the fatalities has been notably varied.
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A documentary about a play that recasts Jesus Christ as a gay man has unsurprisingly drawn the ire of Christian groups, but prominent LGBT politicians plan to stand behind the film when it’s shown this weekend at the Castro Theatre.State Sen. Mark Leno, Supervisor Scott Wiener and gay-friendly theologians say they plan to show up to defend the rights of filmmakers to display their work.
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When it comes to finding a place to eat in San Francisco, numerous factors can be considered before heading into a restaurant — what type of food is served, what kind of drinks the establishment has, how long the wait might be. Minuscule differences between restaurants, such as whether an establishment has 10 or 11 chairs, probably would not make or break a dining decision.
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The battle over Academy of Art University’s unpermitted student housing sprawl has been on City Hall’s radar since 2006, and now the issue could be coming to a head.A supervisor is seeking to define The City’s laws with regard to student housing in response to the school’s past conversion of rent-controlled apartments into student housing.
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San Francisco’s nightlife scene is giving new meaning to the term “entertainment value.”A report released Monday by the City Controller’s Office estimates the nighttime entertainment industry contributes $4.2 billion to the local economy, employs 48,000 people and pays $55 million in taxes to The City.
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Students would have more lunch choices and mobile vendors more space to operate under a new proposal to ease food restrictions near public schools, but parent groups say the plan will just make it easier for kids to snack on unhealthy meals.
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San Francisco on Tuesday could become the latest on a growing list of California cities to impose a fee on shoppers who fail to bring their own bags. In December, the Board of Supervisors postponed a vote on legislation that would have banned all single-use plastic bags and required merchants to impose a 10-cent charge per bag they provide to customers. The merchants would keep the revenue from the fee.
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After coasting to victory in the mayoral race, Ed Lee now faces a new challenge: paying for it.The mayor must move quickly to cover nearly $300,000 in campaign debt, according to finance filings released Tuesday by The City’s Ethics Commission. The mayor has attended about 10 fundraisers on his behalf since the Nov. 8 election win, according to his campaign manager, Bill Barnes.
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New rule: If you have a history of pushing the buttons of law enforcement and someday the public finds out you have been accused of a crime, then you can righteously declare yourself a victim of “forces at work that want to stop [you].”And your supporters will be far more enraged at the story getting out than at the fact that you have been accused of a crime.
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