Friday, May 3, 2024

Tagged with: City Attorney

The big winner in the mayoral vote …

The New York Times, which has local reporters and ought to know better, ran a headline last week stating that the progressives had “ousted”...

How we beat Airbnb

San Francisco has set another first in the annals of the tech economy: a 50% reduction in the number of Airbnb listings for the...

The Agenda: A new mayor (maybe?) and and end to fossil-fuel investments

The Board of Supes will finally decide Tuesday/23 whether London Breed will remain in charge of both branches of government, or take over as...

D5 resident says Breed can’t run in June as “acting mayor”

A District Five resident has challenged Acting Mayor London Breed’s ballot designation for the June election, adding another wrinkle to the question of whether...

Newsom’s final try at undermining voter control of the waterfront

A judge heard closing arguments Wednesday in the State Lands Commission’s lawsuit to overturn Proposition B, which requires voter approval for new construction on...

Newsom’s agency keeps trying to tell voters they have no say on waterfront

The State Lands Commission continued to make its case in court Tuesday to overturn Proposition B, which requires voter approval for new construction projects...

Newsom’s lawyer says SF voters are stupid

In a lawsuit challenging whether voters can reject commercial developments on the San Francisco waterfront, attorneys for the State of California called an expert...

The narrow loophole that lets Breed control both branches of government

City Attorney Dennis Herrera says that London Breed can be both mayor and Board of Supervisors president for the duration – because of one...

Kim and Breed file; Herrera doesn’t. The race is on

Sups. London Breed and Jane Kim both filed to run for mayor this morning, and City Attorney Dennis Herrera did not, so we know...

Leno files for mayor, promises ‘fundamental change’

Mark Leno formally filed his nomination papers for mayor this morning, and promised a “fundamentally new direction for City Hall.” He told a group of...