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California High-Speed Rail's Own Inspector General Just Put a Date on the Cash Cliff: December 2027

California's high-speed rail project has been "running out of money" for a decade of headlines.

Bex ConnollyCity HallPolitics1h ago

The Sheriff Likes That RESET's Operator Turns a Profit. Critics Say That's the Whole Problem.

Three months into San Francisco's RESET Center, the Sheriff's office isn't just defending the drug-sobering site — it's defending the fact that a…

Bex ConnollyCity HallPolitics23h ago

A Dishwasher and a Class Action: SF's Elite Battery Club Is Sued by Two of Its Own Workers

The Battery — the invitation-only Jackson Square social club whose roughly 5,000 members pay $2,400 a year to mingle in a former marble factory…

Bex ConnollyCity HallPoliticsYesterday

A Fifth Avenue 7-Eleven Has Been Hit Five Times This Year. Oakland's Answer: Officers Still in Training.

A crowd of about 20 young people stormed a 7-Eleven at Fifth Avenue and International Boulevard around 4:30 p.m.

Bex ConnollyCity HallPoliticsYesterday

SF Waived the Affordable-Housing Rules to Get Offices Converted. Its Latest Win, 150 Hayes, Has 104 Units and No Required Below-Market Homes.

To coax developers into turning empty downtown offices into apartments, San Francisco cut transfer taxes, rezoned commercial blocks, and eliminated…

Bex ConnollyCity HallPolitics2d ago

Haney's Ticket-Resale Cap Cleared the Assembly. Now It's Stuck on the Senate's 'Suspense File.'

A bill by San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney to cap ticket-resale markups at 10% above face value has quietly reached the Legislature's most…

Bex ConnollyCity HallPolitics2d ago

San Mateo County Could Be Among the First in the U.S. to Make Businesses Buy a Permit for Their Robots

San Mateo County supervisors are weighing a plan that would make the county one of the first jurisdictions in the country to require businesses to…

Bex ConnollyCity HallPolitics2d ago