“The laws don’t give a darn if middle-class people live in Manhattan or not” —–Jacqueline Ancess, 62, February 27, New York Times We hear so often from those promoting condo conversions as a means of providing “affordable” homeownership that those
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This Tuesday, 28 February, the MTA board of directors likely will again go through the motions of approving a biased contract with BART, while no one at City Hall pays attention. Why? Maybe because it’s only the disabled who are
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Representatives from the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) were in the hot seat yesterday at the Government Audit and Oversight Committee meeting. The decision to award the Mission’s Bartlett Garage contract to Pacific Park Management was under much scrutiny by Supervisor
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After sixteen years of activism in San Francisco schools and her downtown neighborhood, Daisy MacArthur probably shouldn’t have been surprised when she found out two weeks ago that Supervisor Aaron Peskin had nominated her for a commendation. But perhaps it
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This week ushers in San Francisco’s own version of “March Madness,” the annual budget ritual that decides how the city’s money is spent. Due to unexpectedly high property tax revenue, San Francisco has its first budget surplus in four years.
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During the recent dust-up over Supervisor Chris Daly’s eviction disclosure legislation, ultimately vetoed by the Mayor, Supervisor Bevan Dufty offered a severely gutted version of the proposal as a compromise between the Board of Supervisor’s left and right factions. It
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On February 10th, the California Restaurant Association filed an initiative with the California Attorney General’s office. They want to raise the minimum wage to $7.75. This has to be a first, a business group filing an initiative to increase the
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