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Additional Housing Vouchers For Homeless Vets

San Francisco got an assist from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in its efforts to provide housing to more homeless veterans. In mid-August, Mayor Ed Lee... Read More
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Density Bonus To Be Considered For Developers

This fall, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is expected to debate a proposal from the city’s Planning Department that would relax certain restrictions on housing de... Read More
The Best of Books

Monsters, penguins, hiccups, and Jimmy Carter

By Brian Pettus

Books Inc. best-seller list The Tender Bar: A Memoir, by J.R. Moehringer The Day the Crayons Came Home, by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi C... Read More
The Best of Books

What you’re reading this summer

By Brian Pettus

Books Inc. best-seller list Go Set a Watchman, by Harper Lee (HC) City of Thieves, by David Benioff (PB) Mindfulness Coloring Book, by Emma Farrarons (PB) Life Changing Magic of T... Read More
Police Blotter

Recent Northside crime reports

The crimes below are a small snapshot of what the officers of Northern Station and Central Station are doing. For a more comprehensive list, visit sf-police.org; under Compstat, se... Read More
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More Muni Money

At the end of June, San Francisco welcomed $41 million in funding from the state for the city’s Muni system. The money comes from California’s Transit and Intercity Rai... Read More
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Stinky City By The Bay

San Francisco continues to struggle with dirt. Schmutz. Smell. And the drought is making it worse, with water-use restrictions making it a no-no to wash sidewalks unless absolutely... Read More
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Quaking In Our Boots

In late July, the Bay Area experience a 4.0-magnitude earthquake, enough to shake people in their beds at 2:41 in the morning, but not enough to break the china. At least one scien... Read More
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Gun Control Plan Offered By Farrell

District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell wants the city to pass legislation that would require the videotaping of all gun and ammunition sales in the city. “Easy access to guns and... Read More
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Mayor, Board Seek $310 Million For Affordable Housing

The Board of Supervisors gave final approval to a $310 million affordable housing bond measure slated for the November 2015 ballot. Supervisors unanimously backed the measure, whic... Read More
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SF Median House Prices – Well, You Know

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: San Francisco’s housing prices have climbed to new heights. Sound familiar? In the first half of 2015, the dollar per square foot p... Read More
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Office Is Like Residential: Scarce

The same pressures pushing up prices and pushing down availability of residential properties in San Francisco are active in the commercial office market, as well. With a rental gro... Read More
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Short-Term Rental Battle Rages Anew

San Franciscans can be forgiven for thinking this was a settled matter, but the city’s heated debate over how to regulate legal short-term rental services such as Airbnb or V... Read More
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Millions More For Middle Class Homes

Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor Malia Cohen have introduced legislation to invest up to $125 million over the next decade for down payment assistance loans for middle-income homebuyers... Read More
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Tenant Protection Boost Proposed

When San Francisco landlords want to demolish a rental unit they own, they have to notify their tenants. That is not the case, however, if those units are unpermitted; current law ... Read More

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