3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (456+ words) The mayor has built his brand on fiscal restraint and business ties. This week, he swung toward labor and renters, his biggest political turn yet. In the last 48 hours, Mayor Daniel Lurie made two moves likely to surprise those who…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (556+ words) Rental prices have surged in San Francisco more than anywhere else in the country in the last year. With housing scarce and the cost of renting an apartment skyrocketing, Mayor Daniel Lurie plans to declare a rent emergency on Thursday....

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (133+ words) The San Francisco Standard This week’s cartoon: Burning Man comes home Do you want to weigh in on the issues facing San Francisco and beyond? Have a compelling personal narrative to share? Review our submission guidelines and find out how…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (738+ words) The site, which focused on civic issues like housing and street safety, gave many young San Francisco journalists their start in the industry. In 2016, veteran journalist Alex Lash saw a gap in the San Francisco media landscape. Mission Local was…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (336+ words) The arrangement provides a 12% wage increase through 2031, according to a spokesperson for one of the city’s unions. In a preemptive move to avert labor friction, Mayor Daniel Lurie has secured an early labor deal with 10 unions representing 24,000 city employees, according…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1010+ words) Local businesses are reckoning with the reality that a major West Portal development could whiz through the approvals process. When Anna Bullard looks at the shuttered Empire Theater across from her 20-year-old West Portal bookstore, she imagines construction vehicles clogging…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (37+ words) The San Francisco Standard Plus: Your ballot could be in jeopardy, dozens of empty city properties eyed for housing, and a new poll in the Wiener-Chan race....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1358+ words) Neighborhood politics, tense lease negotiations, and bureaucratic paralysis has left 60 usable shelter beds in limbo. Sixty tiny cabins, purchased by San Francisco for about $7 million to combat homelessness, currently shelter no one. For nearly a year, they’ve sat vacant in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (964+ words) Unlike other Bay Area cities, Berkeley does not have a local camping ban. Now, neighbors say a West Berkeley encampment is spiraling out of control. ABC7 reporter Lyanne Melendez was driving through Berkeley last month when an encampment caught her eye....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (668+ words) One of the Lurie administration’s goals was to begin the overhaul in September 2025. Eighteen months after putting service providers for San Francisco’s homeless population on notice, Mayor Daniel Lurie took a long-awaited step toward overhauling how the city awards at…...