San Francisco Passes Emergency Sick Pay Order for Large Businesses
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance requiring companies and nonprofits with 500
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San Francisco OKs $369,000 Settlement for Journalist Targeted by Police
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A journalist whose home was raided by police will get $369,000 from San Francisco taxpayers under
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San Francisco Faces Potential $1.7B Budget Shortfall From Pandemic
As city leaders focus on boosting health care capacity and helping workers and businesses survive a shelter-in-place order, another pandemic-related crisis is emerging for San Francisco in the form of a potential $1.7 billion budget shortfall.
Read moreLifetime Lease Requirement
The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a suit challenging San Francisco’s Expedited Conversion Program, which lets owners of “tenancy-in-common” properties convert them into condominiums on the condition that existing tenants are offered lifetime leases. The owners failed to timely seek an exemption from the lifetime lease requirement, the court ruled.
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San Francisco to Pay $369,000 for Police Raid of Journalist’s Home
The city of San Francisco will pay $369,000 to settle claims over its police raid on a journalist’s home and office this past May, an action condemned by press advocates as chilling the ability of reporters to get information from anonymous sources.
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Judge Set to OK Bulk of San Francisco Political Ad Disclosure Rules
Largely rejecting claims that an ad disclaimer law hinders political speech, a federal judge said Friday he will uphold the bulk of a San Francisco ordinance that requires political ads disclose top donors and secondary funding sources.
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Facing Corruption Charges, San Francisco Department Head Resigns
San Francisco Public Works director Mohammed Nuru has stepped down from his $273,00-per-year job as two city agencies are investigating contracts, grants and other decisions Nuru made for potential conflicts of interest and violations of laws and city policies.
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Judge: Pretrial Inmates in San Francisco Need Time in Sunlight
For years, the City and County of San Francisco has housed inmates awaiting trial in tiny cells, letting them out for only a few hours a day for exercise and often depriving them of any time outdoors, but conditions are set to improve for some after a federal judge ruled Friday that pre-trial detainees incarcerated for more than four years must be given at least one hour a week of access to direct sunlight.
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San Francisco Public Works Director Charged in Corruption Scheme
One of San Francisco’s highest-ranking city government officials has been arrested and charged over his suspected role in a bribery scheme, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California announced Tuesday.
Read morePolitical Ads
Proponents of an earthquake safety ballot measure hit San Francisco with a federal lawsuit Tuesday over voter-approved disclosure requirements for political ads – 28 seconds for audio and video ads regardless of ad length, 75% of a print ad, 35% of yard signs and 17-19% of two-sided canvasing flyers.
Read moreResidents of Treasure Island File Class Action Over Radiation Pollution
In a class action filed Thursday in California Superior Court, current and former residents of the decommissioned nuclear training site on San Francisco’s Treasure Island claim they were deceived for years about radioactive contamination near their homes.
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San Francisco Fur Ban Challenged as Unconstitutional
Castigating a ban on fur sales as a ridiculous bit of San Francisco sanctimony, a major international fur trade group sued the city and its public health department on Monday to overturn the law.
Read moreTrial on Pier Shooting Delayed Over Competency Concerns
The trial of an immigrant cleared of murder in a 2015 shooting on a San Francisco pier and now faces federal gun possession charges will be delayed pending a psychiatrist’s evaluation of his fitness to stand trial, a federal judge said Friday.
Read moreUS Attorney Blasts San Francisco Policies That Limit Cooperation With Feds
Touting the indictment of two gang members following a joint investigation by local police and feds, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California on Thursday blasted San Francisco policies that limit cooperation with federal agents.
Read moreJudge Questions Competence of Immigrant Cleared in Pier Shooting
A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether an immigrant acquitted of murder but facing federal gun-possession charges is competent to stand trial, one week before the trial is slated to begin.
Read moreFeds Not Liable for Stolen Gun Used in San Francisco Pier Shooting
The U.S. government cannot be held liable for a federal ranger’s stolen gun used to fatally shoot a young woman on a San Francisco pier in 2015, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Read moreSan Francisco Settles Suit Over Racially Biased Drug Arrests for $225K
The city of San Francisco has agreed to pay $225,000 to settle claims that its police officers racially targeted 37 black people with arrests for selling “small amounts of drugs.”
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San Francisco Cafés Banishing Disposable Coffee Cups
A new café culture is brewing in the San Francisco area, where a growing number of coffeehouses are banishing paper to-go cups and replacing them with everything from glass jars to rental mugs and BYO cup policies.
Read moreSan Francisco Opens Homeless Shelter Despite Neighborhood Opposition
San Francisco Mayor London Breed touted a 200-bed Navigation Center on the city’s waterfront as a victory in the city’s unremitting battle against homelessness, while inveighing against decades of regulations that have stymied new housing construction both in San Francisco and the rest of the state.
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Fed Up, SF Requires Permit to Test Tech in Public
Tired of San Francisco streets being used as a testing ground for the latest delivery technology and transportation apps, city leaders are requiring businesses to get permits before trying out new high-tech ideas in public.
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