“According to a press release just sent by Rec and Park, San Francisco plans on curing homelessness by making the homeless play soccer. We are not making this up.”
S.F. Wants To Cure Homelessness With Street Soccer [SFist] [Chron][Weekly]

“Opponents of 8 Washington accuse Wiener of cleaning up a mess partly of his own making. Wiener, meanwhile, paints this as a simple commonsense move.”
Duel Purpose: Opponents Accuse a Supervisor of Introducing Legislation to Clean up the Mess he Made [Weekly]

“For meters to work, there have to be some consideration for the residents and make sure that they have the ability to park there. I think that there also has to be consideration for the type of businesses that we’re talking about.”
Conversation With Campos [ML@L]

“A $26,000 gift of office furnishings received by District Attorney George Gascón was approved by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, but not without some questions about whether it was good practice and even if the proper disclosure form was filed.”
Board approves gift to Gascón [Ex]

the author

Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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