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San Francisco to fix tax disparity for same-sex pairs’ health care

By: Joshua Sabatini 03/05/13 9:00 PM
Following the lead of other cities like Cambridge, Mass., and companies like Google, San Francisco will begin picking up the federal tax bill for health benefits provided to the same-sex partners of San Francisco government workers. The Board of Supervisors gave final and unanimous approval Tuesday to legislation introduced by Supervisor Mark Farrell that, he said, “counters what is very much a discriminatory federal tax policy.” Read More

San Francisco supervisor helping to reopen schoolyards on weekends

By: Joshua Sabatini 02/28/13 9:13 PM
More of San Francisco’s schoolyards are opening up to the public over the weekends thanks to the efforts of Supervisor Mark Farrell, who is calling on more principals to get on board. Due to budget cuts years ago, the San Francisco Unified School District started shuttering schoolyards on weekends. But under the Shared Schoolyards project, which is receiving a boost from Farrell, more and more are reopening. Read More

Board of Supervisors approve tax relief for city employees with same-sex partners

By: Bay City News 02/26/13 7:54 PM
Supervisor Mark Farrell
San Francisco city employees will soon receive tax relief for health benefits they receive for their same-sex partners in legislation given unanimous initial approval today by the city's Board of Supervisors. Health benefits in same-sex partnerships are currently taxed by the federal government as income while heterosexual couples' benefits are not. Read More

Governments should not tax the health premiums paid by gay couples

By: SF Examiner Editorial 02/21/13 10:10 PM
Much is said about marriage equality for same-sex couples, and this paper fully supports the right of gay couples to wed. But at a broader level, there is vast inequality in other ways in which the government treats same-sex couples. Consider health insurance. Read More

San Francisco supervisors question parking garage deal that has community support

By: Joshua Sabatini 02/13/13 10:16 PM
Well-connected community members rallied Wednesday in support of extending an unusual Japantown parking garage lease with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency as members of the Board of Supervisors questioned the deal. Read More

Mayor Ed Lee wants Board of Supervisors to compromise on condo conversion initiative

By: Joshua Sabatini 02/12/13 9:04 PM
Mayor Ed Lee, San Francisco
Mayor Ed Lee carefully weighed in Tuesday on the hotly debated condo conversion bypass proposal by encouraging a compromise to bring relief to thousands of tenancy-in-common owners amid worries about the loss of rent-controlled units. Read More

San Francisco condo conversion allies rallying support

By: Joshua Sabatini 02/11/13 8:12 PM
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The condo conversion debate is gaining more political intrigue less than two weeks before a Board of Supervisors committee holds its second hearing on the controversial legislation. A vote was already postponed to allow the opposing sides to negotiate. Read More

Palace of Fine Arts site that housed Exploratorium needs pricey fixes

By: Chris Roberts 02/03/13 5:00 AM
The Palace of Fine Arts’s exhibition hall is available for rent, but whoever wishes to lease the iconic property will be responsible for repairs and rehab work potentially costing tens of millions of dollars. Read More

San Francisco is poised for success in 2013

By: Jim Lazarus 01/03/13 9:53 PM
San Francisco is kicking off the year on strong economic footing with employment outpacing much of the nation and the lowest projected municipal budget shortfall in five years. The America’s Cup, the opening of the new waterfront location for the Exploratorium, and several other events and developments will further boost the local economy as the year progresses. Read More

Exploratorium departs Palace of Fine Arts, new exhibit to open April 17 - SLIDESHOW

By: Chris Roberts 01/02/13 6:46 PM
The Sound Column is gone, but the Tactile Dome will live on. Since 1969, visits to the Exploratorium — the hands-on museum of experience at the Palace of Fine Arts — have been a rite of passage for schoolchildren in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. That ended Wednesday, as more than 5,000 visitors hummed, whirred, buzzed and discovered their way through the museum’s 450 exhibits before the site shut its doors forever at 5 p.m. Read More

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