Supervisor Ed Jew has failed to prove he lives in the district he represents, the City Attorney’s Office said Monday, as the office repeated requests to the embattled supervisor for documentation of his residency.The District 4 supervisor, who was elected in an upset in November, is simultaneously being investigated by City Attorney Dennis Herrera for violating residency requirements required of supervisors and by the FBI on alleged corruption charges.
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San Francisco experiences a "small but consistent increase" in violent crimes during the summer months, according to police statistics. As The City heads into another summer, city officials are expressing concern over what public safety officials are doing to ensure San Francisco does not experience another uptick in crime. The concern comes as The City continues to struggle to bring down the homicide rate, with 43 murders to date in 2007. Last year, there were 85 homicides total and 42 between January 2006 and June 2006.
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San Francisco is among nine cities competing for $1.1 billion in federal funding to help the most congested areas combat traffic woes.The U.S. Department of Transportation had asked cities to make their best case for the funding and on Friday announced that nine cities made it into the semifinals. San Francisco is now competing against Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Miami, New York City, San Diego and Seattle. Up to five cities stand to receive a portion of the money when the department announces the winners in mid-August.
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San Francisco has apparently come down with a case of recall fever.As a contingent of District 1 business owners collects signatures to place a recall of Supervisor Jake McGoldrick on the November ballot, another move is under way in District 3 to place a recall of Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin on the February 2008 ballot.A main figure behind the push to recall Peskin is Rex Reginald, who says he is acting as a consultant for a group calling itself the Committee to Recall Peskin.
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A resolution that would call for a permanent halt to the Blue Angels annual Fleet Week flyovers won’t be introduced to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, according to its potential sponsor.Supervisor Chris Daly, when asked about the progress of his resolution, told The Examiner on Thursday, "Because of you, I haven’t gotten any work done today, and because of you, I am not going to introduce it on Tuesday."
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The annual aerial show by the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels — a San Francisco tradition dating back to 1981 that pumps millions into the local economy —is running into opposition from three local peace advocacy groups that are calling for a permanent halt to the popular Fleet Week flyover.CodePink, Global Exchange and Veterans for Peace, Chapter 69, are working with Supervisor Chris Daly on a Board of Supervisors resolution to address concerns over the Blue Angels.
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Mayor Gavin Newsom’s chief rival on the Board of Supervisors wants to slash the mayor’s proposed city budget by $37 million and put the money toward housing and health services.Supervisor Chris Daly has feuded with Newsom over Daly’s previous proposal — which was approved by the full board — to use a portion of this fiscal year’s surplus money on affordable housing needs. Newsom returned the surplus spending proposal unsigned, saying he would not spend money The City does not have and did not include it in his budget.
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The field of potential progressive candidates to battle Mayor Gavin Newsom has grown even narrower after Supervisor Chris Daly said on Monday he would not make a run for the top office.Speculation and rumors over who would be the progressive candidate to square off against Newsom this November intensified leading up to Saturday’s Progressive Convention. However, during the convention no candidate emerged and the potential candidate list has since grown shorter.
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The center of an FBI investigation and facing a city attorney’s investigation over whether he lives in the district he represents, Supervisor Ed Jew has said he will not resign from his seat on the board.Jew’s stance was published in the June 2007 issue of the Sunset Beacon, in which he wrote, "I have no intention of resigning my office."Midday Sunday, Jew returned to San Francisco after a vacation in China he left for on May 23, days after FBI agents raided his City Hall office, his Chinatown flower shop and a number of his other properties.
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Raising fees at The City’s premier golf course to bail the fairways out of the red is not generating much applause, while leasing out the course appears to be gaining political support.The Recreation and Park Department has heard time and again that the running deficit from operating The City’s six public golf courses needs to come to an end. This fiscal year, the courses’ operations were bailed out with a $1.4 million subsidy from The City’s operating budget, which pays for such services as fire, police and street cleaning.
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Boosting green fees at San Francisco’s premier golf course to bring its operation out of the red could help, but only if golfers tolerate the increase.The Recreation and Park Department is facing mounting pressure to turn around the operation of The City’s six public golf courses, which this fiscal year were bailed out with a $1.4 million subsidy from The City’s operating budget.
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The San Francisco Police Department will be overhauled as three consultants are being paid $862,000 to examine operations — from deployment of foot patrols to crime fighting strategies and station redistricting.The move comes as the department struggles to decrease San Francisco’s homicide rate, which has reached historic highs in recent years. The department also faces criticism of improperly allocating resources while being pressured to put more officers on foot beats.
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San Francisco residents may have to wait at least another year for free citywide wireless Internet access, if an appeal by a group calling for more review is successful.
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San Francisco police officers are in line to receive a 23 percent salary hike during a four-year period, according to the terms of a recently negotiated contract.With the double-digit salary increase, The City’s police salary costs would increase next fiscal year alone by $9 million, from the $263 million spent on police compensation this year.
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San Francisco voters could have a second opportunity this November to decide whether the mayor should attend monthly Board of Supervisors meetings — but this time the outcome would have the force of law.Last November, 56 percent of the voters approved the nonbinding Proposition I, a policy statement saying Mayor Gavin Newsom should attend monthly Board of Supervisor meetings for so-called question time.
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