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Farrell’s ‘small business owner’ designation will stand, elections dept. says
Mark Farrell can use the “small business owner” designation on the November ballot, the Department of Elections determined on Friday, denying two formal public challenges filed earlier this month. The department asked the candidate to provide documentation to justify the use of the designation. Farrell, in response, submitted...
Dept. of Building Inspection plan checker Cyril Yu sentenced in corruption probe
Former Department of Building Inspection plan reviewer Cyril Yu, who pleaded guilty in March to accepting bribes, was today sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal prison — the latest in the fallout from a wide-ranging federal investigation into corruption across San Francisco. The judge said incarceration...
San Francisco’s dishonest legal brief helped U.S. Supreme Court criminalize homelessness
Abe Lincoln: What a rube. It turns out that honesty is not the best policy. It may not even be one of the better policies. There are so many reasons to feel that way now, but this morning’s United States Supreme Court ruling enabling municipalities to roust, fine or even incarcerate homeless people without offering them anywhere to go might as well suffice.
Here’s how the candidates in SF’s critical district supervisor race set themselves apart
In one of the city’s most closely watched races this election, the seat held by the city’s first and only elected democratic socialist, Supervisor Dean Preston, is being challenged by a range of four candidates positioned to his right — whether on housing, the role of law enforcement, or approaches to the drug epidemic.
Yesterday’s Chinese-language reporters are today’s political aides
As part of the latest effort to court Chinese voters, Chinese media reporters have become popular hires for San Francisco campaigns or politicians: Several former reporters with KTSF, the Bay Area Chinese-language TV station, have taken jobs in the offices and campaigns of local and state-wide politicians. The exodus was...
Turtle island
I am a native San Franciscan. Since becoming a photographer I’ve found The City always ready for her close-up, blemishes and all. I love doing shots here— can’t let tourists have all the fun. Please keep your comments short and civil. Do not leave multiple comments under...
Meet the candidates: Why should voters care about the District 3 race?
Between now and the November election, Mission Local is asking each District 3 candidate one question per week, and candidates will get 100 words to respond. We will compile all responses to the 40-odd questions on a “Meet the Candidates” page, so that voters can get a full picture of their stances.
San Francisco remains a magnet for the young and queer
In the 1930s, gay neighborhoods sprouted up across San Francisco, and rumors of the city as a queer haven began to spread. Young countercultural queer communities set roots in the Castro, Bernal Heights and North Beach. At bars, bookstores and protests, queer people built lives in the city. Nearly a...
San Francisco warns Dolores Park hill bomb skaters: Stay away—or face arrest
The Dolores Park hill bomb has occurred every summer for the past decade, and last year ended in the largest mass arrest of teenagers in city history since at least 2017. All parties promised to do better in planning for this year’s version, and both city officials and skaters said they would be interested in a safer, sanctioned hill bomb.
District 11 candidates split on recalls and mayoral picks
For the first time in public, the six District 11 candidates revealed at a forum on Tuesday night how they felt about recent San Francisco recalls, telling attendees how they voted in 2022 on three Board of Education members and District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Michael Lai called recalls “fundamental instruments...
Meet the District 9 Candidates: Name an issue affecting Portola?
Welcome back to our “Meet the Candidates” series, where we ask the District 9 supervisorial hopefuls in the November 2024 election one question each week. Candidates are asked to answer questions on policy, ideology and more in 100 words or fewer. Answers are being published individually each week,...
See how they run: The Peskin campaign and the quest for 100 vols
A man. A plan. A 20-foot flatbed that needs to be turned into a Pride float. Behind us, someone whacks what sounds like one of those “Ring Bell for Service” bells, made famous by motel check-in desks. “Woo!” shouts Kaitlyn Conway, communications director for the Aaron Peskin campaign. She spins in her chair, and puts a tally mark next to the name “Isabel” on a white board underneath the goal “100 VOLS”.
Meet the District 5 candidates: Do you support safe consumption sites?
Here’s the latest in our “Meet the Candidates” series for District 5, in which we ask each candidate to answer one question per week leading up to the election. Four candidates are challenging incumbent Supervisor Dean Preston to represent District 5, which spans from the east end of Golden Gate Park through Haight-Ashbury, Japantown and the Western Addition, the Lower Haight and Hayes Valley, and most of the Tenderloin.
SFPD considers robot dog named ‘Spot’ in new military equipment plan
The San Francisco Police Department is considering adding robot dogs to its fleet and plans to bolster its inventory of military equipment, according to a new report the department quietly published earlier this month. The police department’s first annual military equipment report for 2023, which appeared on the SFPD’s website...
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