Connie Chan is celebrating her election victory, earning a second term as District 1 supervisor. Chan, an incumbent, ultimately edged out Marjan Philhour in a tight race that required three rounds of ballot counting.
If you do not feel that the Richmond is better off today, then I urge my neighbors to join me in supporting Marjan Philhour for supervisor.
… be it
RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors declares July 15, 2024, as
Linda Maria Ronstadt Day and recognizes and honors Ms. Ronstadt for her amazing
contributions to American culture, preservation of Mexican American heritage, and advancing
social justice; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, The Board wishes Ms. Ronstadt a very happy birthday.
A plaque that says “What would Jimmy Carter Do?” hangs above my desk at City Hall. It provides inspiration for my work as a city supervisor – and advice for the political science graduates of San Francisco State University.
To increase housing density on the City’s west side, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors made it easier for single-family homeowners to add rooms or up to four housing units on their single property lots.
On April 18, the SF Board of Supervisors unanimously passed Supervisor Connie Chan’s resolution in Support of Digital Libraries and the Internet Archive. The resolution recognizes the essential rights of all libraries to own, preserve, and lend both digital and print books and urges the California State Legislature and the United States Congress to act to protect digital libraries.
After some verbal sparring between the mayor and some supervisors, the Board of Supervisors approved a $26.8 million bailout to the SFPD to pay more overtime for police officers.
City-wide elections for the Board of Supervisors (BOS) means just one thing: money spent on advertising will determine who gets to become a Supervisor.
For the next three years, the Upper Great Highway (UGH) between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard will remain closed to cars from noon on Fridays to 6 a.m. on Mondays, despite pushback from two westside supervisors.
… the Board of Supervisors today changed course on the San Francisco Police Department’s (SFPD) proposed policy to use military robots to kill, explicitly banning the practice in a dramatic reversal.
In his latest penned annunciation, Mr. Quentin Kopp makes some allegation that district elections for San Francisco city supervisors are equivalent to “dirty” ward politics that is beneath the grandeur of the city of San Francisco. I’m paraphrasing.
If we had a benefit vs. cost analysis performed to expand EFWS projects citywide, the results would be overwhelmingly in favor of spending money now to save the Bay Area’s crown jewel from being destroyed again by earthquake fires.
I attended the Board of Supervisors meeting that decided the fate of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park. Prior to the vote, there were presentations of studies that had no focus on the Monday-to-Friday closings.
The SF Board of Supervisors earlier this week passed legislation introduced by Mayor London Breed to make admission to the Conservatory of Flowers and Japanese Tea Garden free for San Francisco residents and all veterans.
San Francisco will redraw its supervisorial district lines this spring, adjusting the face of its district map based on population data gathered and released from the federal census conducted in 2020.
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