Mohammed Nuru, toilets, and the contract that explains San Francisco all too well
SF turned down a deal from Clear Channel that could’ve garnered some $40.5 million — in 10 years....
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Tag: department of public works
Feds level charges against Walter Wong in latest salvo of ongoing Mohammed Nuru probe
The strange and terrible saga of Mohammed Nuru continued to unfold today, as Department of Justice...
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Mohammed Nuru case: Three more hit with federal charges, including Sandra Zuniga — mayoral staffer and ‘GIRLFRIEND 1’
The Department of Justice on Monday afternoon announced it had filed charges against three more...
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Mohammed Nuru’s penthouse: How San Francisco’s criminally charged ex-Public Works boss elbowed his way into a corner office
“In government,” says a longtime city mover and shaker, “real estate is king. And your office is...
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Mohammed Nuru investigation: Files for the 555 Fulton project disappeared off the city’s computer system. Here’s how that happened.
If you’re working the front door at the Department of Building Inspection, it stands to reason...
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Trickle-down corruption: Will local authorities ever prosecute local wrongdoing?
San Francisco fancies itself a sophisticated, cosmopolitan place. And yet, one of our senior...
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Mohammed Nuru investigation: FBI visits San Francisco Department of Building Inspection, per multiple sources
Multiple sources have confirmed to Mission Local that, at around mid-day Wednesday, FBI officials...
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Mohammed Nuru investigation: Alleged ‘CONTRACTOR 1’ worked out of building owned by ‘CONTRACTOR 2’ — Walter Wong
A report from NBC Bay Area this morning identified the city contractor who allegedly bribed Public...
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San Francisco’s toilet and kiosk contract with JCDecaux under investigation in wake of Public Works boss Mohammed Nuru’s arrest
Multiple sources have confirmed to Mission Local that a long-running toilet and kiosk contract...
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L’affaire Mohammed Nuru: Is San Francisco a dysfunctional government — or a functional cartel? Time to choose.
“See, the problem in San Francisco too, the politics are just crooked, you know what I mean? And...
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Federal complaint alleges bribery, corruption schemes from Public Works boss Mohammed Nuru
Mohammed Nuru faces 25 years for alleged corruption and allegedly lying to FBI about disclosing...
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Housed and unhoused agree: Anti-homeless boulders won’t work
The arrival of twp dozen anti-homeless boulders on Clinton Park, a quaint residential street near Market and Dolores at the cusp of the Mission, has been met with varying degrees of outrage and acceptance in recent days. Yet the question remains: Do these rocks actually deter homeless encampments? Or are they simply a symbol of anti-homeless meanness?
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Ribbons go up on 24th Street trees in protest of ficus removal
This Carnaval weekend you may notice highlighter-yellow ribbons affixed to 24th Street’s ficus...
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VIDEO: Mayor Breed, who keeps our streets clean?
Who cleans up our streets? from Mission Local on Vimeo. A Mission resident who lives on Albion...
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SF Mission’s historic library will get an update
Sitting beneath the high concrete ceiling in the historic Carnegie reading room at Mission Branch...
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Neighbors bristle at plan to remove trees on SF Mission’s 24th Street
For Luis Gutiérrez, the owner of La Reyna Bakery on 24th Street near Folsom Street, the...
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