Push For Emergency Declaration of Homelessness Moves Forward

Push For Emergency Declaration of Homelessness Moves Forward

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 Increasing Access to Gender-Neutral Bathrooms Wins Support

Legislation Increasing Access to Gender-Neutral Bathrooms Wins Support

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…

Eviction Protection for Schools Approved by Supes Committee

Eviction Protection for Schools Approved by Supes Committee

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…

Campos Calls for Declaration of Homelessness Emergency, More Navigation Centers

Campos Calls for Declaration of Homelessness Emergency, More Navigation Centers

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…

Legislation Would Protect Educators From Evictions During School Year

Legislation Would Protect Educators From Evictions During School Year

Supervisor David Campos today introduced legislation that would give teachers and families with children new protections from eviction — at least during the school year….

Campos Legislation Would Give Event Organizers Advance Notice of Police Security Costs

Campos Legislation Would Give Event Organizers Advance Notice of Police Security Costs

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…

Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence Protest Police Cooperation with ICE

Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence Protest Police Cooperation with ICE

Immigrant survivors of domestic violence and their supporters gathered in San Francisco today to urge the city to opt out of a federal program that…

Supervisor Campos Moves to Reaffirm Sanctuary City Status

Supervisor Campos Moves to Reaffirm Sanctuary City Status

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…

Campos Hosts Unity Rally Following Repeated Vandalism of LGBT Mural

Campos Hosts Unity Rally Following Repeated Vandalism of LGBT Mural

San Francisco Supervisor David Campos is hosting a unity rally this evening to support a colorful mural illustrating queer love in the city’s Mission District…

Campos Proposed Ballot Measure to Protect Historic Businesses, Nonprofits Facing Displacement

Campos Proposed Ballot Measure to Protect Historic Businesses, Nonprofits Facing Displacement

San Francisco Supervisor David Campos this week announced a ballot initiative intended to protect historic small businesses and nonprofits from displacement by offering financial incentives…

Supes Reject Mission Development Moratorium

Supes Reject Mission Development Moratorium

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors rejected a proposed moratorium on market-rate housing development in the city’s Mission District late Tuesday night. The vote on…

City Considers Pros and Cons of Market Rate Housing Moratorium in Mission District

City Considers Pros and Cons of Market Rate Housing Moratorium in Mission District

Hundreds of San Franciscans descended on City Hall today to voice their opinions prior to a vote by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on…

Supervisor Proposes 45 Day Moratorium on Market-Rate Housing Development in the Mission

Supervisor Proposes 45 Day Moratorium on Market-Rate Housing Development in the Mission

San Francisco Supervisor David Campos introduced an emergency ordinance on Tuesday to temporarily halt market-rate housing development in the city’s Mission District in an effort…

Supes Postpone Vote on SFMTA Contract for Armed Private Security Guards

Supes Postpone Vote on SFMTA Contract for Armed Private Security Guards

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors postponed a vote today to approve a $38 million contract for private security guards for the San Francisco Municipal…

Housing Industry Organizations File Lawsuit Against Buyout Agreement Ordinance

Housing Industry Organizations File Lawsuit Against Buyout Agreement Ordinance

Individuals and housing industry organizations that challenge the constitutionality of a buyout Agreement Ordinance, passed by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors and set to take…

City Officials Call for Help to House Recent Fire Victims

City Officials Call for Help to House Recent Fire Victims

Following three recent major fires in San Francisco that claimed the life of one man, injured others and left roughly 100 people homeless, residents and…

Supe London Breed Elected as Board President

Supe London Breed Elected as Board President

San Francisco Supervisor London Breed beat out Supervisor David Campos in an election today by the members of the Board of Supervisors for the seat…

Campos Concedes to Chiu in District 17 Assembly Race

Campos Concedes to Chiu in District 17 Assembly Race

San Francisco Supervisor David Campos has conceded the race for the District 17 state assembly seat, his rival Supervisor David Chiu said this evening. Campos…

Close Race Between Supervisors Campos, Chiu for State Assembly

Close Race Between Supervisors Campos, Chiu for State Assembly

David Chiu appears to be coming out in front of David Campos in the San Francisco race for District 17 state assemblymember, but the race…

Supes Pass Legislation Clarifying “Buffer Zones” at Reproductive Health Clinics

Supes Pass Legislation Clarifying “Buffer Zones” at Reproductive Health Clinics

Following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed a new version of an existing ordinance…

Federal Judge Strikes Down City Ordinance Requiring Steep Payouts to Ellis Act Evictees

Federal Judge Strikes Down City Ordinance Requiring Steep Payouts to Ellis Act Evictees

A federal judge today struck down a San Francisco ordinance that steeply increased payments landlords were required to pay tenants evicted from properties they intended…

Legislation Proposed to Make Preventative HIV Drugs More Accesible

Legislation Proposed to Make Preventative HIV Drugs More Accesible

San Francisco Supervisor David Campos introduced legislation today that would allocate about $800,000 to not only assist San Franciscans who can’t afford preventative HIV/AIDS drugs…

Hastings Employees, Students, Supes Picket Over Contract Impasse

Hastings Employees, Students, Supes Picket Over Contract Impasse

Nearly 100 people picketed in front of the University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco’s Civic Center neighborhood this afternoon to…

Facebook Agrees to Meet with Drag Queens to Discuss Profile Name Policy

Facebook Agrees to Meet with Drag Queens to Discuss Profile Name Policy

Facebook officials have agreed to meet with local drag queens at San Francisco City Hall to discuss the social media website’s policy of people using…

Supe Campos Calls for Facebook, Drag Queens to Meet Over Profile Name Crackdown

Supe Campos Calls for Facebook, Drag Queens to Meet Over Profile Name Crackdown

San Francisco Supervisor David Campos is calling on Facebook officials to meet with local drag queens to discuss the social media website’s recent crackdown on…

David Chiu, David Campos Gear Up For November Fight For State Assembly Seat

David Chiu, David Campos Gear Up For November Fight For State Assembly Seat

Two San Francisco supervisors will face each other in a runoff race for one of the city’s state assembly seats this November following Tuesday’s primary…

“You gave all our money away”: City Workers Protest Twitter Tax Break

“You gave all our money away”: City Workers Protest Twitter Tax Break

Tax breaks by San Francisco for Mid-Market employers were the target of a rally outside City Hall this afternoon by a public employee union that…

Supervisors Join City Workers Rallying Against Tech Company Tax Breaks, Private Shuttles

Supervisors Join City Workers Rallying Against Tech Company Tax Breaks, Private Shuttles

Hundreds of city workers gathered in front of San Francisco’s City Hall for a noontime protest decrying tax breaks for high-tech companies and other deals…

Endangered Tenants Rally In Favor Of Changes To Ellis Act Outside City Hall, Then Landlords Argue Against It Inside

Endangered Tenants Rally In Favor Of Changes To Ellis Act Outside City Hall, Then Landlords Argue Against It Inside

Tenants facing eviction rallied with San Francisco city supervisors on the steps of City Hall today in support of legislation introduced by Supervisor David Campos…

CCSF Students, Faculty Protest Pepper Spraying And Arrest Of Students

CCSF Students, Faculty Protest Pepper Spraying And Arrest Of Students

After a protest that led to City College of San Francisco students being pepper sprayed and arrested on campus Thursday, students and faculty came to…

City Hall Celebrates Supe’s Birthday With Friendly Mayoral Ribbing, “LinkedIn for Dummies” Book

City Hall Celebrates Supe’s Birthday With Friendly Mayoral Ribbing, “LinkedIn for Dummies” Book

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee proclaimed Tuesday John Avalos Day at the board of supervisor’s meeting in honor of the supervisor’s 50th birthday. Spirits were…

Under New Legislation, Developers In SF Would Have to Prove National LGBT-Friendliness

Under New Legislation, Developers In SF Would Have to Prove National LGBT-Friendliness

San Francisco Supervisor David Campos introduced legislation at the city’s board of supervisors meeting this afternoon aiming to protect LGBT residents from housing discrimination. As…

Survivors Of Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Victims Rally At City Hall To Demand A Safety Net

Survivors Of Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Victims Rally At City Hall To Demand A Safety Net

Family members and friends of suicide victims who died jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge gathered at the steps of San Francisco City Hall today…

Local Landlords Demonstrate Against Announcement Of Legislation To Close Ellis Act Loopholes

Local Landlords Demonstrate Against Announcement Of Legislation To Close Ellis Act Loopholes

In front of an apartment building in San Francisco’s Chinatown this morning, state Sen. Mark Leno announced legislation to help tenants who are being evicted…

“We want Twitter to pay its fair share” 24 Cops Police Protesters (Including Two Supes) Against Corporate Tax Breaks

“We want Twitter to pay its fair share” 24 Cops Police Protesters (Including Two Supes) Against Corporate Tax Breaks

San Francisco Supervisors John Avalos and David Campos joined San Francisco city workers today in a protest outside Twitter’s Market Street headquarters calling for an…

“The lack of transparency that we have seen needs to change”: Supe Campos Calls Out CCSF’s “Special Trustee”

“The lack of transparency that we have seen needs to change”: Supe Campos Calls Out CCSF’s “Special Trustee”

City College of San Francisco should have its elected Board of Trustees restored by state officials who last year installed a special trustee to oversee…

Supe Campos Says There’s The Possibility SF Doesn’t Need A Jail, SFPD Chief Says That “Just isn’t practical”

Supe Campos Says There’s The Possibility SF Doesn’t Need A Jail, SFPD Chief Says That “Just isn’t practical”

A Board of Supervisors’ neighborhood services and safety committee today discussed plans for a $290-million jail project to replace the decrepit jail facilities on the…

Does SF Need A New Jail? Supes To Discuss Thursday Afternoon

Does SF Need A New Jail? Supes To Discuss Thursday Afternoon

A proposal to build a new jail in San Francisco is the topic of a hearing scheduled Thursday at a Board of Supervisors committee meeting…

SF’s Pedestrian Safety Crisis: SFPD Chief Vows To Enforce Existing Laws

SF’s Pedestrian Safety Crisis: SFPD Chief Vows To Enforce Existing Laws

San Francisco city leaders and police officials pledged during a joint hearing at City Hall Thursday night to strengthen enforcement of traffic violations and work…

Wage Theft Victims Get $800,000 Check

Wage Theft Victims Get $800,000 Check

Dozens of San Francisco care home workers were presented with an $800,000 check for unpaid wages this morning. The wage settlement came from two recent…