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Interview: Supervisor Shamann Walton wants less nuclear waste, more affordable housing in District 10
Walton talked about what he thinks of the new board (less bold) and the new mayoral administration (less guarded).
San Francisco passed a tax to curb vacant storefronts. So why do many still sit empty?
When San Francisco voters passed a tax on vacant storefronts in 2020, storefronts sat empty in many parts of the city despite a booming economy. Then Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who sponsored the measure ...
SF retail continues its decline, despite tax threat
Even with a tax in place that sanctions landlords for empty storefronts, the retail scene in the California city is failing ...
San Francisco Wants Wealthy Donors to Help Fix Fentanyl Crisis
Cash-strapped San Francisco is betting on a new way to pay for its fight against a deadly fentanyl crisis: appealing to the ...
Plan to turn this S.F. neighborhood into a historic district is sparking conflict: ‘Absolutely abusive’
San Francisco’s North Beach has become the latest battleground in the California housing wars as YIMBY organizers sound the alarm over an effort by activists to turn part of the neighborhood into a ...
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North Beach as a Historic District? Not Yet, SF Mayor Lurie Says
A petition on San Francisco’s North Beach appears to have been delayed after a letter from Mayor Daniel Lurie. Housing ...
Recall campaign launches against S.F. supervisor as his supporters vow to ‘Stand with Joel’
Organizers for and against the recall of San Francisco Supervisor Joel Engardio kicked off their campaigns Saturday morning across the soggy Sunset District, with a boisterous crowd of 75 recall ...