San Francisco
San Francisco Has Added a Lot of Jobs but Not Enough Housing. City Voters Approved a Ballot Initiative That Cuts Back on the Jobs.
The city's voters, politicians, and activists should stop trying to dictate how exactly their city will change over the years. They’re not very good at it.
San Francisco Bureaucrats Can Shoot Down Almost Any Housing Project They Want. This Ballot Initiative Would Change That.
Mayor London Breed's Affordable Homes Now initiative would streamline the approval of code-compliant housing projects as long as developers include additional affordable units.
Activists vs. One Man's Skee-Ball Arcade: How Red Tape Is Ruining San Francisco
Joey Mucha wanted to convert his warehouse into a restaurant, bar, and arcade. Then community activists intervened.
Remy: Full House (San Francisco Real Estate Edition)
Remy's plan for more housing meets NIMBY resistance.
San Francisco Ballot Measure Would Tax Empty Storefronts in Attempt to Boost Retail Sector
The initiative would leave untouched all the city regulations that've made it so hard to start a business in the first place.
Despite Stiff NIMBY Opposition, San Francisco Business Owner Will Be Allowed to Convert Arcade Repair Business Into Normal Arcade
The struggles Joey Mucha had to go through to secure a simple change of use permit highlight the problems inherent in San Francisco's planning process.
San Francisco Activists Are Trying to Stop Business Owner From Converting His Arcade Repair Shop Into a Normal Arcade
Neighbors say Joey Mucha's plans for a Skee-Ball arcade in the Mission would be a positive addition to the community. Activists disagree.
When Ranked-Choice Voting Comes to New York City, Expect More Voter Participation, Not Radical Changes
Voters won’t have to worry as much about having to choose between similar candidates or “throwing away” votes on third-party choices.
Falafel Shop Wins Narrow Victory Over San Francisco's Bizarre, Broken Permitting Process
By one vote, the city's planning commission denied a business's request to stop a competing falafel shop from opening up down the block.
San Francisco Falafel Shop Owner Says Neighborhood Has Enough Falafel, Asks City to Block Rival Falafel Shop Next Door
San Francisco gives its Planning Commission nearly unlimited discretion to deny or condition permits, making life hell for business owners.
San Francisco Wants to Require Companies To Get Permits Before Rolling Out 'Emerging Technology'
The city's Board of Supervisors has proposed creating an Office of Emergent Technology to regulate new inventions using public spaces.
Defending San Francisco's Anti-NRA Resolution, City Officials Say It Was Nothing but Meaningless Bluster
Although San Francisco's supervisors urged city officials to punish contractors with ties to this "domestic terrorist organization," they say they did not really mean it.
Co-Author of San Francisco's E-Cigarette Ban Wants the FDA to Silence His Opponents
Supervisor Shamann Walton thinks he can use restrictions on commercial speech to suppress political speech.
Lawsuit Argues That San Francisco's Anti-NRA Resolution Violates the First Amendment
Going beyond criticism, the resolution would punish the NRA and its supporters by cutting off contractors with ties to the group.
San Francisco's Anti-NRA Policy Could Be Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court has said the First Amendment protects government contractors against termination based on their political views.
Defending 'Reasoned Debate About Public Safety,' San Francisco Supervisors Declare the NRA a 'Domestic Terrorist Organization'
If you disagree with these politicians about gun control, they think, you might as well join the KKK.
NIMBYs Should Pay Developers, Not Sue Them, To Save Their Views
In a beautiful display of how markets can resolve conflicts, Manhattanites pay a developer to not block their view.
San Francisco Judge Overturns Illegal Warrant Used to Monitor Journalist's Phone
Superior Court Judge Rochelle East says the warrant violated California law.
San Francisco Has Ditched Its Dumb 'IPO Tax' (For Now)
The tax was actually on much more than initial public offerings of stocks, and likely would have driven the next generation of startups to locate somewhere else.
While Homeless Population Balloons, San Francisco Residents Use Environmental Lawsuit to Stop Homeless Shelter
Yet another neighborhood group is using a California environmental regulation to stop a housing project they don't like.
New Numbers Show San Francisco's Homeless Population Has Grown by 30 Percent
This is nearly double the increase the city first reported in May.
San Francisco's E-Cigarette Ban Undermines Public Health in the Name of Protecting It
The city is favoring the most dangerous form of nicotine delivery over a potentially lifesaving alternative.
Attempts to Build a Safe Injection Site for San Francisco Drug Users Pushed to 2020
Lawmakers struggle to pass a bill protecting operators from arrest and prosecution.
San Francisco Wants To Force CEOs To Pay for a Citywide Free Mental Health Care Program
The new tax won't come close to fulfilling the steep funding needs of Mental Health SF
San Francisco Developer Proposes Private Housing Project in 2014. City Delays For Years Before Deciding to Spend Millions Developing the Site Itself. Construction Might Start by 2022.
Delaying housing projects for years will not make cities more affordable.
San Francisco Police Got a Warrant to Monitor a Journalist's Phone Before Raiding His Apartment
The move is an assault on the First Amendment.
Think Trump's Attacks on Journalism Are Bad? San Francisco Cops Literally Raided a Reporter's Home.
Actions speak louder than words. Trump 's labeling of the media as "the enemy of the people" is bad, but he's not breaking into reporters' homes to find leakers. That's what the San Francisco Police Department did.
Double Standards Endanger Press Freedom
The treatment of Bryan Carmody and Julian Assange reveals widespread confusion about who counts as a journalist and whether it matters.
Police Raid on San Francisco Journalist Descends Into Blame Game
The chief and the union square off over who arranged what was likely an illegal search.
Are We Seeing Early Signs of a Facial Recognition Technopanic?
Or are Americans simply wising up to the dangers posed by cops having their "face prints" on file?
San Francisco Bans Police Use of Facial Recognition
Preventing a slow march toward automated authoritarianism?
Police Raid on Journalist's Home Has Grave First Amendment Implications
Bryan Carmody refused to name the source of a leaked police report.
San Francisco Votes To Outlaw Cashless Businesses
The city's Board of Supervisors said that no-cash policies discriminate against the poor.
San Francisco a Step Closer to Banning Police Use of Facial Recognition Surveillance
Other state and cities should consider doing the same thing
Foggy Sex Trafficking Stats Pop Up in the Bay Area
Did San Francisco really see a 170 percent "spike in human trafficking" last year?
Housing-Starved San Francisco Shoots Down New Apartment Project Because It Would Cast Shadow on Nearby Park. Again.
This is not the first time the city has tried to delay a project over shadow concerns.
Federal Judge Orders San Francisco To Fix Bail System that Keeps Poor People Trapped Behind Bars
Very high cash demands disrupt defendants' lives without improving public safety.
Support Grows for Bill That Would Legalize More Home Construction Across California
A new poll shows 74 percent of San Francisco residents are in favor of a state bill that would peel back local restrictions on housing.
San Francisco's Accidental Surveillance State and the Future of Privacy
Good intentions, private fears, and innovative entrepreneurs vying for government contracts are killing privacy in public places.
Stossel: Bad Laws Worsen the Homeless Crisis
San Francisco encourages homelessness by limiting housing, offering generous welfare, and failing to enforce basic laws.
To Protect Some Cab Drivers, San Francisco Will Stop Other Taxis from Picking Up Customers at the Airport
The rule will prohibit taxis from picking up passengers at the airport unless they purchase a $250,000 permit.
The Great Opium Bonfire of 1914
Friday A/V Club: That time the authorities set 10,000 packages of opium, morphine, and cocaine on fire in San Francisco's Marshall Square
San Francisco Wants to Tax Vacant Shopfronts to Attract New Business
Supervisor Aaron Peskin is pitching his bill as a way to help out small business and crackdown on speculating landlords.
City Officials Ordered San Francisco Man To Rebuild Exact Replica of Demolished Home. Now He's Fighting Back.
City officials determined years ago that the home was of no historic value.
