“Still, the budget for fiscal 2013-14 is $300 million more than Lee originally planned for last year when he unveiled the city’s first two-year budget. It does not include $4.4 billion in unfunded liabilities that the city is projected to owe for employee and retiree health care.”
S.F.’s budget blues eased for next 2 years [Chron] [Ex]
“Millennium Partners’ proposed highrise and Mexican Museum at 706 Mission St. is facing heated opposition and a possible ballot fight — led by residents of a previous highrise that Millennium built.”
Fight over Mexican Museum and tower may be headed to ballot box [Biz Times]
“In 1984, the owners of Golden Gateway proposed to build a nine-story condo tower on the site, pretty close to where Simon Snellgove wants to build his ultra-luxury condos today. Dianne Feinstein was the mayor of San Francisco, and she didn’t like the idea at all. In fact, she sent a letter to the Redevelopment Agency Commission, which at that time controlled the land, to say that condo development was inappropriate.”
Dianne Feinstein and 8 Washington: The letters [SFBG]