New Legislation Would Make Solar Panels a Requirement for New Buildings

New Legislation Would Make Solar Panels a Requirement for New Buildings

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…

Supes Call for City Employers to Provide Fully Paid Parental Leave

Supes Call for City Employers to Provide Fully Paid Parental Leave

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…

Suspect in Theft of Supe’s Cellphone to be Arraigned

Suspect in Theft of Supe’s Cellphone to be Arraigned

A woman who allegedly robbed San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener of his cellphone and then demanded money for its return will make her first appearance…

San Francisco Supervisor Proposes Making It Easier For Residents To Recycle Water

San Francisco Supervisor Proposes Making It Easier For Residents To Recycle Water

A San Francisco supervisor is hoping to make it easier for the city’s residents to install simple recycled water systems for irrigation. Supervisor Scott Wiener…

Supes to Consider New Tenant Protections

Supes to Consider New Tenant Protections

San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday will consider new tenant protections that will make it harder for landlords to evict tenants for minor violations or raise…

Supes Expect New In-Law Units to Bolster Rent-Controlled Housing Stock

Supes Expect New In-Law Units to Bolster Rent-Controlled Housing Stock

Garages, storage areas, basements and other underutilized spaces in District 3 and District 8 of San Francisco just got the green light from the San…

Supervisors Establish Population-Based Police Staffing Policy Despite Public’s Vocal Disapproval

Supervisors Establish Population-Based Police Staffing Policy Despite Public’s Vocal Disapproval

An ordinance establishing a population-based police staffing policy in San Francisco passed today despite a large crowd of protesters who vocalized their opposition to the…

Supervisors Unanimously Approve Ordinance to put Health Warning on Soda Advertisements

Supervisors Unanimously Approve Ordinance to put Health Warning on Soda Advertisements

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation today that aims to educate consumers about the potential health problems associated with consumption of sugar-sweetened…

Big Soda Opposes Supervisors’ Sugary Beverage Warnings

Big Soda Opposes Supervisors’ Sugary Beverage Warnings

A dietician representing the American Beverage Association was among the few opponents present this afternoon at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Land Use and…

Supervisor Wiener Proposing Cannabis State Legalization Task Force

Supervisor Wiener Proposing Cannabis State Legalization Task Force

San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener is hoping to get approval to create a task force to help plan local policies if cannabis is legalized in…

Beverage Industry Scorns Supes Proposed Legislation Warning Consumers of Health Risks Caused by Sugary Drinks

Beverage Industry Scorns Supes Proposed Legislation Warning Consumers of Health Risks Caused by Sugary Drinks

The trade association CalBev, representing members of the non-alcoholic beverage industry, scorned San Francisco supervisors’ plans introduced at today’s board meeting requiring health warnings on…

Supervisor Wiener Urges City to Crack Down on Double Parking

Supervisor Wiener Urges City to Crack Down on Double Parking

San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener at the Board of Supervisors’ land use and transportation committee hearing Monday afternoon expressed his concern that the city is…

Supe Introduces Resolution Supporting Move to Eliminate Personal Belief Exemptions for Vaccination

Supe Introduces Resolution Supporting Move to Eliminate Personal Belief Exemptions for Vaccination

San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener today introduced a resolution supporting efforts to eliminate personal belief exemptions for vaccinations for children in California. If approved, the…

City Report Finds That More Maneuverable Fire Trucks Will Improve Street Safety

City Report Finds That More Maneuverable Fire Trucks Will Improve Street Safety

For pedestrians and bicyclists in San Francisco smaller roads mean increased safety, but for fire trucks, narrow roads pose a challenge. San Francisco Supervisor Scott…

Supe Wiener Proposes Greater Transparency, Reforms to City’s Ballot Initiative System

Supe Wiener Proposes Greater Transparency, Reforms to City’s Ballot Initiative System

San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener announced today that he is pursuing an amendment to the city charter requiring real-time disclosure of top donors for all…

Ordinance Aims to Decrease Tobacco Permits in Low-Income Neighborhoods

Ordinance Aims to Decrease Tobacco Permits in Low-Income Neighborhoods

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance earlier this week that will stop the issuance of new tobacco permits to retailers in San…

Four Board of Supervisors Incumbents Up for Re-Election Beat Out Competition

Four Board of Supervisors Incumbents Up for Re-Election Beat Out Competition

Four members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors up for re-election appear to have beat out their competition to hold on to their spots…

Hearing Held to Discuss Financial Burden of Towed Stolen Vehicles on Victims

Hearing Held to Discuss Financial Burden of Towed Stolen Vehicles on Victims

San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener held a hearing today to discuss current fees and policies that require victims of auto thefts to pay a hefty…

Proposed Soda Tax Gains Traction Ahead of Tuesday Supe Vote

Proposed Soda Tax Gains Traction Ahead of Tuesday Supe Vote

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Budget and Finance Committee unanimously voted today to recommend a tax on soda and sugary beverages sold in the…

Supes, Community Members Advocate For Central Subway Extension To Fisherman’s Wharf

Supes, Community Members Advocate For Central Subway Extension To Fisherman’s Wharf

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and other city officials marked a milestone in the Central Subway project this morning with the completion of tunnel boring…

SF Supe Plans Resolution To Urge End To Muni Driver Sickout

SF Supe Plans Resolution To Urge End To Muni Driver Sickout

A San Francisco supervisor said he plans to introduce a resolution at today’s Board of Supervisors meeting urging San Francisco Municipal Railway drivers to end…

Tourists, City Workers, SF Supe, And Regular Joes All Suffer In Morning Muni Sick-Out

Tourists, City Workers, SF Supe, And Regular Joes All Suffer In Morning Muni Sick-Out

Commuters and tourists scrambled to find ways to get around San Francisco this morning as San Francisco Municipal Railway service operated at about a third…

Supe Wants $7.3 Million To Clean Up SF’s Public Spaces

Supe Wants $7.3 Million To Clean Up SF’s Public Spaces

San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener has introduced a $7.3 million budget proposal to clean up city parks and public spaces. The package proposes doubling the…

New Law Forces AT&T To Work Harder To Get Community Input For Placement Of Giant Sidewalk Boxes

New Law Forces AT&T To Work Harder To Get Community Input For Placement Of Giant Sidewalk Boxes

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation on Tuesday afternoon concerning placement of utility boxes on city sidewalks. The ordinance authored by Supervisor…

“Let’s take a hard look at late night transit options” Says Supe, Forms Working Group

“Let’s take a hard look at late night transit options” Says Supe, Forms Working Group

San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener introduced a resolution at this afternoon’s Board of Supervisors meeting to form a late night transportation working group that will…

Board Of Supervisors OKs Plan To Add In-Law Apartments In Castro District

Board Of Supervisors OKs Plan To Add In-Law Apartments In Castro District

Legislation that will allow for the creation of new in-law units in San Francisco’s Castro District was unanimously approved at this afternoon’s Board of Supervisors…

Rainbow Crosswalks, Colorful LEDs, Wider Sidewalks All Part Of Massive Castro Street Improvement Project

Rainbow Crosswalks, Colorful LEDs, Wider Sidewalks All Part Of Massive Castro Street Improvement Project

San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener and other city and community leaders kicked off what he called a “transformational” street improvement project in the heart of…

Supe Who Proposed Soda Tax Calls For Hearing On SF’s $500 Million Diabetes Crisis

Supe Who Proposed Soda Tax Calls For Hearing On SF’s $500 Million Diabetes Crisis

Type 2 diabetes and its effect on San Francisco residents will be the topic of a hearing requested Tuesday by a member of the city’s…

SF Supes Backing Warning Label Proposal For Sugary Drinks

SF Supes Backing Warning Label Proposal For Sugary Drinks

San Francisco elected leaders are backing a state bill that would add warning labels to sugary drinks such as sodas and energy drinks. At the…

Supe Calls For Hearing On Recent “Unacceptable” Muni Service Disruptions

Supe Calls For Hearing On Recent “Unacceptable” Muni Service Disruptions

Calling the handling of recent San Francisco Municipal Railway service disruptions “unacceptable,” Supervisor Scott Wiener today called for a hearing on problems with Muni’s subway…

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…

Beverage Advocacy Group Decries Sugary Drink Fee As “taxes that raise the cost of living”

Beverage Advocacy Group Decries Sugary Drink Fee As “taxes that raise the cost of living”

San Francisco supervisors today introduced a measure for the November ballot that would impose a 2 cents per ounce tax on sugary drinks sold in…

“Nothing appears to be done”: Supes Committee Takes Department Of Building Inspection To Task

“Nothing appears to be done”: Supes Committee Takes Department Of Building Inspection To Task

San Francisco’s policies for enforcing city building codes was the topic of a City Hall hearing Monday, where members of a Board of Supervisors committee…

Earthquake Safety Bond Measure Takes Detour When Supe Tries To Add $25 Million For Streetlights To Mix

Earthquake Safety Bond Measure Takes Detour When Supe Tries To Add $25 Million For Streetlights To Mix

A $400 million bond measure to finance public safety infrastructure upgrades in San Francisco was put on hold today while the city’s Board of Supervisors…

SF Supes Call Town Meeting To Talk About Sugary Beverage Tax

SF Supes Call Town Meeting To Talk About Sugary Beverage Tax

Four San Francisco supervisors are holding a community meeting this evening to gather public input on a proposed tax on sugary drinks. The meeting, scheduled…

SF Supe Wants To Encourage Construction By Dumping Density Limits

SF Supe Wants To Encourage Construction By Dumping Density Limits

A San Francisco supervisor today introduced legislation that seeks to encourage the construction of more affordable housing in the city by removing density limits for…

“We have buildings that are just in, at times, awful condition”: Supe Wiener Takes Building Inspectors To Task

“We have buildings that are just in, at times, awful condition”: Supe Wiener Takes Building Inspectors To Task

San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener today called for a hearing on whether the city is adequately enforcing its building codes on dilapidated or unfinished structures….

Supes Squabble Over Muni Service Budget Proposal

Supes Squabble Over Muni Service Budget Proposal

New funding for San Francisco Municipal Railway service could be prioritized to the city’s low-income neighborhoods under a charter amendment introduced today by a city…

Supes Give Final OK To Plan To Close SF’s Parks From Midnight To 5 AM

Supes Give Final OK To Plan To Close SF’s Parks From Midnight To 5 AM

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave final approval today to legislation that bans people from visiting the city’s parks during the overnight hours. The…

Supes Gearing Up To Get Sugary Beverage Tax On Next Year’s Ballot

Supes Gearing Up To Get Sugary Beverage Tax On Next Year’s Ballot

Four San Francisco supervisors today expressed their commitment to get a measure on the city’s ballot in 2014 that would impose a tax on sugary…