Prices for homes here in San Francisco have dropped from preposterous to merely ridiculous -- and, as a result, sales are up. Way up.In December, 19.7 percent more homebuyers took the plunge than one month earlier. The December 2008 sales numbers represented a 36 percent leap from December 2007 sales (6,889 sales as opposed to 5,065 in San Francisco and eight surrounding counties). Those who lost their homes to foreclosures are advised to remove the stains left by their salty tears on the hardwo
When your whole government shuts down so that it can go to Washington D.C. and lobby for handouts, you know you've reached a point of no return. Economically it's a sign of total defeat, an acknowledgment that we are a zombie municipality that needs fresh infusions of federal blood just to go through the motions. Culturally it's a sign of egos run rampant over common sense.
Or is there somebody in this town, besides David Chiu, who actually thought "Thank God David Chiu's going to Washingto