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Tag Archives: San Francisco Board of Supervisors
SF Supervisors Pass Mid-Market Tax Break for Twitter, Other Companies
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For our reporter Rachel Dornhelm's live tweets from the Board of Supervisors, click here. Update 3:13 p.m. KQED's Rachel Dornhelm has tweeted that the legislation passed 8 to 3, with only Supervisors Avalos, Mirkarimi, and Campos voting no. Earlier post … Continue reading
Wednesday Weeklies: SF Supes Want Competition for Trash Pick-Up; Behind the Twitter Tax Deal
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This week's new articles from the alternative weeklies… Supes Want to Rescind Law that Bans Competition in SF Trash Collection (SF Weekly) Does Recology have a right to pick up San Francisco's trash forever? Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi and David Campos … Continue reading
SF Supes' Committee May Be Haight Recycling's Last Chance
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If so inclined, you can watch live online a meeting of the City Operations & Neighborhood Services Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, going on right now. On the agenda are two issues of note: The scheduled eviction … Continue reading
San Francisco Out to Help Small Businesses w/ ADA Laws as Some Suits Called "Frivolous"
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Yesterday some San Francisco supervisors, led by Carmen Chu, held a press conference to discuss steps the city is taking to help stem the tide of lawsuits against small business owners under the Americans With Disabilities Act and California's Unruh … Continue reading
Video: Chris Daly Roast
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Chris Daly is gone from the San Francisco political scene — at least in an official capacity. But before "It's on like Donkey Kong" fades completely from memory as the only catch phrase worth repeating dozens of times per quarter … Continue reading
The SF Supes Quest for an Interim Mayor
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The search for an interim mayor of San Francisco mayor has been full of twists, turns, and dare we say…excitement. As Ed Lee is sworn in as the 43rd mayor of the City by the Bay, let's look back at … Continue reading
SF Supervisors Vote 10-1 to Make Ed Lee Interim Mayor; New Board Must Ratify Choice
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10 -1 today to make City Administrator Ed Lee the interim mayor, once the position is vacated by Gavin Newsom, who will be sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of California this weekend. The … Continue reading
Legal And Political Realities May Render Ed Lee Detractors All Bark, No Bite
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The recessed San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting is back on this afternoon, and it should be a dilly — the Super Bowl of public access cable TV in terms of interest and — one has to say — hype. … Continue reading
Ed Lee Issues Statement as Chinese Community Turns Out in Support
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City Administrator Ed Lee, who is suddenly at the very center of a classic San Francisco food fight despite being 7,000 miles away, said in a statement today that he would accept the position of Interim Mayor should the Board … Continue reading
SF Board President David Chiu Turns Down D.A. Job
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UPDATE: 2:30 P.M. KQED's Cy Musiker attended an event today for the Asian Art Museum at which Newsom spoke. Afterwards, he talked to the media and was asked to comment on David Chiu's rejecting an appointment to office of San … Continue reading
