Supes to consider more rights for retail workers in San Francisco
San Francisco restaurant and retail workers could soon have more predictable schedules, more opportunity for full-time work and more rights in general after the Board of Supervisors’ budget committee...
View ArticleFormer Board of Supervisors presidents urge current batch to delay vote on...
Some of the most prominent names in recent San Francisco political history are urging the Board of Supervisors to delay a vote on board president, a vote that is scheduled for today’s 2 p.m. meeting....
View ArticleLee won’t sign Retail Bill of Rights, bills become law anyway
Most of San Francisco’s hourly workforce will now have expanded rights, including more predictable work schedules — but it won’t be because of Mayor Ed Lee. The mayor declined to sign a pair of bills,...
View ArticleRon Conway blasts Sen. Feinstein’s torture report
Tech investor Ron Conway, a multi-millionaire and avid backer of Mayor Ed Lee, has an opinion on just about everything – from who should represent the east side of San Francisco in the state Assembly...
View ArticleFinancial questions dog former SF First Lady Wendy Paskin-Jordan
Another of Mayor Ed Lee’s commission appointees is under scrutiny for allegedly violating city rules, and this time it’s financial adviser and former San Francisco first lady Wendy Paskin-Jordan. The...
View ArticleAmmiano files campaign account for 2015 Senate run — Kim, Wiener other...
The November election results were only finalized a few weeks ago, but already San Francisco’s political class is looking to 2016 — and it is already appearing that the city’s state Senate race could...
View ArticleBoard of Supes presidency still up in the air
Another year, another fight over who will lead the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. If you feel like you’re having deja vu, you are: The board chose a new president less than two months ago,...
View ArticlePaskin-Jordan will stay on Retirement Board after supes vote
A veteran financial adviser and San Francisco’s former first lady, Wendy Paskin-Jordan, will remain on the city’s retirement board after the Board of Supervisors unanimously backed her reappointment....
View ArticleKim rolls out legislation to monitor affordable, market-rate housing balance
San Francisco will monitor how much new housing development will be market rate and how much is in reach of low-income residents — and aim to make one-third of new construction affordable — under...
View ArticleSF Democrats, in symbolic vote, demand Airbnb pay back taxes
Add the San Francisco branch of the Democratic Party to those formally calling for Airbnb to immediately pay its back taxes immediately. The San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee, the...
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