The initiative, which includes $15 thousand to fund the design, purchase and installation of historic building plaques, is aimed at revitalizing and restoring the Tenderloin’s historic identity. The program funds will be used to create an historic museum as well as neighborhood banners and brochures with guides to historic buildings and restaurants in the area.
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Concerned citizens watch a February 26 meeting
of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
which met to discuss Muni service cuts and fare increases
to close a $12.1 million budget shortfall in the current fiscal year.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Sue Vaughan
March 10, 2010
On Friday, February 26, facing yet another in an ongoing series of deficits, the seven members […]
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In celebration of International Women’s Day, former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown
presented Farah Makras (left) and Michelle Lacourciere (right) of the Sirona Cares Foundation
with an ‘Unsung Heroine’ award in recognition of their work with orphans and families in Haiti.
Photos by Luke Thomas
From Global Arts and Education
March 9, 2010
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Global Arts […]
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By Cindy Sheehan
March 6, 2010
My request to interview President Hugo Chavez Frias of Venezuela was finally granted March 2nd while we were down in Montevideo, Uruguay with President Chavez for the inauguration of the new left-ish president and freedom fighter, Jose Mujica.
The reasons I went down to Venezuela with my team of two cameramen […]
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From the Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom
Editor’s Note: We welcome and laud Mayor Newsom’s renewed efforts to close an unprecedented $522 million budget shortfall while preserving jobs and services. However, we believe more can be done to save all jobs and preserve all services whole. Missing from his shared sacrifice approach are cuts to all […]
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By Luke Thomas
March 5, 2010
As many as ten thousand students, parents, school faculty and union members took to the streets of San Francisco yesterday as part of a coordinated day of action to protest cuts to education.
Dubbed “The Strike and Day of Action to Defend Public Education,” the largely peaceful statewide rallies […]
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All San Francisco properties with a first Certificate of Occupancy that was issued prior to June 13th, 1979 are subject to rent control. If a rental unit was in regular use prior to June 13th, 1979, but does not have a Certificate of Occupancy — an illegal unit — the San Francisco Rent Board will still find the unit subject to rent control. This means rents can only be raised by certain amounts per year, which is tied to inflation. Landlords can also petition for other increases, e.g., for capital improvements for a maximum of 10 percent or for increased operating and maintenance costs for a maximum of 7 percent. In addition, tenants can petition the Rent Board to decrease their rent if the landlord is failing to provide agreed upon or legally required services. Tenants can only be evicted for one of fourteen “just causes.”
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In a world threatened by Peak Oil, Transit Oriented Development is a development concept
aimed at encouraging the development of housing and commercial centers around mass-transit systems.
By Marc Salomon
March 4, 2010
Over the past ten years, the San Francisco Department of City Planning has rezoned much of the east side of San Francisco [0] for greater […]
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Charles Washington’s wife and his Australian-born 13-year-old stepson (not pictured)
won a 60-day reprieve yesterday from deportation proceedings following a reexamination
by federal immigration authorities of the family’s legal status.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Hope Johnson and Luke Thomas
March 4, 2010
By now, most of us are aware of the plight of the Washington family. Until yesterday, native […]
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