Archive for March, 2009

Findings show that TB levels drop to its lowest levels in years in San Francisco, however, a new wave of patients outside the high risk bracket is putting the Public Health Department on high alert.

The Examiner profiles the city’s “Tourism Czar,” Joe D’Alessandro.

San Francisco planners propose to create a dense transit village in Balboa Park.  Residents and City leaders react.

With a large backlog of disciplinary cases, the San Francisco Police Department has become a familiar lightning rod for controversy.  With new Police Commission appointments and legislation on the horizon, one thing is for sure: there will be big changes behind the shield.

Lepeti Tuitele Fazio, noted San Franciscan, passes away in her native American Samoa.  A memorial service is set for Sunday.

(This is Clemens speaking here…)  All of us at Barbary Coast want to wish our new President, Jaime Rossi (who updated Suspects this morning) a very, very, very happy birthday.  He’s 40 today - drop him a line and wish him a happy birthday!

On the sixth anniversary of the Iraq War, various protests spring up around San Francisco and the Bay Area.

The former President of the Board of Supervisors offers his insights on what is wrong with the current taxi medallion system.

The San Francisco Planning Commission approves a new project in South of Market that combines cafe, home, and an art space/architectural office.

Mayor Newsom creates an Existing Buildings Energy Taskforce to get tougher on existing buildings and the energy they use.

In preparation for the international festivities celebrating former Mayor Willie Brown’s birthday, labor negotiations come to a temporary halt.

After engineering a miraculous financial turnaround for SF Pride, interim director Brendan Behan begins to consider his next move.

The Chronicle reports on Mayor Newsom’s project to rename Third Street after Willie Brown by a Board of Supervisors vote and Newsom’s personal history behind the issue.

The Weekly shines a light on local campaign contributions made by AECOM, the recipient of a $26M no-bid contract to renovate San Francisco’s water system.

The Mayor reveals his product of choice when it comes to his signature coif.

The Redevelopment Agency selects three teams to compete for the job of building housing near the new Transbay Terminal.

A new audit by the Controller’s Office suggests that some payments flowing between Muni and other City agencies isn’t being monitored adequately.

Good news: the City’s data center has finally found a permanent new home.  Bad news: the new facility will cost 77% more per month than its current one.  So what’s next?  The Board of Supes’ Budget and Finance Committee will decide on the deal this Wednesday.

Yes, it seems so. The San Francisco Appeal, an online-only newspaper, debuts. With former Chron and Gate staff like Chuck Finnie and Eve Batey and Tim Ehalt, SFist alums Rita Hao and Matt Baume, Bay Area wordsmiths Beth Spotswood and Jimmy Stamp and Violet Blue (and others!), the Appeal is stocked with veteran firepower on Day One. Check it out.

Congresswoman Jackie Speier got personally involved in Sharp Golf Course debate and argued that golfers, frogs, and snakes can all get along.

Small Business Commissioner Kathleen Dooley is tired of seeing derelict, vacant commercial storefronts in the city’s commercial corridors and is doing something about it.  She and the San Francisco Office of Small Business are exploring a system to penalize owners who allow their properties to become blighted.  This should be an interesting discussion to follow.

Supervisor Daly comments on the proposed two-year budget.

As Mayor Newsom visits Los Angeles today, some Democrats begin to buzz about a race for Governor that could come down to three big city mayors.

In an opinion piece, Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Steve Falk argues that sending six supervisors to Washington DC to lobby for San Francisco’s share of federal stimulus money was worth cancelling a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Supervisors.  But without my weekly dose of the Supes, my Tuesday afternoon was so empty and meaningless.