Newsom lists his ‘Santa Barbara-inspired’ Sacramento home for $7.5M
Obviously, the likely 2028 presidential candidate has a brick-walled, 5,000-bottle wine cellar.
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Lurie rejects core reforms of homelessness oversight audit
The Civil Grand Jury’s key recommendations aimed to increase oversight of homelessness funding and housing sites where unhoused people overdose.
The Waggle: Willie ‘I’m not dead yet’ Brown had no idea who dumped his awards at SCRAP
But Da Mayor doesn’t want them back. Also in this week’s Waggle: a new Lurie baby, a #luxurynanny, and a tech-conference afterparty with a billionaire DJ.
The San Francisco StandardReportingBy Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler, Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, Maggie Angst
$6M bought Hernandez a dead heat against Wahab. Now the real race begins Plus: Pelosi’s fundraising machine for Chan, YIMBY getting feisty, and endorsement season kicks off.
Connie Chan wants to ban congressional stock trading. Her top backers are famous for it
The supervisor’s opponent says her endorsements from Reps. Ro Khanna and Nancy Pelosi undercut her branding as the working families’ candidate.
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The WNBA All-Star Game is coming to San Francisco, and it's the perfect fit ... San Francisco the weekend of July 30-31. ADVERTISEMENT. After Golden State clinched its second consecutive playoff berth Monday, Mayor Daniel Lurie...
A two-supervisor brawl tests Lurie’s kumbaya era at City Hall
The 11-member legislative board is having its first major rift of the mayor’s term.
As class starts, schools are the latest target in the mayor’s street safety push
Six months after a toddler was fatally hit near a Mission Bay school, a new one there is among the first to get upgrades.
The San Francisco StandardReportingBy Ezra Wallach, Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler, Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez
The barely watched SF race bringing in eye-watering amounts of money Plus: Rep. Ro Khanna helps a congressional candidate, Nancy Tung’s brother enters the school board race, and a committee forms to squash an affordable housing measure.
Housing advocates sue SF, saying it illegally carved SoMa out of state density law
The lawsuit centers on an ordinance Mayor Daniel Lurie signed in May, which YIMBY groups say violates state law SB 79.
Affordable housing measure would deprive cops of funding, Lurie says
The mayor and police and fire unions came out against the Affordable Housing Guarantee Act.
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Thanks, Daniel Lurie. Now every SF official thinks they’re an influencer
Plus: Garry Tan hosts Xavier Becerra, Bilal Mahmood goes to the mat for YIMBY, and new City College board candidates emerge.
Paramount’s threat to quit California over merger is ‘blackmail,’ Bonta says
The attorney general said reports that Paramount could move jobs out of state won’t derail the antitrust case against the merger.
After 50 years, SF Pretrial is closing. Nobody’s ready to fill the void
Judges, legal observers, and even the sheriff are sounding alarms as the city scrambles to close a gap that could mean fewer defendants in court and less safe streets.
Scott Wiener takes down Connie Chan AI chatbot after pushback from Pelosi
The state Senator’s campaign was accused of racism and sexism in a chatbot they created against their Congressional opponent.
From broken arms to brain injuries: The alarming toll of SF’s e-bike boom
Doctors at SF General and Kaiser are seeing a surge of patients, many without helmets, as ridership booms and regulators scramble to catch up.
Wiener built an AI chatbot to mock Chan’s politics. Pelosi says it’s ‘sexist’ and ‘racist’
The race between state Sen. Scott Wiener and Connie Chan to succeed Pelosi in Congress is taking a turn for the personal.
What you need know about Outside Lands road closures, Waymo restrictions
Wristbands double as Muni passes, robotaxis are geofenced, and the city really doesn't want you to drive there.
San Francisco balanced its budget. So why does the fiscal crisis remain?
Mayor Daniel Lurie only took a bite out of the city’s projected $1 billion structural deficit.
Inside the little-known political account bankrolling Matt Dorsey
Plus: Scott Wiener’s AI bot impersonating Connie Chan sparks accusations of sexism and racism.
A murdered father, then foster care. Now she’s fighting to replace Eric Swalwell
State Sen. Aisha Wahab is the frontrunner in the race, but a $2 million ad campaign is trying to derail her.
JPMorgan commits $200 million to SF housing project, deepening its bet on the city
The bank’s investment in the Potrero Power Station project is part of a broader bet on affordable housing.
Opinion: California’s pension funds are rigged to stick taxpayers with the bill
AB 1383 would let CalPERS and CalSTRS keep lowballing what they ask public employees to pay, leaving taxpayers to cover the gap — again.
