Tag: Malia Cohen
New leadership at Police Commission
After vice president who refused to put key reform items on the agenda abruptly quits, there's an opportunity for change.
A massive real-estate scam could force counties to give cash rebates to giant commercial landlords
The state Board of Equalization, a little-know agency that among other things oversees local property tax assessors, is about to consider some tax-law changes that would be a huge...
Latest person caught up in scandal was a major political player
Another major player in San Francisco politics in in serious trouble in the ever-widening City Hall scandal.
Rodrigo Santos, an ally of former mayors Willie Brown, Gavin Newsom, and Ed...
Control of SF Democratic Party up for grabs in March
California will for once play a significant role in choosing the Democratic nominee for president, since the state has moved up its primary to March 3. But there’s a...
SF could have a public bank by 2020
San Francisco is moving closer to having its own public bank.
Today, Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer, alongside the San Francisco Public Bank Coalition, gathered on the steps of City Hall...
Two big (and environmentally awful) projects — and a step toward saving the Mission
The India Basin environmental impact report, which was more-or-less rejected by the supes two weeks ago when the local air board said the construction proposals would cause too much...
Who supports real rent control — and environmental justice in Bayview?
All 11 supervisors will have to take a public stand Tuesday/2 on Proposition 10, the statewide ballot measure that would allow cities to impose effective rent control. Sup. Aaron...
Is everyone at City Hall incompetent?
I will stipulate that the BART Station at 16thStreet is dirty. But it seems a bit of a stretch to say that because of that problem, San Francisco’s entire...
The Agenda, July 22-July 29: The new (same old) Planning Commission …
Sup. Malia Cohen, I am reliably told, promised progressives on the board that she would re-appoint Planning Commissioners Dennis Richards and Kathrin Moore if they elected her board president....
Too many jobs, too little housing in Soma
The Central Soma Plan – which will open South of Market to the equivalent of a new downtown, with office space for at least 33,000 more workers and housing...
