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Small Business

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Wells Fargo Bails Out S.F. Businesses, Tries to Show Big Banks Aren't That Bad

    Since it had the $25K (of your money) to spare, Wells Fargo thought it might help out the Mission District businesses that were completely trashed during Monday evening's Occupy protests. And the bank should, since some might say that mess is technically Wells Fargo's fault. The bank annou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Supervisor David Chiu Scores High with SF Chamber of Commerce

    ​The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce has released its annual scorecard, ranking how it feels members of the Board of Supervisors have been doing when it comes to bolstering our economy. And, like every year, the results are as predictable as San Francisco fog: The moderates outscore the progress ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Plastic Bag Ban: How Much Outreach Do You Really Need?

    Ross Mirkarimi's bag legislation may have just gotten the sack​Mom. Apple pie. Patriotism. No politician who doesn't wish to receive a crash course in the joys of seeking employment with the private sector will dare find him or herself on the wrong side of these notions -- and the political goals ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Copyright Fight the Subject of Juvenile Flamewars

    ​To the uninitiated, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce might sound like a larger version of local chambers of commerce: something like the Elks or the Rotary Club, where dull businesspeople get together for dull meetings to eat rubber chicken and to "network." But the U.S. Chamber is the largest lobb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Mirkarimi Pushes For More Live Performances in Small Restaurants

    epSos.de​It's summertime, and on a Saturday evening you take your date out to your favorite little Italian restaurant. The breeze is cool, the food is exquisite, and your date is gorgeous. You're thinking, the only thing left that would make this night perfect would be a little jazz music. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Gov. Jerry Brown Stops in SF to Get Buy-In on Budget

    What kind of salesman is he?​Update: The Bay Area Council voted to endorse Brown's budget proposal. Members called the talk with Brown "tough but refreshing."As a governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger had the star power that could set off a media frenzy every time he blew his nose. And while Gov.Jerry B ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2010

    SFPD wants to recruit suburbocops from outside the city

    What kind of salesman is he?​Update: The Bay Area Council voted to endorse Brown's budget proposal. Members called the talk with Brown "tough but refreshing."As a governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger had the star power that could set off a media frenzy every time he blew his nose. And while Gov.Jerry B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Chile Lindo Owner Paula Tejeda on the Warpath (VIDEO)

    A dark day for empanadas​ Thursday's rally at the 24th Street BART station regarding the bevy of disability access lawsuits recently filed against Mission mom-and-pop restaurants didn't start a revolution. There were no signs or chants. Only three reporters and a handful of onlookers even showed u ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 23, 2010

    IF YOU GO

    A dark day for empanadas​ Thursday's rally at the 24th Street BART station regarding the bevy of disability access lawsuits recently filed against Mission mom-and-pop restaurants didn't start a revolution. There were no signs or chants. Only three reporters and a handful of onlookers even showed u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    SF Weekly Appeal Finally Heard, But No Decision Yet from the Court

    ​ Twenty-seven months after a San Francisco jury levied a gargantuan $16 million judgment against SF Weekly and its parent company for allegedly trying to "injure" the Bay Guardian, the California Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in the case Friday morning. The brief session before a thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    S.F. Business Group Spurns Pelosi's Health Care Plea

    Not winning the vote of San Francisco's business community...​Despite 30 minutes of face time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi failed to convince a delegation of San Francisco Chamber of Commerce business leaders to endorse the most important piece of legislation a San Francisco politician has shepherd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    How Did Humphry Slocombe Amass an Award-Worthy 300K Twitter Followers?

    missionlocal.orgHumphry Slocombe's Jake Godby (left) with chief tweeter Sean Vahey.​Two San Francisco-based businesses, ice creamery Humphry Slocombe and messenger bag stalwart Timbuk2, are vying for the honor of "Best Small Business to Follow on Twitter" at the first Bizzies Awards, hosted by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Let's Be Frank Disappointed It Won't Be Selling in Dolores Park

    Justin Y./YelpJustin Herman Plaza​Rec and Park informed street-food applicants about which city parks they'd be offered contracts for yesterday. Let's Be Frank's Larry Bain expressed disappointment that the sustainable hot dog company wouldn't be awarded the contract for Dolores Park, but inst ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    SF Gov InAction: Everybody's Doing the Eric Mar Dance of Futility

      Monday, Jan. 11   10:30 a.m. - City Operations and Neighborhood Services committee   There is so little going on at this meeting that physicists have yet to quantify an amount this small.  1 p.m. - Land use & Economic Development Committee When local small business ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    SEIU's Claim Mayor 'Broke Promise' to Union Is a Tough Sell

    ​Yesterday's contentious SEIU protest at City Hall was both similar to and different from the protests that proceeded it. It was different in that it featured a 14-foot-tall puppet and some sort of altercation with a Native American group. And it was the same in that it probably won't save the job ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: Gavin Newsom, the Morning After, Will Still Have to Celebrate Small Business Month

      The news at the end of October was devastating for San Francisco: Trauma and Gavin Newsom for Governor were canceled in the same week. It's heartbreaking: Both were expensive pilots with such promising premises. In Trauma, a group of troubled but devil-may-care emergency medical technic ... 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

    September 2, 2009

    Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

    ​Our favorite morsel from the food blogs. Realness on a stick: Bay Area Bites' Thy Tran serves up the most thoughtful take on street food we've seen in a long time. Sure, we can all feel glow-y for August's street food fests, but what would it take to build the teeming, vibrant vendor culture ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Did Entertainment Commissioner Break City Ethics Law? Former Board of Supervisors President Says Yes.

    Look who's talking​Two members of the San Francisco Entertainment Commission are drawing fire from several sources -- including local Democratic Party Chairman and former Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin -- for what critics say were ethically dubious efforts to influence the city's Smal ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2009

    Advanta Corp.'s dubious investment offer in the Chronicle

    Look who's talking​Two members of the San Francisco Entertainment Commission are drawing fire from several sources -- including local Democratic Party Chairman and former Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin -- for what critics say were ethically dubious efforts to influence the city's Smal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Google Maps 'Favorite Places' Unveiled: Local Businesses Welcomed to the Interwebz

    Mayor Gavin Newsom: bears striking resemblance to Will ArnettGoogle Maps unveiled their latest project called "Favorite Places" this afternoon at a press conference/meet and greet/smorgasbord inside City Hall. Local business owners, members of the press, and Mayor Gavin Newsom mingled, networked, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Did City's Goof Cause Tax Collectors to Overcharge San Francisco's Small Businesses?

    A ballot proposition that raised the amount of money San Francisco businesses need to pay their employees before being subjected to city payroll taxes seems to have gone unnoticed by the very people charged with enforcing it -- San Francisco's tax collectors. Last year, voters overwhelmingly approve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: Gavin Newsom Will Be Told That David Chiu Is Rejecting MUNI's Budget Sometime In Early 2011

    From a numerical standpoint, the Supes are finally getting their act together. At the beginning of the year, we were lucky if they made it through four meetings a week. Now they're hitting six or seven almost every time. That's the good news. The bad news is that the number of meetings appare ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2009

    What would Clint Reilly do if MediaNews tries to buy the Chronicle?

    From a numerical standpoint, the Supes are finally getting their act together. At the beginning of the year, we were lucky if they made it through four meetings a week. Now they're hitting six or seven almost every time. That's the good news. The bad news is that the number of meetings appare ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2008

    The Class of 2000

    Eight years after being swept into office, a once-disorganized band of neighborhood leftists tries to create a citywide political machine.

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    Valencia Street: The New Yellow Brick Road?

    Eight years after being swept into office, a once-disorganized band of neighborhood leftists tries to create a citywide political machine.

  • News

    July 23, 2008

    Appealing to a Higher Authority

    We respond to the latest ruling in the Guardian's lawsuit against us.

  • News

    June 18, 2008

    Frankovich Invades North Beach

    But State Bar may stop attorney using, and possibly abusing, the ADA.

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2008

    Ka-Ching! And So Making Moolah Outta Gay Marriage Begins!

    But State Bar may stop attorney using, and possibly abusing, the ADA.

  • News

    May 28, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    But State Bar may stop attorney using, and possibly abusing, the ADA.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008

    SF Government InAction: SF offers Big Bucks for SOMA, but always destroys what it loves!

    But State Bar may stop attorney using, and possibly abusing, the ADA.

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2008

    San Francisco just released another report about San Francisco: Here's why they all suck

    But State Bar may stop attorney using, and possibly abusing, the ADA.

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2008

    Jury Selection Under Way in Weekly Trial

    But State Bar may stop attorney using, and possibly abusing, the ADA.

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2007

    Where Your $6 Billion Goes: The SF City Committee Shuffle

    But State Bar may stop attorney using, and possibly abusing, the ADA.

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2007

    ADA Lawsuit Factory in SF

    But State Bar may stop attorney using, and possibly abusing, the ADA.

  • News

    July 25, 2007

    Wheelchairs of Fortune

    Attorney Tom Frankovich and his disabled clients sue small businesses to make them accessible - and make millions

  • News

    August 2, 2006

    The Fix Isn't In

    Gavin Newsom has a plan to clean up the Bayview in five years. If only his programs were working as well as his PR machine.

  • News

    January 21, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, January 21, 2004

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    Fear Factor

    SARS has barely touched S.F. Yet tourists and others are staying away from Chinatown in droves.

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    Paying the Price

    Major oil companies are gobbling up independent gas station operators, all in the name of greed

  • News

    November 1, 2000

    Down on Brown

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

  • News

    October 28, 1998

    Universal Health Scare

    Proposition J promises medical insurance for everyone in San Francisco. It's a laudable goal -- but do you really want Willie Brown doctoring your insurance premiums?

  • Calendar

    September 3, 1997

    The Grid

    Proposition J promises medical insurance for everyone in San Francisco. It's a laudable goal -- but do you really want Willie Brown doctoring your insurance premiums?

  • News

    January 22, 1997

    Letters

    Proposition J promises medical insurance for everyone in San Francisco. It's a laudable goal -- but do you really want Willie Brown doctoring your insurance premiums?

  • News

    January 8, 1997

    In Sickness and in Health?

    The promise of equal benefits for domestic partners is uncertain under S.F.'s new law

  • News

    October 30, 1996

    State Ballot Measures

    The promise of equal benefits for domestic partners is uncertain under S.F.'s new law

  • Calendar

    October 23, 1996

    The Grid

    The promise of equal benefits for domestic partners is uncertain under S.F.'s new law

  • News

    July 3, 1996

    Merchant of Redemption

    During his first three decades on Sixth Street, Tom McKnight Sr. used his various businesses to educate his children and counsel them in the doctrine of social obligation. Now his son must balance the demands of activism against the realities of commerce

  • News

    June 21, 1995

    Fire Trek

    Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

  • Calendar

    May 17, 1995

    Paper Trails

    Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?

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