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Tag: department of public works

Posted inSF Homeless Project

Community meeting: tiny houses, vendor permits, Garfield Square fencing

by Annika Hom May 12, 2022May 13, 2022
Posted inPeople We Meet

A man on a mission, and that mission is SF’s trash

by Eleni Balakrishnan March 31, 2022April 11, 2022
Posted inThe Pandemic

City releases Covid-19 test guidance as pop-up sites abound

by Anlan Cheney January 28, 2022January 28, 2022
Posted inFeatured

Victor Makras: Feds’ arrest of connected politico could unravel ‘City Family’ — or unravel corruption probe

by Joe Eskenazi October 25, 2021October 26, 2021
Posted inPeople We Meet

People We Meet: An urban planning lesson with Jim Chappell, beautifier and community builder of Guerrero St.

by Anlan Cheney September 11, 2021February 12, 2022
Posted inGovernment

Garbage odyssey: San Francisco’s bizarre, costly quest for the perfect trash can

by Lydia Chávez September 8, 2021September 25, 2021
Trash on 17th Street
Posted inGovernment

San Francisco’s proposed trash cans, at $2,000 to $3,000 a pop, are far costlier than other cities’ bins

by David Mamaril Horowitz August 20, 2021August 26, 2021
Posted inGovernment

San Francisco Public Works boss steps down for top post at BART

by Joe Eskenazi August 11, 2021September 14, 2021
Posted inHousing

Records indicate dozens of homeless people’s tents swept off the street prior to appearance by mayor, supe

by Annika Hom June 17, 2021June 18, 2021
Mohammed Nuru
Posted inTrouble

Mohammed Nuru booked for attempted robbery: accused of demanding man’s chips at knifepoint

by Clara-Sophia Daly and Joe Eskenazi June 2, 2021June 4, 2021
Posted inImmigrant Life

A city truck killed his wife 15 months ago. Now he’s eating one meal a day.

by Joe Eskenazi May 24, 2021November 15, 2021
public works maintenance
Posted inThe Pandemic

Half a dozen Covid-19 cases tied to SF Public Works yard. City denies this is an ‘outbreak.’

by Joe Eskenazi May 18, 2021May 21, 2021
Mohammed Nuru and Walter Wong
Posted inGovernment

Walter Wong, notorious permit expediter and central figure in city’s corruption scandal, reaches settlement

by Joe Eskenazi May 13, 2021May 14, 2021
Posted inGovernment

Newsom’s experiment to get rid of public trash bins in San Francisco seems to have failed

by Clara-Sophia Daly March 29, 2021October 14, 2021
Posted inGovernment

Public Works spent years analyzing unjust Recology rate hike — but overcharging of San Franciscans continued

by Joe Eskenazi March 25, 2021March 26, 2021

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