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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The moment of truth has arrived for the long-in-the-making plan to redevelop Treasure Island. Amid concerns of sea level rise, tsunami fears and a reduction in the initially proposed number of affordable housing units, the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee is scheduled to vote Monday on the project.
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Developers are already required to think green when erecting new buildings in San Francisco, but now they may have to think gold. Mayor Ed Lee is planning to make the country’s already strictest environmental standards for buildings even stricter. Currently, new buildings need to meet a set of development standards called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED.
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City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s yearly missive warning about the dangers of alcoholic beverages marketed to youth arrived right on time Thursday, this time targeting Pabst Brewing Company’s “Blast by Colt 45” as a “fruit flavored binge-in-a-can.”
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The latest high-tech company to move to San Francisco is Mozilla, makers of the Firefox Web browser, Mayor Ed Lee announced Thursday morning. And guess what? They don’t even want a tax break.
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After The San Francisco Examiner reported that San Francisco’s elected officials will receive pay raises next fiscal year, former District 2 supervisor and mayoral candidate Michela Alioto-Pier called on them to forgo the raises.
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave unanimous initial approval Tuesday for an ordinance that will allow residents temporarily displaced by fires or natural disasters to rent other apartments at below-market rates.The proposal, introduced by Supervisor Scott Wiener in February, would allow tenants to enter an agreement for up to two years at either what they were paying at their previous residences or up to 10 percent above that rate.
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Those convicted of animal abuse or having been proven to have neglected animals could end up listed in a database for animal rescue groups and city shelters to ensure those with records of animal abuse don’t end up adopting them. Such a database seems to be catching on. A bill in Texas is gaining support that would create a web-based public registry of animal abusers.
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Back on March 31, Mayor Ed Lee told reporters that he would pick a new police chief in two more weeks. Well, it’s about that time, but on Monday, Lee gave a familiar answer.
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When City Administrator Ed Lee was appointed mayor of San Francisco, to serve out the remainder of Gavin Newsom’s term in office, he said he would do so if he could return to his post as City Administrator. But for that to happen, a city law requires changing.
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