Although federal officials rated the San Francisco Housing Authority as “troubled” when former Executive Director Henry Alvarez exited his post, the agency actually improved during his last year on the job and might have received a passing grade if not for steep federal budget cuts.
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By replacing the political appointees on the Housing Authority board of commissioners with city employees, Mayor Ed Lee is taking a bold step toward reforming San Francisco’s long-suffering public housing while asserting more control over the troubled quasi-federal agency.
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A proposal to expand parking meter enforcement to Sundays has drawn the ire of local churches and other places of worship.The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is exploring options to make up its two-year projected budget deficit of $53.2 million. Enforcing parking meters on Sundays, an initiative that would generate $2.8 million annually, has received support from several members of the agency’s board of directors.
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The US Airways ticket agent who first gave Deshon Marman guff about wearing saggy pajama pants before he boarded a plane at San Francisco International Airport was black — but that’s not stopping civil rights leaders from saying the airline was racial profiling.Marman, 20, who is black, was arrested June 15 on allegations of resisting arrest and injuring a cop after he was thrown off a US Airways plane for wearing his pants too low.
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