Thursday, May 2, 2024

Tagged with: Neighborhoods

Another foreclosure in Bayview puts the focus on Fannie Mae

 More than 30 people gathered last week outside the home of yet another Bayview family losing a home of 19 years. It couldn’t be...

SF’s campaign money: Loopholes, scams, and real-estate cash

The candidates for local office filed their first major campaign-finance statements last week, and some of them are eye-openers. In fact, a careful review...

The Super Bowl’s bread and circuses did not bring SF together

Even by BeyondChron’s standard level of frequent apologia for select members of the City’s elite, the post, “Super Bowl City promoted unity, not division...

The Google buses and the state Senate race

The battle over the Google buses continued today, with Sups. Jane Kim and Scott Wiener, who are running for state Senate, showing very different...

Does San Francisco need a Public Advocate?

With the mess that was the Super Bowl negotiations, and the FBI investigations at City Hall, and a genuine feeling that the mayor isn’t...

SF Indiefest: A trio of top picks

SF Indiefest is celebrating its 18th anniversary of screening independent cinema, which is an admirable milestone. This year's movie lineup will light up the Mission...

Planning commissioners are dubious about affordable housing bonus plan

The Planning Commission is ready to move forward on a potentially dramatic rezoning of some 30,000 building lots, many of them with housing already...

Mexico City: The fallacy of ‘cheap’

MEXICO CITY, MEX. — The massive secondhand clothes market that lies on the edge of Mercado de Pino Suárez in the Centro Histórico neighborhood...

Mayor’s housing plan: Developers get nice juicy benefit; city gets little or nothing

Affordable housing and tenant groups that are opposed to the mayor’s plans to upzone much of the city to allow more residential development will...

Scott Wiener goes after homeless people in tents

In what homeless advocates call a “cruel” move, Sup. Scott Wiener is asking city departments to crack down on homeless people who are living...