During ongoing downpour, half of rainy day emergency homeless shelter spaces are going unused
Though just 26, R.K. Johnson has seen a lot. When we queried what “R.K.” stands for, she...
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Housing
Planning Commissioner Dennis Richards decries Department of Building Inspection as ‘a cancer on this city’ in contentious hearing
Prior to Wednesday night’s lengthy hearing before the city’s Board of Appeals, Planning...
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Picketing Outer Mission nursing home workers threaten strike, bemoaning low wages and benefits
Update Dec. 4: Strike vote complete. See below. More than a dozen employees from the San...
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Planning Commissioner Dennis Richards accuses Department of Building Inspection of conspiracy, quid-pro-quo offer
In an explosive legal filing, planning commissioner Dennis Richards alleges that a conspiracy...
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More than a dozen chronic mentally ill residents in limbo, as South Van Ness Manor facility set to close Nov. 30
A 21-room board-and-care facility housed in a gargantuan Victorian home on South Van Ness Avenue...
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Ten-story ‘affordable market-rate’ project proposed in SF’s Mission
A parking lot at 15th Street and South Van Ness Avenue may yet become a 10-story building with 231...
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Mission landlord demands prospective tenants disclose “emotional or psychological issues”
A Mission district landlord has included a clause in a rental application that lawyers say...
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In SF’s Mission District, newbie real estate developers abound
The quirky wedge of Mission Street with vibrant signs screaming “THRIFT” and “PAWNBROKERS MONEY...
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Community members decry proposed 200-unit development plan for San Bruno Avenue
Around 100 community members were in agreement Wednesday night: A seven-story, 205-unit...
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Plans unveiled for 50 percent affordable development atop Potrero bus yard
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency unveiled new plans Saturday for a mixed-use...
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Valencia Gardens property management, spurned repeatedly in attempts to evict mother of five, says it may not be done yet
The fight for a mother of five to remain in her Valencia Gardens home was revived Wednesday, as The John Stewart Company, the property’s manager, signaled its willingness to challenge a judge’s decision last month that granted the family reprieve from eviction.
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‘She ended up ruining my childhood’: Three former Fillmore residents dispute Supervisor Vallie Brown’s account of evicting them
Earlier this month, news broke that District 5 Supervisor Vallie Brown 25 years ago evicted...
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Now 40 years old, Legal Assistance to the Elderly is bigger than ever — and more necessary
“Forty-four feet,” blurts out Sheila Hembury, anticipating the imminent question....
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Your definitive list of every 100-percent affordable housing project in the Mission
In all, five different affordable housing projects have broken ground — two are being developed by the Mission Housing Development Corporation and three by the Mission Economic Development Agency, known as MEDA. In addition two more buildings— with 193 total units — are on the books, but not quite through the approval process.
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Nine permits revoked on project co-owned by planning commissioner Dennis Richards — his attorney claims retaliation
The Department of Building Inspection has taken the unusual step of revoking nine building permits...
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The Academy of Art recently unloaded 56 of its classic cars. The millions it received may soon come in handy.
The Academy of Art’s auto museum is operating without city permits. Of course it is. The...
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27
Manny’s: Voto Latino, the Voter Participation Center & Bright Spots
February 27 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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27
GLBT History Museum: Following Lou: Searching the Archives for Our Queer Past
February 27 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Roxie Theater: Noise Pop Festival 2020 Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
February 27 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
