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Rob Black

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    February 6, 2012

    Is the Recession Over for San Francisco Restaurants?

    The national unemployment figures may be dropping at the speed of glacier erosion. But in one segment of the San Francisco economy, at least, the recession may be over. The Bay Area restaurant industry's sales figures are returning to their pre-2008 levels, the Chronicle reported late last week. And ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    The Chronicle and the GGRA Go After Food Trucks

    Yesterday, the San Francisco Chronicle published a flawed story about the negative impact that food trucks are having on surrounding restaurants. The Chron story, which makes the owner of Chronicle-reporter watering hole Tempest Bar its primary character, reports that the spread of food tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Guess Which SF 'Hood Loves Sit-Lie the Most?

    US Geological SurveyIt usually looks better​Civil Sidewalks, Sit-Lie ordinance -- call it what you will, the ballot initiative to make sitting down on public sidewalks between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. illegal isn't some fringe idea from what passes for SF's hard right. There's a popular -- some say "gra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    I Wish I Knew How to Quit You: S.F. Chamber of Commerce Won't Leave Global Warming-Denialist U.S. Chamber

    ​People in fields such as petroleum, investment banking, or running chambers of commerce, know what it means to be blessed. They are embedded within industries that love to put on conventions and trade shows. Workers travel to distant cities, check into the Hyatt, mingle with people who went the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    District 6 Voters Won't Have Rob Black to Kick Around Anymore

    Rob BlackRob Black -- the preferred District 6 candidate of Mayor Gavin Newsom who was pipped at the post by Chris Daly in the 2006 supervisorial race -- told SF Weekly he has no plans to run again. In fact, if things go his way, he won't even be living in the district much longer. "My wife and I ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Newsom's Cajoling on South Bay's 49ers Stadium Plan Comes Off As Desperate Hail Mary

    Hut, hut, hikeThese days are just packed for Mayor Gavin Newsom. He just introduced a city financial plan that's a dead cert to induce enough fevered statements about "balancing the budget on the backs of the poor" to make outsiders think the city's indigent population is working on a circus novelty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    Bankruptcy, Locusts, Frogs, Blood: Could a California Gay Tourism Boycott Be Next?

    Is 'No gay tourism' the 11th plague?With fiscal and economic plagues already haunting California, could a Proposition 8-inspired professional brain drain -- and even a tourism boycott -- be next?During a conversation Tuesday, Rob Black, vice president for public policy of the San Francisco Chamber o ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2009

    Green Scheme

    The city's master plan for cleaner energy is fraught with risk. And, like it or not, you're already signed up.

  • News

    August 29, 2007

    The Daly Show

    Even in a summer of discontent for San Francisco progressives, bad-boy supervisor Chris Daly remains unbowed

  • News

    January 31, 2007

    A Fine Mess

    Even in a summer of discontent for San Francisco progressives, bad-boy supervisor Chris Daly remains unbowed

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    Election Leftovers

    Even in a summer of discontent for San Francisco progressives, bad-boy supervisor Chris Daly remains unbowed

  • News

    November 8, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    November 8-14, 2006

  • News

    November 1, 2006

    Vulgar Posing

    How our columnist was seduced into watching the World's Largest Female Bodybuilder beat up on Rob Black

  • News

    October 25, 2006

    Stealth Dollars

    Questionable political donations are flowing into the city's most controversial political race

  • News

    September 6, 2006

    Daly: A Four-Letter Word

    Questionable political donations are flowing into the city's most controversial political race

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