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San Francisco Redevelopment Agency

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Mayoral Candidates' and Ethics Commission's Complaints Are Self-Serving, Bogus

    Seriously, dealing with these brick houses is "unworkable"​Given the chance to complain to whatever newspaper covered the land of fairy tales, the Big Bad Wolf would probably remonstrate that houses of bricks were too cumbersome to be blown down -- even with much huffing and puffing. Given the cha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Which Comes First? DADT Repeal or Target Store in San Francisco?

    Bad dog! Homophobic! ​The Week in GayDid you miss me? I spent the last week in Buffalo, N.Y., visiting family and NOT getting groped by anyone at any of the four airports I visited. Granted, I had to pass inspection at only two of the four airports, but I kept an open mind about being fondled and ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2010

    Standing Up with the Aboriginal Blackmen United

    The rabble-rousers of the ABU have helped to achieve local hiring goals.

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2010

    Save the Armoire

    The rabble-rousers of the ABU have helped to achieve local hiring goals.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    City to Demolish Furniture Art Building, Regardless of Artist's Crusade

    Sorry, Charlie​So you remember the iconic furniture art building we wrote about yesterday? It turns out the city is going to be demolishing the building whether the artist Brian Goggin restores it with $75,000 in donations or not.Goggin tells us the original plan was to just demolish the building ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Local Artist Raising Money To Save SOMA Furniture-Strewn Building Sculpture

    A local artist is hoping this installation, "Defenestration," won't be tossed out the window...​San Francisco artist Brian Goggin is facing a tough dilemma: Either raise the $75,000 to restore the iconic furniture dancing on the walls of the above derelict building at Sixth and Howard, or see all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: A Big Week For Nurses, Lawsuits, and Jokes About Fights on Muni

      Monday, Nov. 16, 2 p.m. - Public Safety CommitteeIt's an exciting time to be on the Public Safety Committee. Swine flu is rampant, there's a new top cop in town, and SOMEBODY needs to decide if Hugues de La Plaza was: (a) the victim of a grisly murder, or; (b) a committed neat freak to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Show 'Em What They Lost: Controller Issues Report Detailing How Much State Will Vacuum Away From S.F.

    ​As promised, city controller Ben Rosenfeld this afternoon released a report detailing the hit San Francisco will take as a result of state borrowing, filching, and other creative accounting tactics. What, you were expecting good news? How about this: Hundreds of Muni vehicles didn't crash today. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    San Francisco's Hit from State's Siphoning of Redevelopment Funds: $28.7 Million

    Sorry Bob -- no money for you.​Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken to brandishing unsubtly lethal cutting implements of late. But when it comes to the sharpest cut of all, the pen really is mightier than the sword. Today the governor is wielding his "blue pen," administering an additional billion ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Ideal Location Found For Itinerant Fisher Collection -- At Its Current Gap, Inc. Site

    Don't scream -- there's a perfectly sound place to put all Don Fisher's art: Where it already is.Kudos to the Chronicle's John King for today's scoop on Donald Fisher's decision to abandon his contentious plan to house his modern art collection at the Presidio National Park. "Doris and I will take s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    A 'Gold Mine' Denied: Ethics Commission Spurns Rule Changes That Would Have Eased Big Donations -- For Now

    Like a bloody steak, the Ethics Commission earlier this week sent back a bevy of proposed rule changes for more cooking and seasoning. Along with good government types, even some members of the commission were flummoxed by the staff-generated proposed changes to the Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance ... More >>

  • Music

    December 10, 2008

    Tough economic times hit Yoshi's, VIPs, and your CD collection

    Like a bloody steak, the Ethics Commission earlier this week sent back a bevy of proposed rule changes for more cooking and seasoning. Along with good government types, even some members of the commission were flummoxed by the staff-generated proposed changes to the Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance ... More >>

  • News

    July 30, 2008

    Chron insiders hate Willie Brown's new column

    Like a bloody steak, the Ethics Commission earlier this week sent back a bevy of proposed rule changes for more cooking and seasoning. Along with good government types, even some members of the commission were flummoxed by the staff-generated proposed changes to the Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    The Contemporary Jewish Museum: What’s Inside Libeskind’s Box

    Like a bloody steak, the Ethics Commission earlier this week sent back a bevy of proposed rule changes for more cooking and seasoning. Along with good government types, even some members of the commission were flummoxed by the staff-generated proposed changes to the Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance ... More >>

  • News

    December 26, 2007

    Portrait of a Capitalist

    Take a close look at Don Fisher and his motivations for a Presidio museum

  • News

    November 7, 2007

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

    Take a close look at Don Fisher and his motivations for a Presidio museum

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2007

    All Your Base Are Belong to SF: It's GovernmentInAction – Nanny State Edition!

    Take a close look at Don Fisher and his motivations for a Presidio museum

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2007

    City of SF Sued, Settles, Armenians Definitely Genocided: It's! ...

    Take a close look at Don Fisher and his motivations for a Presidio museum

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    Not for Sale by Owner

    Visitacion Valley might have its dream transit village in a few years, if only Ingersoll-Rand will get out of the way

  • News

    September 21, 2005

    What's Really Wrong With the Lower Fillmore?

    Could it be the activists who claim they're trying to rebuild it?

  • News

    December 29, 2004

    Market Economics

    If Mayor Newsom lives up to his promises, there's no reason Market Street can't become a thriving theater district -- and very quickly

  • News

    November 19, 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

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    Glowing Review

    The Navy says radiation levels are within federal safety guidelines, but are higher than what is legally acceptable for the property to be transferred

  • News

    August 27, 2003

    Diseaseville

    Asthma, cancer, and other illnesses occur at higher-than-average rates in Hunters Point. Many residents blame the nearby Navy shipyard, one of the most contaminated ex-military bases in the nation.

  • News

    July 30, 2003

    Mob Rule

    Flash mobs: serious social movement or quirky entertainment (or both)?

  • News

    July 31, 2002

    Fallout: The Past Is Present

    The Nuclear Witnesses

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    Fallout

    How nuclear researchers handled -- and grossly mishandled -- the Cold War's most dangerous radioactive substances at a top-secret lab inside the Hunters Point Shipyard. The same shipyard the city wants to remake as San Francisco's newest neighborhood.

  • News

    December 20, 2000

    The Curtain Slowly Rises

    After years of delays and millions in public funds, Brava opened its inaugural season in a still unfinished theater

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    How to Kill a Nonprofit

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

  • News

    February 16, 2000

    Make Room for Dot-Coms

    Forget about live-work lofts. The newest fight for San Francisco's soul is over multimedia office space.

  • News

    August 25, 1999

    Payday for Charlie Walker

    Why did the school district give $12,000 to the mayor's buddy?

  • News

    May 12, 1999

    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?

  • News

    February 25, 1998

    Dirty Dealings at the Dock

    San Francisco is planning to take title to the decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard before the military completes an environmental cleanup. The move could cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars -- or more.

  • News

    February 11, 1998

    Letters

    San Francisco is planning to take title to the decommissioned Hunters Point Naval Shipyard before the military completes an environmental cleanup. The move could cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars -- or more.

  • News

    February 4, 1998

    The Redevelopment Sinkhole

    Years of reckless borrowing have sent the city's Redevelopment Agency spiraling into debt. Mayor Brown's pet projects may flush it down the drain entirely.

  • Calendar

    July 23, 1997

    The Grid

    Years of reckless borrowing have sent the city's Redevelopment Agency spiraling into debt. Mayor Brown's pet projects may flush it down the drain entirely.

  • News

    May 28, 1997

    Falling for the Gap

    San Francisco gave away the store to help The Gap Inc. and its politically connected chairman build an upscale headquarters with a bay view. But more than $18 million in subsidies apparently won't bring the city anything it couldn't have had free.

  • News

    March 12, 1997

    Rural Renewal

    Will paving one of S.F.'s last dirt streets improve or ruin east Bernal Heights?

  • News

    December 11, 1996

    School Work Needing Supervision

    Superintendent Rojas says he was just trying to avoid red tape; a lawsuit claims he willfully ignored city law

  • News

    August 2, 1995

    Making Good

    The art of survival -- and the universe -- finds new meaning at the Goodman 2

  • Calendar

    June 14, 1995

    Paper Trails

    The art of survival -- and the universe -- finds new meaning at the Goodman 2

  • News

    May 3, 1995

    Dollars Without Sense

    For 25 years, Harvey Ross has rooted out the waste and lies of politicians and bureaucrats. But some say he's too lost in the line items to see the big picture

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