The illegal practice known as corporate hotelization could be shut down under a law adopted Tuesday by the Board of
Supervisors.
When corporations sign long-term apartment leases but then allow short-term stays, other residents complain of feeling like they are living in a hotel. The practice also takes away housing that could otherwise go to San Franciscans.
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Mayor Ed Lee defended the rules governing his monthly question time sessions with the Board of Supervisors, while also chiding the board Tuesday for a degeneration of behavior during last week’s vote to reinstate Ross Mirkarimi as sheriff.
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Commission hears about roof repair and other structural plans for the Telegraph Hill landmark.
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After more than a decade of conversation, San Francisco voters will finally have the opportunity this November to replace The City’s tax on employee payrolls with a tax on the revenues that businesses bring in.
The 1.5 percent tax on business payrolls in excess of $250,000 has long been maligned as a “job killer” and a disincentive for companies to do business in San Francisco, the only city in California with such a tax.
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The Board of Supervisors will decide Tuesday whether to approve a costly lease for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s towing operation after missing a chance to purchase the property for itself.
Last week, the board’s Budget and Finance Committee put the brakes on the deal, requesting more details. But Wednesday, the committee voted to send it to the full board for a vote, albeit without a recommendation.
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Well-documented turmoil at The City’s Arts Commission appears to be smoothing itself out with new leaders at the helm, the Board of Supervisors essentially ruled Thursday.
The commission has been marred in recent years by reports of mismanagement of funds, personnel resignations and even hubbub around a sizable city contract it approved for an artist who once shot a dog and filmed it.
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As president of the Board of Supervisors for the past four years, David Chiu has been a dependable voice of reason. He has frequently charted a “third way” for the board, providing swing votes on important issues that he appears to weigh on merit.
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Despite a 10-month public ordeal and the expenditure of $1.3 million in city legal resources to pursue his ouster, San Francisco’s restored Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi began to reassume his post Tuesday amid palpable tension at City Hall.
In March, Mayor Ed Lee began seeking the elected sheriff’s removal following a domestic violence scuffle in which Mirkarimi admitted to grabbing his wife’s arm hard enough to bruise it.
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The Board of Supervisors may have ended the official misconduct proceedings against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, but political fallout reverberates with talk of a recall effort, a wave of media statements and the revelation of threatening text messages from a high-ranking mayoral aide.
Observers called it a significant political defeat for Mayor Ed Lee, who had expended lots of political capital during the 10-month ordeal that began with Mirkarimi’s domestic violence incident on New Year’s Eve.
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