Lennar Corporation

Chinese State Money Slotted for San Francisco Development Projects

The China Development Bank might help transform San Francisco's former naval bases into massive housing projects. The development plans for Treasure Island and Hunters Point Shipyard have been in the works for a while, promising upwards of 20,000 new homes and a couple of hotels thrown in for good m ... More >>

The Dispossessed: Bayview Homeowners Fight Foreclosures

Candlestick Park Will Likely Sack the City for Millions

Bayview Liquors, Store Allegedly Extorted by Nation of Islam, Has Seen Plenty of Trouble

Let's drink to that ​News circulated this week about the arrest of a Nation of Islam school dean accused of extorting an employee at Bayview Liquors -- a grocery store owned by Yemenese Muslims on Third Street. According to news reports, police said that Leon Muhammad, dean of the Muhammad Univers ... More >>

Arc Ecology: E-Mails Between City and Lennar Aren't So Scandalous, Though 'Look Bad'

There's no covering THAT up. ​Arc Ecology's director Saul Bloom has reason to be bitter with the city. Since 2006, his environmental non-profit received hundreds of thousands of dollars in city contracts to monitor and educate the public about the environmental clean-up and redevelopment work at t ... More >>

As Interim Mayor of S.F., Ed Lee Can Shake Things Up

Board of Supervisors Decides Future of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Today

​Hunters Point/Lennar meeting could stretch past the bewitching hour for Board of Supervisors. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors face a long night ahead as they today decide whether to go forward with the redevelopment of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Hundreds of millions of dollars in federa ... More >>

Your Rundown on the Week in S.F. Government

A Tea Party slogan unknown in San Franciso government​Should be a fun week -- the Board of Supervisors is weighing in on the fiasco involving narcotics analysis at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab, the Police Commission is trying to reform its process for disciplining wayward officers ... More >>

Your Rundown on the Week in S.F. Government

Plastic bags have unintended consequences​San Francisco public officials love -- and we mean really, really love -- to dabble in bold social experiments. Whether they're trying out a novel scheme for government-controlled electricity service, legally enshrining the right of cats to keep their nail ... More >>

BayView Newspaper Tells Mark Leno Where He Can Put His Op-Ed

Newspaper to Leno: Buzz off! ​Earlier this week, Sen. Mark Leno's press office sent several community newspapers including the San Francisco BayView an op-ed on senate bill 792, the legislation that will give 23 acres of Candlestick Point State Recreation Center to Lennar Corporation for developme ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

The Man Who Cried Dust

Christopher Muhammad's fight with Lennar over toxic dust has resulted in a restraining order against him, an accusation that he's a shakedown artist, and grudging respect from his rivals.

Chron insiders hate Willie Brown's new column

Pay to Sway

Developers are funding junkets, buying equipment, and throwing parties for city planning staff. It doesn't smell right.

SF Democratic Party Condemns Lennar Critic's Alleged Hate Speech

Cesar Chavez Area Stabbings and Shootings Contribute to Failed Fanatics Sports Bar and Grill: The Derf Butler Story

Battleship Down

The USS Iowa was once considered a lock as a San Francisco tourist attraction. So why is the historic warship rusting in Suisun Bay?

Toxic Acres

The fill below Treasure Island is filled with dangerous toxins left by the Navy

The Deal With Treasure Island

Tony Hall's firing casts the spotlight on a real estate mega-deal that slogs along under a veil of secrecy

Letters to the Editor

Week of December 10, 2003

Arrested Development

Mayor Brown is pushing for quick approval of a Hunters Point Shipyard redevelopment plan that gives a lot to homebuilding giant Lennar, and not nearly enough to the city or the shipyard's neighbors

First SF Weekly Sharpie Literary Awards

DISCUSSED IN THIS REVIEW: Cons, Scams & Grifts, 2001, Mysterious Press, Confidence, 2003, Lion's Gate Films What Should I Do With My Life?, 2002, Random House

Down on Brown

Many blacks in Bayview/Hunters Point say they feel ignored by the mayor. In this election, they are returning the favor.

Political Economy

How a Willie Brown real estate venture snagged tens of millions of dollars in government subsidies and opened the way for Democratic heavyweight Angelo Tsakopoulo to make even more money

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W.L. Brown: A Public/Private Partnership

Mayor Willie Brown has made official decisions benefiting business entities that are partners in the mayor's own private business endeavors. Is this intersection of Brown's public decisions and private finances a coincidence - or a conflict of interest?