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A protester displays a sign opposing the building of a new jail facility in San Francisco, during a budget and finance comittee meeting at San Francisco's city hall Wednesday, December 2, 2015. (Connor Hunt/Special to the S.F. Examiner)

Opposition poised to doom San Francisco’s new jail

San Francisco’s jail proposal could be doomed after six members of the…

 

Mike Koozmin/S.F. Examiner

Vote on controversial new jail comes earlier than expected

Earlier than expected, a vote on whether to build a new $380…

 

A pedestrian wanders past the privately funded art installment at the 555 Mission St. plaza on Monday, Nov. 16, in San Francisco. (Mike Koozmin/S.F. Examiner)

Development art fee not living up to potential

San Francisco created a Public Art Trust Fund in 2012 with the…

 

The Capital Planning Committee meets Monday in City Hall, where it voted to approve a new jail in San Francisco. The facility now goes to the Board of Supervisors for a vote. (Mike Koozmin/S.F. Examiner)

Opponents of new jail want housing

Critics of building a new $380 million jail couldn’t convince San Francisco’s…

The Capital Planning Committee meets Monday in City Hall, where it voted to approve a new jail in San Francisco. The facility now goes to the Board of Supervisors for a vote. (Mike Koozmin/S.F. Examiner)
San Francisco County Jail (Mike Koozmin/S.F. Examiner, 2013)

Further environmental study not required for new SF jail

San Francisco’s new county jail that will replace the facilities at the…

San Francisco County Jail (Mike Koozmin/S.F. Examiner, 2013)