Despite opposition from Mayor Ed Lee, legislation declaring a state of emergency on homelessness in San Francisco is headed toward the Board of Supervisors with…
Legislation that would increase access to gender-neutral restrooms in San Francisco was approved in committee today with broad support. The legislation, introduced by Supervisor David…
Legislation that would give San Francisco school employees, child caregivers and families new eviction protections during the school year received unanimous support from a Board…
San Francisco city agencies are developing a plan to deal with rising sea levels, which are expected to pose a threat to an estimated $75…
San Francisco Supervisor David Campos today called for the Board of Supervisors to declare a state of emergency on homelessness to help speed up the…
San Francisco hotels scored big during Super Bowl weekend, generating a $5.3 million boost to hotel tax revenues, according to estimates released by the San…
New legislation introduced Tuesday by San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener would require all new construction within the city, including residential and commercial buildings, to have…
San Francisco Supervisors Jane Kim and Aaron Peskin today said they would withdraw one measure from the June ballot that would double the minimum amount…
San Francisco is working toward a unified approach to homelessness under the management of a single department, but progress is not coming fast enough for…
A towing contract approved by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency on Tuesday reduces towing fees across the board and drops them altogether for victims…
San Francisco prosecutors will join forces with the FBI in a task force to investigate public corruption, District Attorney George Gascon said today. The task…
The City of San Francisco launched a new medical response team for the homeless today. The Homeless Emergency Assessment & Response Team will respond to…
A reported gay bashing attack in San Francisco’s Marina District has drawn condemnation from the mayor and inspired plans for a gay “takeover” of a…
Supervisor Scott Wiener today announced legislation that would make San Francisco the first city in the country to require companies to provide fully paid parental…
A ballot measure introduced by Supervisors Jane Kim and Aaron Peskin today would double the amount of affordable housing developers are required to include in…
Dozens of rowdy protesters called for San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr’s resignation during a swearing in ceremony for Mayor Ed Lee today. Lee’s introduction…
More than a dozen protesters marched to the house of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee today, calling for his resignation to the wake of recent…
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced today at a summit in Portland, Oregon that the city’s transportation fleet has completed swapping its petroleum diesel for…
A new program will give some voters in San Francisco the chance to have their voices heard by proposing a new law, Assemblyman David Chiu…
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced plans today to create a new Department to End Homelessness and spend $1 billion over the next four years…
San Francisco police are investigating a bank robbery in the city’s Financial District on Wednesday morning. The robbery was reported at 11:40 a.m. in the…
State Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, today announced a new try for a law that would sharply limit solitary confinement of youth in juvenile correctional…
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon today spoke out against plans to build a new jail, saying the city should instead renovate existing jails and…
San Francisco Supervisor David Campos today introduced legislation intended to prevent last minute surprises for festival organizers by establishing a clear process for determining mandatory…
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee today called for a ballot measure that would increase the amount of affordable housing developers are required to include in…
The Bar Association of San Francisco urged the city’s Police Commission today to adopt a policy of barring officers from reviewing body camera footage when…
Twenty-four projects designed to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety in San Francisco have been completed ahead of schedule, with six more projects expected to be…
San Francisco was awarded an $80 million grant today by the Board of State and Community Corrections to replace deteriorating city jails at the Hall…
Vicki Hennessy today said that after winning the race for San Francisco Sheriff one of her first orders of business will be to instruct sheriff’s…
San Francisco Supervisor David Campos and proponents of Proposition I, which aims to suspend market-rate development in the Mission District for 18 months, held a…
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to pass a package of gun safety policies that has already prompted San Francisco’s last remaining…
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg was in San Francisco today to help launch a program that helps low-income residents across the country access…
A measure on San Francisco’s ballot in next week’s election will decide whether there needs to be stricter enforcement and limits on short-term rentals of…
Many teachers in San Francisco can’t afford to live in the city as housing prices continue to rise – and that’s why Mayor Ed Lee…
New parks that would create one of the longest continuous open spaces along the Bay in San Francisco are a step closer to being built,…
Two San Francisco supervisors have started the process to make an offer to purchase a piece of property for a possible expansion of the Central…
San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell introduced a ballot measure this week that he said could generate an additional $350 million for city parks over the…
Supervisor David Campos today called on San Francisco officials to reaffirm the city’s status as a Sanctuary City despite a recent outcry over a fatal…
A police crackdown on bicyclists this summer has inspired new legislation that would legalize the rolling stops many cyclists already use at stop signs so…
San Francisco supervisors today passed new tenant protections making it harder to evict renters or raise the rent after some evictions and making it easier…