Tag: Mayor Ed Lee
Holding the SF cops accountable
Plus building on toxic waste sites and the legacy of Alex Nieto ... that's The Agenda for Oct.18-25
Review: Out loud and proud in the Mission, Dance Brigade returns
The powerhouse company celebrated neighborhood spirit and protested gentrification in an electric performance
Wiener attacks SF supes
State Senator says board is not functional and harks back to his own days as a supe -- which were only "collegial" when it meant helping Big Tech
Supes consider major changes in business taxes
The Board of Supes Budget and Finance Committee will consider Thursday/16 a series of tax measures that could raise more than $100 million for the city and change the...
Culture of casual corruption faces political reckoning
The city controller and city attorney released a report this week showing how a lack of oversight and loopholes in ethics laws allowed the culture of corruption to bloom...
Which side of the ‘house divided’ are you on?
This morning I made the dire mistake of reading twitter comments on a San Francisco Chronicle report of protesters at SF Mayor London Breed's house. The tenor was "These...
Screen Grabs: ‘5 Blocks’ delves into Mid-Market development quandary
Many everyday things have been notable for their absence during the shutdown, so something that stood out was construction—because it never seemed to stop, even on the residential level...
DBI director suspended in widening corruption probe
As the City Hall corruption scandal widens, Tom Hui, the director of the Department of Building Inspection, was put on administrative leave today, Mayor Breed announced.
The mayor made that...
Mohammed Nuru’s worst offense
A $2,070 bottle of wine from a Chinese billionaire, a $5,000 bribe to an SFO airport commissioner, and a John Deer tractor for his vacation home in Colusa County.
These...
A culture of corruption at City Hall
I was in a taxi the night that the feds announced they had arrested DPW director Mohammed Nuru, and the driver wanted to talk about it.
“Why would he do...
