This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateSan Francisco officials have reached a deal with a group of Tenderloin residents and business owners who to compel the city to clear the neighborhood’s “dangerously crowded sidewalks” of tents and find shelter for its homeless during the coronavirus pandemic.The settlement, filed Friday, requires the city to remove 70% of the tents crowding the neighborhood’s sidewalks in just over a month and to get those living in them into vacant hotel rooms or sanctioned encampment sites. In exchange, the Tenderloin residents — led by the UC...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateSan Francisco officials have reached a deal with a group of Tenderloin residents and business owners who to compel the city to clear the neighborhood’s “dangerously crowded sidewalks” of tents and find shelter for its homeless during the coronavirus pandemic.The settlement, filed Friday, requires the city to remove 70% of the tents crowding the neighborhood’s sidewalks in just over a month and to get those living in them into vacant hotel rooms or sanctioned encampment sites. In exchange, the Tenderloin residents — led by the UC...WW…

San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney will announce Tuesday that a long-discussed proposal to tax companies where top executives earn vastly more money than the rest of their workforce is headed for the November ballot.The measure, which Haney has dubbed the “overpaid executive tax,” would bring in between $60 million and $140 million annually by taxing businesses that pay the highest-earning person in the company 100 times or more the median salary of its San Francisco workers, starting in 2022.The concept was previously envisioned as a funding mechanism for Mental Health SF, a sweeping plan...…San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney will announce Tuesday that a long-discussed proposal to tax companies where top executives earn vastly more money than the rest of their workforce is headed for the November ballot.The measure, which Haney has dubbed the “overpaid executive tax,” would bring in between $60 million and $140 million annually by taxing businesses that pay the highest-earning person in the company 100 times or more the median salary of its San Francisco workers, starting in 2022.The concept was previously envisioned as a funding mechanism for Mental Health SF, a sweeping plan...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateSan Francisco Mayor London Breed on Thursday unveiled a four-point blueprint for police reforms that would transform the day-to-day course of policing in a department largely occupied by calls about homelessness and mental health issues.Breed’s proposal would remove sworn officers from such calls for noncriminal activities, replacing them with trained and unarmed professionals who she said would be better equipped to handle situations like neighbor disputes, school discipline interventions or behavioral health crises. The reforms...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateSan Francisco Mayor London Breed on Thursday unveiled a four-point blueprint for police reforms that would transform the day-to-day course of policing in a department largely occupied by calls about homelessness and mental health issues.Breed’s proposal would remove sworn officers from such calls for noncriminal activities, replacing them with trained and unarmed professionals who she said would be better equipped to handle situations like neighbor disputes, school discipline interventions or behavioral health crises. The reforms...WW…

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has with barrages of calls and text messages while crisscrossing the city, ordering potholes filled, trash cans emptied or streets cleaned.But a small trove of text messages among Breed, Police Chief Bill Scott and other members of the city’s top brass show her repeatedly directing city officials to “clean up” tent encampments, something her critics have previously said is a callous way of handling of the city’s homelessness crisis.The texts, spanning several months, were revealed that was filed anonymously and .The exchanges, many of which have been...…San Francisco Mayor London Breed has with barrages of calls and text messages while crisscrossing the city, ordering potholes filled, trash cans emptied or streets cleaned.But a small trove of text messages among Breed, Police Chief Bill Scott and other members of the city’s top brass show her repeatedly directing city officials to “clean up” tent encampments, something her critics have previously said is a callous way of handling of the city’s homelessness crisis.The texts, spanning several months, were revealed that was filed anonymously and .The exchanges, many of which have been...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateA proposal to create a new department dedicated to cleaning up San Francisco’s notoriously filthy streets while also clearing the cloud of scandal hanging over the city’s Public Works Department is moving toward the November ballot.Spearheaded by Supervisor Matt Haney, would amend the City Charter to split off Public Works’ street cleaning, sidewalk maintenance and sanitation duties into a new agency, leaving the remaining department to handle engineering, design, project management and other work tied to San Francisco’s public...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateA proposal to create a new department dedicated to cleaning up San Francisco’s notoriously filthy streets while also clearing the cloud of scandal hanging over the city’s Public Works Department is moving toward the November ballot.Spearheaded by Supervisor Matt Haney, would amend the City Charter to split off Public Works’ street cleaning, sidewalk maintenance and sanitation duties into a new agency, leaving the remaining department to handle engineering, design, project management and other work tied to San Francisco’s public...WW…

San Francisco Mayor London Breed unveiled a plan on Tuesday that attempts to chart the city’s course for addressing homelessness over the next two years, a proposal shaped in large part by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.Breed’s “Homelessness Recovery Plan” seeks to find shelter or housing accommodations for 6,000 homeless people, a figure that includes 4,500 placements in permanent supportive housing. An estimated 1,500 of those will be new units — a figure the mayor’s office said represents the biggest increase in permanent supportive housing in the last two decades. The city will...…San Francisco Mayor London Breed unveiled a plan on Tuesday that attempts to chart the city’s course for addressing homelessness over the next two years, a proposal shaped in large part by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.Breed’s “Homelessness Recovery Plan” seeks to find shelter or housing accommodations for 6,000 homeless people, a figure that includes 4,500 placements in permanent supportive housing. An estimated 1,500 of those will be new units — a figure the mayor’s office said represents the biggest increase in permanent supportive housing in the last two decades. The city will...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateLisa Alexander, the woman who stirred outrage and contempt after she confronted a man for stenciling “Black Lives Matter” in chalk outside his Pacific Heights home last month, wrote to San Francisco city officials Friday lamenting being linked to Supervisor , legislation he introduced this week that would make discriminatory 911 calls illegal.In a letter sent to Mayor London Breed and the entire Board of Supervisors that was reviewed by The Chronicle, Alexander complains that she has become an emblem for precisely the kind of...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateLisa Alexander, the woman who stirred outrage and contempt after she confronted a man for stenciling “Black Lives Matter” in chalk outside his Pacific Heights home last month, wrote to San Francisco city officials Friday lamenting being linked to Supervisor , legislation he introduced this week that would make discriminatory 911 calls illegal.In a letter sent to Mayor London Breed and the entire Board of Supervisors that was reviewed by The Chronicle, Alexander complains that she has become an emblem for precisely the kind of...WW…

San Francisco transportation officials are planning to temporarily close off a number of streets to car traffic in the coming weeks in an effort to open up more space for pedestrians to practice social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency that starting this week, up to three streets could be closed off to through traffic for multiple blocks so people may walk or bike safely in the streets while maintaining at least 6 feet of distance from others.The agency’s “Slow Streets” program plans to add several streets each week, using signs and...…San Francisco transportation officials are planning to temporarily close off a number of streets to car traffic in the coming weeks in an effort to open up more space for pedestrians to practice social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency that starting this week, up to three streets could be closed off to through traffic for multiple blocks so people may walk or bike safely in the streets while maintaining at least 6 feet of distance from others.The agency’s “Slow Streets” program plans to add several streets each week, using signs and...WW…

San Francisco is now making making free COVID-19 tests available to any worker who must leave their home and interact with the public — diminishing or eliminating their ability to practice social distancing — while on the job, regardless of whether they present symptoms of a coronavirus infection.The new testing policy, announced by Mayor London Breed and Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax on Monday, represents the city’s latest expansion of testing efforts. Free tests had previously been available only to “essential” employees working in San Francisco during the pandemic, like health...…San Francisco is now making making free COVID-19 tests available to any worker who must leave their home and interact with the public — diminishing or eliminating their ability to practice social distancing — while on the job, regardless of whether they present symptoms of a coronavirus infection.The new testing policy, announced by Mayor London Breed and Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax on Monday, represents the city’s latest expansion of testing efforts. Free tests had previously been available only to “essential” employees working in San Francisco during the pandemic, like health...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigatePresident Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and their new administration got to work in a nation besieged by a raging pandemic, economic calamity and deep political divisions. Biden signed 17 executive orders shortly after his swearing-in, dealing with the pandemic, climate change, immigration and other pressing issues that reflected the dramatic divergence of his priorities from those of the vanquished Trump administration.Latest updates today:1:56 p.m. Biden immigration bill nixes word “alien”: In a small but symbolic...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigatePresident Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and their new administration got to work in a nation besieged by a raging pandemic, economic calamity and deep political divisions. Biden signed 17 executive orders shortly after his swearing-in, dealing with the pandemic, climate change, immigration and other pressing issues that reflected the dramatic divergence of his priorities from those of the vanquished Trump administration.Latest updates today:1:56 p.m. Biden immigration bill nixes word “alien”: In a small but symbolic...WW…