Jane Kim

Walk To Work Day: a Pedestrian Idea?

If you're reading this at your office, it's too late to alter the means by which you arrived there. So you either did or did not choose to participate in today's inaugural Walk to Work Day. At first blush, Walk to Work Day sounds a bit like "Enjoy Time at Your Country Home Day" or "Reinvest Your Div ... More >>

Lech Walesa Street Name-Change Resolution to Be Submitted. A San Francisco First?

Jane Kim's staff has confirmed to SF Weekly that, at today's Board meeting, the District 6 supervisor will introduce a resolution commencing the arduous procedure of stripping Lech Walesa's name off a city street. Altering the city's map to reflect Walesa's rapid transformation from the prime mover ... More >>

Lech Walesa Street: Jane Kim Ready for a Change

Last week, Supervisor David Campos told SF Weekly that he'd be open to starting a dialogue about whether to strip Lech Walesa's name off a city street.Supervisor Jane Kim is ready to move past all that. She wants Walesa gone. Step one, however, is figuring out who to call. Kim aide Ivy Lee says that ... More >>

Anchor Brewery Announcement Leads to Delightful Day-Drinking

Had Anchor Brewery's proposed waterfront extravaganza been extant in the days of Otis Redding, sitting on the dock of the bay could have been a less melancholy experience. Yesterday's big development announcement was made during a dreary gray morning. But, even on a clean, crisp Northern California ... More >>

Board of Supervisors President: David Chiu Unanimously Re-Elected

Supervisor David Chiu keeps discovering new ways to be elected board president. First, he was the compromise choice emerging out of a bitter political battle. Then the board's right flank pushed him to re-election. And, today, he was re-re-elected via a unanimous, 11-0 tally. But not without some cu ... More >>

Supervisor Jane Kim Pushes Legislation to Help Cure the City's Bedbug Problem

San Francisco renters are gathering outside City Hall right now to talk about, of all things, bugs. Specifically, they are out there (incidentally, enjoying the warm weather) to show city supervisors how disgusted they are with bedbugs in San Francisco. Those renters have garnered much sympathy from ... More >>

Super Friends: Overworked S.F. Reps Hire Extra Aides

Jane Kim Didn't Give Me No Goddamn Respect, Grouses Union Boss

Rodney Dangerfield spun an entire career out of bemoaning the shabby treatment he received at the hands of others. It's unclear if dynastic plumber's union boss Larry Mazzola, Jr. is hoping to traverse that rather narrow career path. But he's off to an excellent start. In a terse letter penned to Su ... More >>

Gold Dust Lounge Requests Historic Landmark Designation

Does this look modern to you?​In effort to keep the iconic Gold Dust Lounge from shuttering, the bar owners have filed paperwork requesting the city recognize the bar as a historic landmark. Such a designation would, at the very least, make it more challenging for the landlord to turn the bar into ... More >>

Plastic Bag Ban: How Much Outreach Do You Really Need?

Ross Mirkarimi's bag legislation may have just gotten the sack​Mom. Apple pie. Patriotism. No politician who doesn't wish to receive a crash course in the joys of seeking employment with the private sector will dare find him or herself on the wrong side of these notions -- and the political goals ... More >>

Election Money -- Who Gave What in San Francisco

Invest, young man. Invest in politics! ​As of last night, San Francisco's election season is all over except for the shoutin' -- and recriminatin' and fulminatin' and tabulatin' who bought what. Assuming Mayor Ed Lee does pull it out, a number of observers will note he did so in spite of the actio ... More >>

What a Pushover

Who Isn't Supervisor Jane Kim Endorsing for Mayor?

Jane is known to eat several slices of cake at a time​Now that Mayor Ed Lee has made up his mind about running for mayor, it seems Supervisor Jane Kim is having a little trouble making decisions herself. A few hours after Lee declared his candidacy, Kim came out with a most unusual endorsement. Th ... More >>

Inefficient by Design: San Francisco's Commissions Are Uncountable — and Unaccountable

Which Smurf Would Your Favorite S.F. City Hall Politico Be?

Creepy!​If you have young kids or are some kind of weird serial killer, you've probably been eagerly anticipating the release of the 3D movie version of The Smurfs. Frankly, the appearance of these eerily topaz CGI gremlins on the big screen is not something we're so excited about. The same cannot ... More >>

Will Julius Turman's Domestic Violence Case Hurt His Chances of Becoming S.F. Police Commissioner?

Julius Turman ​It's fair to assume every politician has skeletons in the closet -- Eliot Spitzer and his prostitute, Arnold Schwarzenegger and his lovechild.And then there is Julius Turman, a local lawyer, ambitious community activist, and a fixture in the Castro's gay community. While Turman isn' ... More >>

San Francycle: Did David Chiu Drive on Bike to Work Day?

​Wasn't Bike to Work day fabulous this year? We certainly saw a lot more cyclists out than usual, and we hope to see them out again on the remaining 364 days until next year. Let's do a quick roundup of the best of the bikes. According to the Chron, the mayor and "almost every member of the Bo ... More >>

Bedbugs: What San Francisco Can Learn From New York City

What to do, what to do? ​San Francisco has spent a great deal of time trying to figure how best to resolve the growing bedbug problem -- particularly in SROs. But here is an idea. How about the Public Health Department take a look at how New York City is dealing with bedbugs. NYC's Health and Ment ... More >>

Board of Supervisors: What Kind of Dog Would They Be?

This took us literally all afternoon to make.​Earlier this week, city supervisors voted 10 to 1 to oppose the Golden Gate National Recreational Area's proposal to severely restrict dog owners from walking their pups off-leash in certain parts of San Francisco, namely Fort Funston and Ocean Beach. ... More >>

Who Wants a Date with a Smokin' Hot Progressive?

How much would you pay for a date with him?​The question of whether mayoral candidates can technically be bought has been answered. Yes, they can. Some of San Francisco's mayoral candidates will be auctioning themselves off at a fundraiser for the New Leaders Council on Wednesday, April 27 -- and ... More >>

Eagle Tavern Closure: Supervisors Send a Letter of 'Deep Concern' to SFPD

Always a good crowd at the Eagle ​Supervisors Scott Wiener, Jane Kim, and David Campos sent SF Weekly a letter addressed to acting Police Chief Jeff Godown, instructing him to "closely scrutinize" any transfer of the liquor license to ensure that the Eagle Tavern remains as we know it today.The ... More >>

S.F. Supervisors Fire Off Letter Aiming to Save the Eagle Tavern

The Eagle Tavern: It's only John Dwyer's favorite place to play.​We saw this coming! Today, three San Francisco Supervisors -- Scott Wiener, Jane Kim, and David Campos -- began an official effort to defend the beloved gay bar/live music venue Eagle Tavern against a landlord who plans to shut it do ... More >>

Twitter Tax Break Sails Through, Corporate Blackmail Does Work

A done deal ​As Supervisor John Avalos so bluntly put it: "The big boys won out today."Needless to say, Avalos ain't happy that his fellow supervisors approved a controversial tax-break deal that would surely keep Twitter from bolting San Francisco.  SF Weekly previously reported on the deal, ... More >>

Japan Fundraiser Brings in $11,000 -- Jane Kim More Popular Than Burning Man Tickets

An evening with Jane Kim​We stand corrected. Someone can imagine cycling around the city with Supervisor David Chiu -- and paying $250 for it. Lunch with Supervisor Malia Cohen? Not so much. All in all, the Board of Supervisors pulled in $11,390 Wednesday night at a silent auction held for tsunami ... More >>

Japan Relief Auction Stunts We'd Like to See

We'd buy that for a dollar...​As reported earlier on this page, our Board of Supervisors raised $11,000 for Japan -- and did so by doing what it would do anyway. David Chiu was going to ride his bike. Now he gets some company, and $250 goes to disaster relief. Eric Mar was going to go to the Acade ... More >>

Japan Relief Fundraiser Tonight: Win a Bike Ride with David Chiu

Photo by Greg Dewar Pedaling, but not for politics ​Maybe it's the last thing you could imagine doing -- spending one-on-one time with your city supervisors. Imagine lunching with Supervisor Malia Cohen (what would you talk about?), or taking a trip to the Academy of Sciences with the perennially ... More >>

Asian Boom: Demographic Map Reveals Growth in Southeast S.F.

​Last week, SF Weekly wrote about how the Asian-American ascendancy in San Francisco politics is reflected in demographic trends revealed by the latest census -- specifically, a growing proportion of Asians in the city.The above map gives us a quick but detailed snapshot of that change. Incorporat ... More >>

Twitter Promises to Stay in San Francisco -- if City Gives Tax Break

Just a wink and a nod​It appears a sop to corporate blackmail does work. The Examiner is reporting that Twitter fired off a letter to city supervisors earlier today, saying it will stay in San Francisco if the city signs off on a deal giving the microblogging giant a mega tax break. "Twitter is co ... More >>

Jane Kim Pulls a Jerry Brown; Looks to Dissolve City Committees to Save Money

A liberal penny-pincher? There is such thing​Supervisor Jane Kim has thought of one possible way to help with the city's $380 million budget deficit: dissolve money-sucking committees.The freshman supervisor on Monday put in a request with the city's budget analyst, asking for a financial audit of ... More >>

Booting Reporters From City Hall Meeting Is Perfectly Legal, City Attorney Says

Reporting from San Francisco City Hall​Yesterday SF Weekly told you about an incident where Supervisor Jane Kim's staff kicked reporters out of a City Hall meeting as residents gathered to vent about the homeless problem in the Tenderloin neighborhood. It turns, the freshman supervisor's questiona ... More >>

Reporters Kicked Out of City Hall Meeting

Government watch​Just as a emotional community meeting over a Tenderloin homeless shelter was set to start at City Hall today, reporters were booted out -- and those are the facts. Ron Case, the president of Lower Polk Neighbors, reportedly walked outside with an aide from Supervisor Jane Kim's of ... More >>

What Questions Do People Really Want Ed Lee to Answer?

Eight Top Things Twitter Wants from San Francisco

A Moderate Move: S.F. Supervisors Try to Lure Twitter with Tax Breaks

Moderately progressive​Yesterday was the first real showing of how the political pendulum on the Board of Supervisors has swung the other way -- toward the moderates. Supervisor Jane Kim rolled out business-friendly legislation, which sparked criticism from progressives; even former Supervisor Chr ... More >>

San Francisco's Political Winners and Losers

Once again, San Francicans gave Gavin what he wanted...​With all of San Francisco's races decided, there's no excuse to not weigh in on who shat and who was shat upon in this electoral season. Other than the fact that San Francisco politics, like radium, slowly kills you over time by rotting your ... More >>

Marlene Tran's success shows strength of Asian voters

Supe Races Over: Tony Kelly Concedes to Malia Cohen in District 10

Quelle désastre!​With yesterday's concessions by District 2 candidate Janet Reilly and District 10's Tony Kelly, the San Francisco supervisorial races are, at long last, kaput. The new supervisors on the 2011 board will be Jane Kim, Scott Wiener, Mark Farrell, and Malia Cohen. As for how this wil ... More >>

Today's Voting Updates Mean 'Nothing,' San Francisco Elections Chief Says

​San Francisco election junkies are already well aware that today the city will again run Ranked-Choice Voting and give a clearer tabulation of who may be our next supervisors. But Department of Elections Head John Arntz isn't putting a whole lot of value in what he and his round-the-clock vote-co ... More >>

San Franscisco Voting: All Leaders Expand Margins

​Earlier today, city election chief John Arntz told us that today's most recent round of ranked-choice voting tabulations determine "nothing." Fair enough. But it's better to win than to lose, and it's better to be ahead than behind. You can bet that all the politicos involved and their supporters ... More >>

Ranked-Choice Voting Totals For San Francisco -- Are These Our Next Supervisors?

She's ranked Nos. 1, 2, and 3 in our voting​San Francisco's Department of Elections moments ago released its most up-to-date voting data yet -- and Mark Farrell, Jane Kim, Scott Wiener, and Malia Cohen are all smiling. Smiling nervously, but smiling.  Today is the first tally using ranked-cho ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Jane Kim Stumps for Votes at Illegal Bicycle Parade

Electioneering on wheels ​San Franciscans have recently been reminded that it's not exactly normal, nationwide, to smoke weed at will during public sporting exhibitions. Perhaps that makes us better than other locales, perhaps worse -- definitely different. On that note, it's not exactly normal, n ... More >>

Attention, Guardianistas: Here are your endorsements.

The Identity Card

Voting by race has made the city's political representation more Asian. It could be what puts 33-year-old Jane Kim on the board of supervisors.

Theresa Sparks and Jane Kim, Sisters of Secrecy

Photo of Jane Kim | Luke ThomasTheresa Sparks and Jane Kim would rather not receive your birthday greetings, it would seem​We weren't the only ones to notice something a bit odd in the most recent edition of the Central City Extra. In a two-page spread, a dozen would-be successors to District ... More >>

Guardian Attacks Jane Kim for Defying Lefty Political Machine, Denies Existence of Lefty Political Machine

S.F.'s progressive machine wants to spread its wings​The San Francisco Bay Guardian, an organ of the far political left, is not pleased with Jane Kim. The Stanford-educated president of the San Francisco school board has thrown her hat into the crowded race for the District 6 supervisor's seat, ch ... More >>

Student Pukes in Class, Inspires Board of Education Resolution

​Andie Rose Crug had to throw up one day in class at San Francisco School of the Arts, but she says the teacher gave students a tardy for using the bathroom. So she puked into the class trash can instead. Rose Crug also just happens to be a student delegate to the San Francisco Board of Education. ... More >>

Chris Daly In No Hurry to Handpick His Successor

Eenie Meanie Miney Mo...​Last week, SF Weekly grilled Supervisor Chris Daly's potential progressive successors in District 6 about whether they desired the mixed bag that is Daly's official blessing. Both Debra Walker and Jane Kim hemmed and hawed. "Chris' endorsement really helps and it can reall ... More >>

Do Chris Daly's Potential Successors Want His Endorsement?

Will District 6 voters still care what Chris Daly thinks?​Supervisor Chris Daly is a man toward whom few people in this city have an indifferent attitude. Despite the cursing, buying homes in Solano County, and abrasive behavior, he's still revered as the people's champion by plenty of folks in Di ... More >>

Public Defender Plugs Kamikaze-Mixing Skills For Tonight's Barroom Fund-Raiser

Adventurous drinkers should ask barkeep Chris Daly for 'The Jane Kim'​We can't publicize every last political fund-raiser in this city. But when you've got elected public officials slinging alcohol and touting their drink-mixing prowess -- we'll belly up to that bar. The League of Pissed-Off Voter ... More >>