Personnel Changes

You Need a $500 Swedish Coat

SF Gov InAction: The Supes are Dead! Long Live the Supes! Plus: Why It Doesn't Matter Who the New Board President Is

By Benjamin Wachs I cannot imagine a board without Aaron Peskin, Jake McGoldrick and Gerardo Sandoval - let alone Tom Ammiano. As the old board reaches its end and transitions to the new this week, I find myself hoping that - like a bad sitcom - our departing cast members will come back as guest ... More >>

Tour de Farce

Lance Armstrong, Thom Weisel, and questions about anti-doping efforts in American cycling

Rent Controllers

Charles Grodin's new satire of the New York City real estate racket rings true but falls flat

Dead Mud Walking

A ballot measure that would create a Municipal Utility District has so many legal flaws, it's all but DOA. In fact, passing the measure might delay the advent of public power here for years.

The Dining Depression

The latest tidbits of restaurant news about Jardinière, Ozumo, and Eastside West

Dog Bites

Board of Supervisors; Population Growth; Dot-com Layoffs

Dog Bites

Fangxaminer Watch continues; dot-com failures and the economy

How to Kill a Nonprofit

A federal audit reveals the waste and mismanagement that ruined a once-promising minority aid program

Best City Transportation Improvement

Valencia Street Bike Lane

Bitter Medicine

How Naiveté, greed, and the new new thing brought Brown & Toland, San Francisco's largest doctors' group, to the verge of bankruptcy

Political Theater

A strange mix of art, politics, and economic policy stalls renovation of the York Theater and revitalization of the Mission District

Giving Away the Hospital

University of California regents are set to vote next week on finalizing a merger of the UCSF Medical Center with Stanford University's health service. Supporters claim the merger -- a transfer of $380 million in public assets to the private sector -- is

Captains of Medicine

University of California regents are set to vote next week on finalizing a merger of the UCSF Medical Center with Stanford University's health service. Supporters claim the merger -- a transfer of $380 million in public assets to the private sector -- is

Pinstriped Medicine

How the UCSF-Stanford hospital merger foreshadows the new -- and sometimes frightening -- world of health care

Developing Appeal

Haig Mardikian's eight-year battle to build condos on top of Nob Hill

Dog Bites

Haig Mardikian's eight-year battle to build condos on top of Nob Hill

SF Gov InAction: Your 'Labor Day' Guide to What the F*#@k Happened in the Last Eight Months

With a federal holiday appears on the calendar, city hall's motto becomes: "Ask not what your country can do for you, but how much time off you can take from your country". In this particular case, The supervisors like to celebrate Labor Day by pretending to have labored, while their staff likes ... More >>

How Brian Wilson -- or 'The Machine' -- Can Become Mayor of San Francisco

Our next mayor(s)?​One of the more surreal moments during Wednesday's San Francisco Giants victory rally was Mayor Gavin Newsom suggesting bullpen ace Brian Wilson be appointed the next mayor of the city. Wilson politely declined the overture, but said he may know someone who'd like to rule our fa ... More >>

Ed Lee Is Back From Taiwan, Chiu Acting Mayor Starting This Afternoon

Act 1, Scene 5​The political hullabaloo that's monopolized City Hall over the last week is finally dissipating. After a week that included tense debate, bitter accusations and bizarre threats that further crystalized San Francisco's political dysfunction, the city can only hope for a bre ... More >>

Bored of the Supervisors

Act 1, Scene 5​The political hullabaloo that's monopolized City Hall over the last week is finally dissipating. After a week that included tense debate, bitter accusations and bizarre threats that further crystalized San Francisco's political dysfunction, the city can only hope for a bre ... More >>