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from48 hills
6 hours ago

We will probably know Tuesday evening if Sup. Joel Engardio keeps his seat - 48 hills

Most votes in District Four recall of Sup. Joel Engardio were cast by mail, so early counted results will likely determine the outcome.
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from48 hills
15 hours ago

Strange (and maybe inappropriate) actions at the Planning Commission ... - 48 hills

A senior city planner wore a YIMBY button on the Planning Commission dais, raising concerns about staff impartiality and the integrity of the zoning process.
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fromSan Francisco Bay Times
2 days ago

Raising Awareness About Public Transportation This Transit Month - San Francisco Bay Times

San Francisco leaders urge public transit use and seek new taxes to fund Muni amid fiscal crisis and aging regional transit infrastructure.
#upzoning
fromMission Local
3 days ago
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Mayor's upzoning plan passes S.F Planning Commission

San Francisco Planning Commission voted 4-3 to recommend Mayor Lurie's Family Zoning Plan to upzone large neighborhoods with tenant, small‑business, and affordable-housing protections.
from48 hills
5 days ago
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Mayor will face opponents to zoning plan at rallies outside of City Hall - 48 hills

Organized opponents say the mayor’s upzoning plan will raise rents, displace tenants and small businesses, and fail to produce needed affordable housing.
from48 hills
5 days ago
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Mayor will face opponents to zoning plan at rallies outside of City Hall - 48 hills

#bay-area-transit
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 week ago
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SF rally held to save Bay Area public transit funding as agencies face huge deficit

Bay Area transit agencies face massive deficits and risk severe service cuts as a $750 million loan remains uncertain amid delayed state agreement.
from48 hills
1 week ago
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Defining land-use battle heads to supes, Planning Commission - 48 hills

Governor Newsom refused a $750 million Bay Area transit loan, risking major service cuts that could shift riders to ride-hail and robo-taxi companies.
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fromStreetsblog
4 days ago

Friday Video: An 'Oh the Urbanity'/Streetfilms Montreal Mashup - Streetsblog USA

Montreal combines expanding protected bike networks, traffic-calmed streets, long open public spaces, and fast, expanding transit, enabling easy travel by biking, walking, and train.
fromMission Local
4 days ago

YIMBY rally gets testy ahead of vote on upzoning plan

Advocacy group members and union construction workers cheerfully toted signs that read "Cities are not Museums" and "Affordable Housing Can't Wait." As they see it, the city's failure to build housing at scale for the past decades has contributed to the city's affordability crisis, and the solution is to build at scale - which the zoning plan will enable.
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fromMission Local
4 days ago

What did S.F. city officials read over summer break?

San Francisco supervisors spent recess on personal activities and read books about improving government efficiency, technology-driven solutions, and climate crisis responses.
#san-francisco
from48 hills
5 days ago
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Drama Masks: Latest Neo-Futurists' sandy pastiche performance invites all to dig in - 48 hills

fromsfist.com
2 weeks ago
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Lurie's So-Called RV Crackdown Begins Today, But Two-Hour Parking Limit Still Months Away

fromsfist.com
4 weeks ago
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Building Near Civic Center Sees Early Morning Fire, Followed By Machete Incident and Standoff With Resident

from48 hills
5 days ago
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Drama Masks: Latest Neo-Futurists' sandy pastiche performance invites all to dig in - 48 hills

fromsfist.com
2 weeks ago
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Lurie's So-Called RV Crackdown Begins Today, But Two-Hour Parking Limit Still Months Away

fromsfist.com
4 weeks ago
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Building Near Civic Center Sees Early Morning Fire, Followed By Machete Incident and Standoff With Resident

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fromABC7 San Francisco
5 days ago

SF Mayor Daniel Lurie introduces $40 million privately-funded initiative to revamp downtown

Heart of the City will use $40+ million private funding to revitalize downtown by supporting businesses, cleaning streets, activating spaces, and converting offices into housing.
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fromStreetsblog
1 week ago

SB 63, Which Allows for a Bay Area Transit Ballot Measure, Clears Last Hurdle Before Final Vote - Streetsblog California

SB 63 allows Bay Area transit agencies to place a ballot measure for long-term funding starting in 2027, with MTC oversight and consultant review.
#homelessness
from48 hills
1 week ago
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The lie of 'equity considerations' in Oakland attack on the unhoused - 48 hills

from48 hills
1 week ago
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The lie of 'equity considerations' in Oakland attack on the unhoused - 48 hills

fromKqed
2 weeks ago

SF Homeless Services Nonprofit to Pay $1 Million After Investigation Found Fraud | KQED

Chiu's office also accused the nonprofit of hiring family members, including children of the executive director and vice president of the board, violating an anti-nepotism provision in a city grant agreement. Separately, San Francisco's Office of Labor Standards Enforcement started its own investigation after receiving complaints from employees who claimed labor violations. The city suspended funding for Providence to operate the Oasis Hotel and its other programs and threatened to debar it, permanently cutting off future funding.
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fromMission Local
1 week ago

S.F. has just 3 'public safety liaisons' for neighborhood safety. Why?

Only three San Francisco districts employ public safety liaisons who expedite low-priority quality-of-life issues, a scarcity driven largely by budget constraints.
#recall-election
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fromThe Oaklandside
1 week ago

Advocates celebrate Bay Area transit with a month of special events

Bay Area hosts numerous free transit-themed events to encourage public transit use, build community, and mobilize support for expanded transit funding and policies.
#san-francisco-parks-alliance
from48 hills
1 week ago
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Rec-Park director knew well in advance of major nonprofit problems-and did nothing - 48 hills

from48 hills
1 week ago
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Rec-Park director knew well in advance of major nonprofit problems-and did nothing - 48 hills

#san-francisco-politics
fromsfist.com
2 weeks ago
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Recall Engardio Race Delves Into Race Drama, Possible Political Dirty Tricks in Final Weeks

fromsfist.com
2 weeks ago
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Recall Engardio Race Delves Into Race Drama, Possible Political Dirty Tricks in Final Weeks

#market-street
from48 hills
1 week ago
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Muni riders, bus drivers, bikers, people who walk beg SFMTA Commission to do its job - 48 hills

from48 hills
1 week ago
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Muni riders, bus drivers, bikers, people who walk beg SFMTA Commission to do its job - 48 hills

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from48 hills
2 weeks ago

Huge labor rally takes on the billionaires - 48 hills

Organized labor and thousands of San Francisco residents rallied against billionaire influence, urging pro-worker local candidates and policies taxing the rich over policing and privatization.
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fromsfist.com
1 week ago

SFMTA Planning Cuts Across All Departments to Stave Off Fiscal Cliff

SFMTA is imposing 5–7% across-the-board departmental cuts to address a $322 million shortfall, risking maintenance backlogs, repair delays, and potential layoffs.
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fromStreetsblog
1 week ago

If it's September, it Must be Transit Month - Streetsblog San Francisco

San Francisco transit faces service cuts and financial peril while policy choices to reintroduce private cars on Market Street threaten delays, higher costs, and cyclist safety.
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from48 hills
2 weeks ago

How the Engardio recall has scrambled local politics - 48 hills

A deadlocked 11-11 DCCC vote, driven by Sunset Chinese organizing and absent supporters, leaves the party neutral on Engardio's recall and favors pro-recall forces.
#protests
fromsfist.com
2 weeks ago
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Thursday Morning What's Up: 137 Arrested In SF Protest Over Arming Israel

Multiple Bay Area incidents and legal actions include protest arrests, rallies, landmark disputes, public-safety patrols, a deadly shooting, commercial design objections, and a federal lawsuit.
fromKqed
3 weeks ago
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Federal Officers Detain Protester After Clash Outside San Francisco ICE Office | KQED

Protesters confronted ICE officers at the immigration court, producing detentions, physical confrontations, a punctured van tire, and an officer firing white powder at a protester.
fromKqed
3 weeks ago
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Federal Officers Detain Protester After Clash Outside San Francisco ICE Office | KQED

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fromMission Local
2 weeks ago

In a stunner, S.F. Democratic Party takes no position on Engardio recall

The San Francisco Democratic Party deadlocked 11-11 and took no position on the recall of District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio.
fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

Day Around the Bay: Pickett Fire Smoke Likely to Spoil Some of the Grape Harvest

Sheryl Davis, the disgraced former head of SF's Dream Keeper initiative and a former Human Rights Commission director, is now the subject of both an administrative probe by the city, and a criminal investigation by the SF District Attorney's Office. The details of the criminal probe remain under wraps, but meanwhile, Davis continues to participate in civic events associated with her former organization and more, making some in City Hall uncomfortable.
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fromsfist.com
2 weeks ago

Tuesday Morning Topline: There's a Matcha Shortage

Multiple Bay Area developments: an overrunning sheriff removal hearing, Waymo Market Street pickups begin, SAT testing failures, BART–VTA dispute, Utah redistricting loss, Phoenix haboob.
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fromPadailypost
2 weeks ago

UPDATE - Day 7 of Corpus hearing, former assistant sheriff who was fired for participating in HR investigation testifies

Removal hearings allege Sheriff Christina Corpus engaged in retaliation, intimidation, and derogatory conduct with her chief of staff, leading to termination and an appeal.
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fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

US Citizen and SF Native Arrested by ICE After Protest

We are now at the point where ICE agents are apparently arresting and detaining US citizens, as a San Francisco native became the third US citizen ICE agents have arrested this month in SF, though she was released on Thursday.
fromSocketSite
3 years ago

Mission District Development Redesigned but Opposition Remains

In response to neighborhood concerns about compatibility, Kerman Morris Architects has redesigned the four-story building project, lowering its street-level wall and creating more open spaces.
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fromMission Local
3 weeks ago

ICE protester charged with federal misdemeanors in S.F.

A U.S. citizen protester arrested by DHS in San Francisco faces federal misdemeanor charges, marking an escalation in federal prosecution of local protesters.
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fromSan Francisco Bay Times
1 month ago

2025 Transgender Flag Raising at San Francisco City Hall - San Francisco Bay Times

San Francisco commemorated the 5th annual Transgender History Month with a flag raising ceremony at City Hall on August 1, 2025.
fromMission Local
3 weeks ago

Sure, cut S.F. commissions. But not my commission.

Now, as the task force starts to weigh in on the remaining 118 advisory groups, councils, commissions and other bodies, pushback has arrived. Alongside the Treasury Oversight Committee and Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island Citizen Advisory Board, for instance, the Sheriff's Department Oversight Board was on Wednesday's chopping block, eliciting a bevy of soul-searching questions: Does the sheriff's department truly need its own oversight board? Can the board's work, perhaps, be folded into that of the Department of Police Accountability?
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fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

SF Rec and Parks Officially Requests Removal of Embarcadero's Vaillancourt Fountain

SF Rec and Parks has requested removal of the Vaillancourt Fountain from Embarcadero Plaza citing public safety, stewardship, and prohibitive maintenance costs.
fromNature
3 weeks ago

Time's arrow

Forget all the nonsense you heard about time travel. You can't go back and kill your grandfather. The past has already happened. Everything is linked, each event underpins the next, everything is determined; you can't do anything to break those links. Try, and you enter a forbidden state. Your body won't obey your will. Attempting to hurt locals usually puts you in a forbidden state but not always. I guess some people just have no role in history.
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fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

Tuesday Morning Topline: Residents of the Avenues Had Many Concert Complaints

A senior from San Rafael High School died while hiking in Marin Headlands.
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fromsfist.com
4 weeks ago

Shooting on Mission Street Near 16th Leaves One Person Gravely Injured

A shooting occurred on Mission Street after a verbal altercation, leading to a victim with life-threatening injuries and police involvement.
fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

SF Theater Founder Resigns After Appearing to Be Ensnared In 'To Catch a Predator'-Style Online Video

Nick Olivero, the executive director of SF's Boxcar Theatre, has resigned after being accused on social media of attempting to meet a minor for sex. The allegation was made through a video posted by People v. Preds, which focuses on exposing suspected predators. In the video, the individual identified as Olivero is confronted about arranging a meetup with a fictional 14-year-old boy. Messages exchanged on Grindr were also revealed, further implicating him in inappropriate behavior, though it remains unclear if law enforcement is involved.
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fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

Suspect Charged In 10-Year-Old Bayview Drive-By Shooting Case That Killed Two Including Innocent Bystander

A suspect has been arrested for a cold-case double homicide involving a mother and her children in San Francisco's Bayview District.
fromSFGATE
3 weeks ago

How the Bay Area's 'P.I. Moms' were torpedoed by a dirty ex-cop

The unraveling of the case with its illegal brothel, wannabe actor-turned-informant and a Lifetime TV show called 'P.I. Moms' would have weirder, darker implications than anyone imagined.
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fromKqed
1 month ago

A New San Francisco Plan Would Spread Out Homeless Shelters More Evenly | KQED

San Francisco adopts legislation for an equitable distribution of homeless shelters across the city.
from48 hills
4 weeks ago

'Indigenize SF' maps well-known street names and statues paying homage to genocide - 48 hills

The exhibition features a large map of San Francisco that identifies 35 city street names and 10 statues and monuments that commemorate historical figures involved in the genocide of American Indians.
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frommissionlocal.org
4 weeks ago

Day 158 at the 16th Street Plaza: A tale of two streets

The heightened law enforcement presence may explain why so few people remained near 16th and Mission. Across the street, beside the U.S. Bank, only one vendor quietly sold roses and sunflowers.
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#sfpd
fromsfist.com
1 month ago
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Man Found Guilty of Tackling, Punching, Trying to Steal the Firearm of SFPD Officer at UN Plaza

fromsfist.com
1 month ago
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Man Found Guilty of Tackling, Punching, Trying to Steal the Firearm of SFPD Officer at UN Plaza

fromsfist.com
1 month ago

SFPD Marks 19 Years Since Killing of Aubrey Abrakasa, Case Remains Cold

Aubrey Abrakasa, a 17-year-old, was shot and killed in 2006 as he tried to warn others of an impending shooting. Witnesses reported a car sped by, firing about 30 rounds.
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fromSFGATE
1 month ago

San Francisco educators say they are 'traumatized' by another payroll fiasco

San Francisco Unified School District faces a payroll crisis as the new system, Frontline, leads to significant payroll errors and staff anxieties.
#immigration
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Ella Hill Hutch Community Center Facing Closure, as City Cuts Off Funding After Nonprofit Spending Scandal

The Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, operational for over thirty years, may close permanently as its parent nonprofit faces debarment following an alleged bribery scandal.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Feds take aim at twice-deported Bay Point man convicted of sexual assault spree

A felony case has been filed against Oscar Medrano for illegal re-entry after multiple sexual assault convictions and prior deportations.
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fromMission Local
1 month ago

Video: ICE officers tackle and detain San Francisco protesters

ICE officers apprehended two protesters following a standoff outside San Francisco's field office, during which officers used pepperball rifles.
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fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Video: Influencer Bro Gets Caught Vaping on SFO-Bound Flight, Claims He Was Assaulted' When Busted

Vaping on an airplane is illegal; a man was removed after claiming a flight attendant assaulted him while filming the incident.
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago

Where SF speed cameras are located, how much it will cost you if you're caught speeding

Beginning August 5, San Francisco drivers exceeding the speed limit will face fines ranging from $50 to $500, depending on their speed and income.
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fromSFGATE
1 month ago

Man killed in broad daylight in fatal SF bus stop stabbing

A 29-year-old man, Colden Kimber, was fatally stabbed at a bus stop in San Francisco.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Five Bay Area residents arrested for allegedly posing as FBI agents to rob Oregon shipping company

Five Bay Area residents were indicted for impersonating FBI agents to rob a reshipping business in Oregon.
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

SF Sheriff Gets Blowback Over Puzzling Endorsement of MAGA Crusader for Governor

Miyamoto supports Sheriff Chad Bianco, alongside other sheriffs in California, as a peer leader in law enforcement and in the work we do to keep our communities safe.
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#crime
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fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Lisa Ling Says Sister Laura's 2009 Capture Was Planned, Perhaps So Kim Jong Il Could Meet Bill Clinton

North Korea orchestrated the capture of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee as part of a political trap.
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

Palestinian teacher denied entry at SFO last month killed in the West Bank

Awdah Hathaleen, an English teacher and activist, was shot and killed allegedly by an Israeli settler in his village of Umm al-Khair in the West Bank.
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fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago

Beloved SF cyclist fatally stabbed while protecting family from attack

Colden Kimber, a 28-year-old cyclist, was fatally stabbed while attempting to protect a mother and her children from an unprovoked attack.
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Giant Lake Emerges at 24th and Mission After Water Main Break In Public Works Project

At 3:30 pm Wednesday, there was a rather large body of water at 24th and Mission, causing great confusion among Muni riders.
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#flood-advisory
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fromKqed
2 months ago

SF Just Voted to Ban Long-Term RV Parking. What Happens to the People Inside? | KQED

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted to ban long-term oversized vehicle parking citywide.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Trump ordered purge of 'unpatriotic' signage from national parks. How one California spot complied

Muir Woods National Monument's history exhibit was altered due to a Trump administration order censoring expanded historical narratives.
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