Archive for June, 2009

Former Mayoral Chief of Staff Phil Ginsburg reappears at the helm of the City’s Recreation and Park Department.  Phil’s resume is long and complex, but here’s the short form: brilliant guy, excellent inside operator, solid big-picture visionary and marketer, and great sense of humor.  And no, you don’t want to play poker with him if your goal is to keep all your money.

The Port of San Francisco has a plan to build a new cruise terminal and make some money - and to mostly do it themselves.  Excellent!

Muni considers selling naming rights for its cable cars.

The Board of Supervisors considers appropriate levels of staffing and funding for San Francisco’s fraud unit.

The Union Square Business Improvement District continues to grow.  Originally championed by Board President David Chiu, the BID continues to gain supporters.  Let’s hope it gains new revenue, too!

The number of homicides in the city through May hits 20, a significant improvement over that figure of a year ago, when murders in San Francisco topped 45.

Developer and impresario David Addington proposes a two-block stretch of Market Street as the location for a theatre renaissance in San Francisco.  Look for it on November’s ballot…

The Examiner offers its opinion on the City’s need for a balanced budget, asking our elected officials to leave the politics behind and work together to minimize the fiscal damage.