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SF's Dumbest Housing Rule Is Finally Getting the Axe
PublishedIn a city where it takes longer to approve an apartment building than it does to actually construct one, San Francisco…
SF Finally Admits It Has Too Many Committees About Committees
PublishedIn a city where government bloat isn't a bug but a feature, the Board of Supervisors just did something genuinely…
District 4 Race: Sunset Voters Deserve More Than Night Market Vibes and Billionaire Boogeymen
PublishedThe District 4 supervisor race is heating up in the Sunset, and so far the discourse is split between two equally…
Someone Tagged Over Highway Signs and the City Actually Fixed It Fast — Let's Talk About That
PublishedHere's something you don't hear every day: the city did its job, and it did it quickly.
World Cup Season Is Coming — Time to Find Your Watch Party Crew
PublishedThe World Cup is approaching, and if you're a soccer fan in San Francisco, you already know the drill: it's time to…
Your Solo Summer in the Bay Area: A Case for Getting Off the Couch
PublishedSummer's here, and if you're a twentysomething grinding through a degree or a desk job in the Bay Area, there's a…
Welcome to San Francisco, Where Eye Contact Is a Felony
PublishedIf you've ever moved to San Francisco from literally anywhere else in America and felt like you'd accidentally become…
New Driver Stickers: A Cry for Help or a License to Swerve?
PublishedIf you've been driving around the Bay Area lately, you've probably noticed something: "New Driver" stickers are…
You're Paying More for Worse Gyms and Nobody in City Hall Cares
PublishedHere's a fun exercise — no pun intended.
Beach Raves at Point Lobos: Spontaneous Fun or Another Permitting Gray Zone?
PublishedIf you happened to be wandering near Point Lobos on a recent Friday evening, you might have stumbled into something…
San Francisco's Streets Were Built for Skateboarding — A New Doc Proves It
PublishedSay what you will about San Francisco's crumbling infrastructure, but skateboarders have always seen the city's hills…
Comedy Sharks Wants to Make the Peninsula Funny Again
PublishedLook, we get it. The Peninsula isn't exactly the first place you think of when someone says "thriving comedy scene."…
The Gold-Rimmed Bunny Prius: San Francisco's Most Honest Car
PublishedSomewhere on the streets of San Francisco, there is a Prius rolling around with gold rims and bunny girl decals…
Prop D: Because Punishing Businesses That Are Already Leaving Is Definitely a Strategy
PublishedSan Francisco has a talent for writing policy that sounds righteous on a bumper sticker but crumbles under five minutes…
The Giants' Best Roster Move This Year Might Be a Friendship That Started in '77
PublishedForget the trade deadline rumors and bullpen drama for a moment.
Festus Ezeli Found His Second Act — And It's Delicious
PublishedThere's a particular joy in watching someone pursue a passion without a government grant, a nonprofit board, or a…
A 15-Year-Old Built a Tow Truck Tracker. SF Shut It Down in 3 Hours.
PublishedA 15-year-old kid, bored on a weekend, did what the city of San Francisco apparently finds terrifying: he made public…
Xavier Becerra's Corruption Problem Isn't Going Away — And It Shouldn't
PublishedXavier Becerra has a problem. The former congressman and current gubernatorial front-runner hasn't been directly…
Someone Just Overbid by $7 Million on a Cow Hollow Mansion Because Sure, Why Not
PublishedA Cow Hollow mansion just sold for $15 million — a cool $7 million over asking — setting San Francisco's 21st-century…
SF Immigration Courts Are Bleeding Judges — And Nobody Has a Plan
PublishedSan Francisco's immigration courts have lost more judges than any other jurisdiction in the country.
SF's Dumbest Housing Obstacle? Literal Shadows.
PublishedIn a city where the median home price hovers around $1.3 million and a one-bedroom apartment can eat half your…
Muni Survival Guide: The Unwritten Rules SF Riders Had to Learn the Hard Way
PublishedThere's a beautiful irony in a city that spent billions on a transit system that requires its riders to develop an…
Mastering Muni: The Underground Science of Actually Getting Somewhere in SF
PublishedThere's a certain romance to San Francisco that never quite fades — the fog rolling over Twin Peaks, the Victorian…
SF's Overpaid CEO Tax: Punishing Businesses That Are Already Heading for the Exit
PublishedHere's a fun exercise: take a city that's already hemorrhaging businesses, slap a new tax on the ones brave enough to…