You have permission to edit this article.Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj, who have children enrolled in public school, are heading up efforts to recall members of…Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj, who have children enrolled in public school, are heading up efforts to recall members of…Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj, who have children enrolled in public school, are heading up efforts to recall members of…Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj hold up one of three petitions to recall members of the San Francisco Unified School…Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj hold up one of three petitions to recall members of the San...…You have permission to edit this article.Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj, who have children enrolled in public school, are heading up efforts to recall members of…Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj, who have children enrolled in public school, are heading up efforts to recall members of…Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj, who have children enrolled in public school, are heading up efforts to recall members of…Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj hold up one of three petitions to recall members of the San Francisco Unified School…Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj hold up one of three petitions to recall members of the San...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.Two San Francisco Unified School District board members will introduce a resolution on Thursday calling for fellow member Alison Collins to be removed as vice president and stripped of all of her committee assignments.School board members Faauuga Moliga and Jenny Lam, who have both joined in widespread calls by elected officials for Collins to resign, will introduce the resolution at Thursday’s special meeting, Moliga said in a tweet on Tuesday. Collins has not indicated she has any plans to resign.“I am not alone when I say I don’t have confidence...…You have permission to edit this article.Two San Francisco Unified School District board members will introduce a resolution on Thursday calling for fellow member Alison Collins to be removed as vice president and stripped of all of her committee assignments.School board members Faauuga Moliga and Jenny Lam, who have both joined in widespread calls by elected officials for Collins to resign, will introduce the resolution at Thursday’s special meeting, Moliga said in a tweet on Tuesday. Collins has not indicated she has any plans to resign.“I am not alone when I say I don’t have confidence...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.A photo of Rev. Amos Brown being sworn in by then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein to the City College Board in the…Rev. Amos Brown points to a photo of his first visit to San Francisco during the 1956 NAACP Annual Convention….Rev. Amos Brown points to his booking photo from a June 1961 arrest during the Freedom Ride. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F….A photo of Rev. Amos Brown with fellow civil rights activists Dr. Martin Luther King and Roy Wilkins as they…Rev. Amos Brown sits in the pews at Third Baptist Church on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, the day before his…A photo of Rev....…You have permission to edit this article.A photo of Rev. Amos Brown being sworn in by then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein to the City College Board in the…Rev. Amos Brown points to a photo of his first visit to San Francisco during the 1956 NAACP Annual Convention….Rev. Amos Brown points to his booking photo from a June 1961 arrest during the Freedom Ride. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F….A photo of Rev. Amos Brown with fellow civil rights activists Dr. Martin Luther King and Roy Wilkins as they…Rev. Amos Brown sits in the pews at Third Baptist Church on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, the day before his…A photo of Rev....WW…

You have permission to edit this article.School board members will introduce a resolution on Tuesday to increase the proportion of the San Francisco Unified School District’s budget focused on classroom spending.SFUSD ranks last in California’s largest 10 districts when it comes to the percentage spent on classroom instruction, at least as of the 2018-2019 school year. Sacramento, Long Beach and Riverside’s school districts each spend 66 percent of their budget on classrooms while San Francisco spends 54 percent, below Fresno and Los Angeles at 59 percent, according to the resolution.The...…You have permission to edit this article.School board members will introduce a resolution on Tuesday to increase the proportion of the San Francisco Unified School District’s budget focused on classroom spending.SFUSD ranks last in California’s largest 10 districts when it comes to the percentage spent on classroom instruction, at least as of the 2018-2019 school year. Sacramento, Long Beach and Riverside’s school districts each spend 66 percent of their budget on classrooms while San Francisco spends 54 percent, below Fresno and Los Angeles at 59 percent, according to the resolution.The...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.Ellen Lee Zhou, a former mayoral candidate, speak at a rally at the site of a proposed affordable housing project…Protesters rally at the site of a proposed affordable housing project at 2550 Irving St. in the Sunset District on…A building at 2550 Irving St. in the Sunset District that currently houses a Police Credit Union branch is slated…Flyers have been distributed in the Sunset District in opposition to plans for an affordable housing project at 2550 Irving St. in San Francisco. (Examiner screenshot)Ellen Lee Zhou, a former mayoral candidate,...…You have permission to edit this article.Ellen Lee Zhou, a former mayoral candidate, speak at a rally at the site of a proposed affordable housing project…Protesters rally at the site of a proposed affordable housing project at 2550 Irving St. in the Sunset District on…A building at 2550 Irving St. in the Sunset District that currently houses a Police Credit Union branch is slated…Flyers have been distributed in the Sunset District in opposition to plans for an affordable housing project at 2550 Irving St. in San Francisco. (Examiner screenshot)Ellen Lee Zhou, a former mayoral candidate,...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.City officials have touted an agreement with UC San Francisco to provide a package of community benefits as part of its planned Parnassus Heights campus expansion.But as city supervisors pointed out on Monday, that agreement isn’t binding.Supervisors at the Land Use and Transportation Committee meeting Monday afternoon called for more time to negotiate stronger community benefit commitments from UCSF, seeking a delay before the project is approved by the University of California Board of Regents. They also sought a legally enforceable agreement,...…You have permission to edit this article.City officials have touted an agreement with UC San Francisco to provide a package of community benefits as part of its planned Parnassus Heights campus expansion.But as city supervisors pointed out on Monday, that agreement isn’t binding.Supervisors at the Land Use and Transportation Committee meeting Monday afternoon called for more time to negotiate stronger community benefit commitments from UCSF, seeking a delay before the project is approved by the University of California Board of Regents. They also sought a legally enforceable agreement,...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.San Francisco Unified School District saw a 2 percent drop in student enrollment between fall 2019 and fall 2020, the biggest year-to-year difference in a decade.The change means SFUSD has lost 1,036 students, according to the district. In the fall 2020 semester the district counted 51,898 students across K-12, excluding charter schools, the Examiner has learned.Transitional kindergarten, the youngest grade SFUSD serves, declined from 424 in 2019 to 386 in 2020. When combined with grades K-5, it makes for a 2.14 percent drop. Grades 6-8 saw a 2.31...…You have permission to edit this article.San Francisco Unified School District saw a 2 percent drop in student enrollment between fall 2019 and fall 2020, the biggest year-to-year difference in a decade.The change means SFUSD has lost 1,036 students, according to the district. In the fall 2020 semester the district counted 51,898 students across K-12, excluding charter schools, the Examiner has learned.Transitional kindergarten, the youngest grade SFUSD serves, declined from 424 in 2019 to 386 in 2020. When combined with grades K-5, it makes for a 2.14 percent drop. Grades 6-8 saw a 2.31...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.Supervisor Dean Preston on Tuesday called for a hearing on the planned University of San Francisco expansion in the Inner Sunset.UCSF has plans to add another 1.5 million square feet to its Parnassus Heights campus, reaching more than 5 million square feet total. The expansion will bring nearly 1,000 units of housing, offices, and research facilities, and a new hospital expected to open in 2030 to increase patient capacity at the foot of Mount Sutro south of Golden Gate Park.The plan may be approved as soon as Jan. 20 by the University of California...…You have permission to edit this article.Supervisor Dean Preston on Tuesday called for a hearing on the planned University of San Francisco expansion in the Inner Sunset.UCSF has plans to add another 1.5 million square feet to its Parnassus Heights campus, reaching more than 5 million square feet total. The expansion will bring nearly 1,000 units of housing, offices, and research facilities, and a new hospital expected to open in 2030 to increase patient capacity at the foot of Mount Sutro south of Golden Gate Park.The plan may be approved as soon as Jan. 20 by the University of California...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.The Sunset District could get a 100 percent affordable housing project with up to 100 units, many of them targeting families — the first project of its kind in the neighborhood, according to Supervisor Gordon Mar.The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation plans to build a low-income housing development at 2550 Irving St. near 26th Avenue, one block from Golden Gate Park.The Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development has committed $15 million from the 2019 voter-approved affordable housing bond, spokesperson Max Barnes said...…You have permission to edit this article.The Sunset District could get a 100 percent affordable housing project with up to 100 units, many of them targeting families — the first project of its kind in the neighborhood, according to Supervisor Gordon Mar.The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation plans to build a low-income housing development at 2550 Irving St. near 26th Avenue, one block from Golden Gate Park.The Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development has committed $15 million from the 2019 voter-approved affordable housing bond, spokesperson Max Barnes said...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.The San Francisco school board on Tuesday unanimously voted to commit to a full in-person schedule for all students in the fall as uneasy parents pressed for answers.Board member Jenny Lam . It calls for a full fall opening, assuming coronavirus rates continue to fall, but also urges the district to have a backup plan and to continue offering remote learning.Families have pressed the district for assurance that all students will be returning to the classroom in the fall. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that California is planning for a full...…You have permission to edit this article.The San Francisco school board on Tuesday unanimously voted to commit to a full in-person schedule for all students in the fall as uneasy parents pressed for answers.Board member Jenny Lam . It calls for a full fall opening, assuming coronavirus rates continue to fall, but also urges the district to have a backup plan and to continue offering remote learning.Families have pressed the district for assurance that all students will be returning to the classroom in the fall. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that California is planning for a full...WW…