Building Inspection Department

Blogs
January 11, 2010
Supes Lambaste Academy of Art at Hearing -- Whether They'll Deliver More than a Tongue-Lashing Remains to Be Seen
Elisa Stephens had an admission to make today. "We have made a few mistakes," she said at a public hearing regarding the controversial housing practices of her family's for-profit Academy of Art University. And that, claim the Academy's many critics, is one hell of an understatement. For d ... More >>
News
October 22, 2008
Checkin' It Out
Former building commish took money from woman with business before the commission.
News
May 25, 2005
The Mayor's Quake Insurance Program
Stop the presses: a column in praise of Gavin Newsom's political courage in support of the public interest
News
December 8, 1999
Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! (Yawn.)
Lame city regulation leaves burned-out residents of nine SRO hotels completely SOL
News
February 24, 1999
The Mission District Squeeze
When can a repeat felon manipulate the police and fire departments to crush a law-abiding bar and restaurant? When the felon's a San Francisco pol, and the bar's on Mission Street.
News
May 15, 1996
Letters
News
March 27, 1996
Letters
News
February 28, 1996
Roller Derby
Ignoring the law, the city lags in handicap access
News
January 24, 1996
Heartbreak Hotel
Traveling room to room in the Columbia, a Tenderloin SRO, shows that fixing a building up is one thing. Repairing broken lives is another.