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August 30, 2010
Schwarzenegger Bill He Dismissed With 'I F*ck You' Veto on Gov's Desk Again
Life in the capitol...A Tom Ammiano bill authorizing the city to issue bonds related to the development of Pier 70 has cleared the legislature and landed on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk. That's hardly a call for rampant cursing -- yet, the last time this bill reached the governor, it was vet ... More >>
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November 15, 2010
Can San Francisco Actually Make Money on America's Cup?
Is it too late to stop the boat? On Friday, the Bay Citizen revealed that San Francisco may be bidding against itself in its quest to host the America's Cup sailing spectacle. The city's budget analyst's office has not yet been able to verify whether or not any other cities have bothered to commi ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Hosting America's Cup Would Lose City Millions, Budget Analyst Reports
Them boats is expensiveEarlier this week we reported that the city's budget analyst was at work on a report to answer the big question: Can you actually make money hosting the America's Cup? The report is out, and, according to the city's official number-cruncher, the answer is no. A resounding n ... More >>
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November 19, 2010
America's Cup: 'Not One Cent' In Private Funding Guaranteed
This city knows a bit about being under water...Budget analyst Harvey Rose today defended a report his office released Thursday, which claimed that hosting the America's Cup regatta would lose San Francisco up to $143 million. "I don't think everybody understands. We say there'll be huge benefits ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
America's Cup: Chris Daly Admits Some May Support City's Race Bid Just Because He Doesn't
Was this trip really necessary? Last week, the city's budget analyst released an in-depth report claiming San Francisco would lose up to $143 million if it hosted the America's Cup regatta based on the offer currently on the table. Budget Analyst Harvey Rose stressed to SF Weekly that, despite th ... More >>
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November 26, 2010
America's Cup: No 'Dramatic Swing' in Cost to City in New Report -- It'll Still Cost a Ton
Still sinking...Last week, the city's budget analyst released an eye-catching report claiming that San Francisco would lose out on hundreds of millions of dollars should it see fit to host the America's Cup regatta on the terms currently before the city. The mayor's office dropped into a defensiv ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
America's Cup: Budget Analyst Says It'll Still Lose City $101 Million
Vincent Van GoghWill the latest report take the wind out of the city's sails? The latest Budget and Legislative Analyst's report analyzing the potential costs and benefits of hosting the America's Cup regatta has finally hit dry land. But, crunching the numbers, the city's numerical mavens still ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
America's Cup: Yet Another Study, Ahoy!
Coming to San Francisco?With the Board of Supervisors' Budget and Finance Committee today bracing for the cold wind of hours of contentious testimony on the fiscal feasibility of hosting the America's Cup, here comes just what everyone wanted: Yet another financial study! The regatta has already ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
America's Cup: Regatta Argument Sails Into Next Week
Onward...A new plan for hosting the America's Cup was today emphatically blessed by Port of San Francisco officials as the best deal the city could get. Yet the city's Budget Analyst warned that even under these "best" terms, the city could still end up giving away some $55 million to billionaire ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
America's Cup: Newport, Larry Ellison Have Been in Contact
Hello, Larry! During yesterday's committee hearing regarding the hosting of the America's Cup regatta, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi warned his colleagues that former race site Newport, R.I. is clamoring to sail off with San Francisco's prize following any "glitch or defect in our process." This, it ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
America's Cup: How City Would End Up On the Hook for $55 Million
During a lengthy Wednesday hearing regarding the America's Cup -- which was far less thrilling than a yachting race and had far more nautically themed public comment -- the city's budget analyst made an emphatic point. Based on the "Northern Waterfront Alternative" plan which is currently en vogu ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
America's Cup: San Francisco's Chances Are Sinking, Thanks to Chris Daly
America's Cup Organizers' Surprise Rejection of Latest Terms All About Securing Pier 50 For Waterfront Arena, Supervisor SaysChris Daly's tenacity -- and the fiscal studies he demanded -- may have sunk San Francisco's chances at the America's Cup"Worse things happen at sea" will come as cold com ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
America's Cup: City Still Crunching Numbers on 'Doomed' Deal
Can San Francisco afford to have this? Being an accountant isn't usually compared to combat soldiering. But, in San Francisco, the city's Budget Analyst's office knows theirs is not to make reply, theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to do and die. So while the America's Cup Powers That Be ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
America's Cup: Supervisors Unanimously Adopt Hosting Bid
San Francisco has finalized its bid for the America's Cup. Is it enough to win the battle?By an 11-0 vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted the so-called "Northern Waterfront Alternative" bid to host the America's Cup -- a deal race officials over the weekend deemed insufficient. Th ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
America's Cup: Mayor May Make Large, Long-Lasting Changes to Deal
Will Larry Ellison be San Francisco's Santa? Or the Grinch?While the pulse of San Francisco's chances to land the America's Cup may be sliding toward demise, the offer the city put before Larry Ellison and the cup organizers is very much a living document. The "final agreement" bid unanimously ap ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Santa Beats Yacht Club Robbery Rap
We knew you didn't exist Readers may recall an eye-catching story we had earlier about jolly old St. Nick himself knocking over the East Providence Yacht Club in Rhode Island. This, we postulated, was reason enough to award the America's Cup to San Francisco and not Newport. Kris Kringle may tell ... More >>
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December 31, 2010
America's Cup: San Francisco Has It
We has it!It turns out not only beggars can't be choosers. Neither can yachtsmen. Word is trickling out ahead of an afternoon press conference that San Francisco will host the 34th America's Cup in 2013. This comes after the city scaled back an offer to the race's organizers -- saving city taxpap ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
San Francisco Landed America's Cup ... And Now We See Why
Sailing To A Sweeter DealThe Examiner unravels some details of the "sweet" America's Cup deal that helped San Francisco land the sailing regatta. After much back-and-forth, San Francisco scaled back on its bid, essentially saving city taxpayers scores of millions of dollars. T ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
Jelly's Club Sues San Francisco Claiming City Shuttered Nightclub To Protect America's Cup Bid
WhistleblowerJelly's Dance Cafe, a nightclub that has faced eviction since a fatal July shooting, is suing San Francisco, claiming the city was retaliating against the club after it complained about leaky bay-side sewage pipes, according to the lawsuit filed in federal court last week.If publiciz ... More >>
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January 18, 2011
America's Cup: Chinese New Year Floats Must Float Away
Joe EskenaziThe bunny's sign reads, 'Welcome America's Cup.' You can't accuse this float of not being a civic boosterJonathan Stern's official position with the Port of San Francisco is listed as "Assistant Deputy Director, Waterfront Development Projects." But you can just call him the human Pow ... More >>
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February 1, 2011
Ross Mirkarimi Asks Budget Analyst to Make Sure America's Cup Deal isn't Costing Extra
Making sure the deal is even keeled, to use a nautical term Following the approval of the America's Cup deal, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi pledged to follow up with budget reports that would analyze whether the mayor's office has made any tweaks to the deal that would cost taxpayers extra money.&nbs ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
How Chris Daly saved San Francisco from a bad America's Cup deal
Making sure the deal is even keeled, to use a nautical term Following the approval of the America's Cup deal, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi pledged to follow up with budget reports that would analyze whether the mayor's office has made any tweaks to the deal that would cost taxpayers extra money.&nbs ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
America's Cup: Chris Daly in His Own Words (VIDEO)
Rejected headline: Captain AssholeIn this week's cover story, "Captain Outrageous," we explain how Chris Daly's tub-thumping bellicosity blew up a pricey America's Cup deal, saving San Francisco millions. Daly isn't the easiest guy to talk to, but he's a ready quote. He says what's on his mind an ... More >>
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February 7, 2011
America's Cup: SPUR Weighs-in On Development Plans
In the current issue of SF Weekly, staff writer Joe Eskenazi goes deep on the story of how bombastic former Supervisor Chris Daly saved the city millions by holding out for an optimal plan for hosting the America's Cup. Now that San Francisco has sealed the deal on the regatta, lots of hard work ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
Larry Ellison Too Good for His Own Golden Gate Yacht Club
Not Larry Ellison's styleWhile the rich like to brag that they lunch at the yacht club, the really, really rich apparently boast that they never go near the place.Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, for one, avoids his own Golden Gate Yacht Club, despite the fact he and his employees spend hundreds of doll ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
Catch the First Glimpse of Oracle America's Cup Team Next Week
While we still have two years before the madness of the America's Cup truly descends on San Francisco, you can still get a taste of what we'll be seeing next week. Larry Ellison's ORACLE Racing team will begin practicing out on the Bay, using two 45-foot long wingsail catamarans to cut through th ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
America's Cup: Teams Introduced in San Francisco Today
Golf would be much easier Mayor Ed Lee joined Regatta officials today to introduce eight of the 13 teams that will compete in the prestigious America's Cup to be held in San Francisco in 2013. Regatta Director Iain Murray introduced representatives of teams from China, New Zealand, Italy, South K ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
America's Cup: Booze and Boating Unite!
Wine and yachts -- an American traditionWine and yachts go together like PBR and fixies. So you knew this was coming. The organizers of the forthcoming America's Cup and Napa Valley Vintners today announced that Napa will be the "Official Wine Region of the 34th America's Cup." Those toting in forei ... More >>