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Joshua Sabatini
3-Minute Interview: Edward Reiskin
- The director of the Department of Public Works has more than 17 years of experience in the private, academic, nonprofit and public sectors.
- The director of the Department of Public Works has more than 17 years of experience in the private, academic, nonprofit and public sectors.
Supe seeks to heighten the hush
- The rattling roar of a car without a muffler, the booming bass from a nightclub or construction workers who begin too early are all sounds residents in The City may know — and hate.
Proposal targets delinquent owners
- Owners of blighted properties in The City could be punished for allowing their buildings to fall into disrepair, according to new legislation to be introduced today.
IDs nearer to lobbyists’ lapels
- Within three months, lobbyists paid to influence City Hall decision-making could be forced to wear highly visible identification badges under a proposed law up for a vote Tuesday.
Placard cheaters run ‘rampant’
- One out of five disability placard users is likely taking advantage of the parking privilege illegally, despite a call by elected politicians two years ago to fix the “rampant” abuse, according to city officials.
- One out of five disability placard users is likely taking advantage of the parking privilege illegally, despite a call by elected politicians two years ago to fix the “rampant” abuse, according to city officials.
Transit law gets green light
- The City will legally require San Francisco businesses with 20 or more employees to offer workers one of three transit benefits by the end of the year.
City Hall Watch: Board votes to rein in overtime hours
- San Francisco is cracking down on city workers’ overtime by restricting the number of extra hours logged.
3-Minute Interview: Wendy Abrams
- Cool Globes Founder Wendy Abrams, of Chicago, brings her public art exhibit — featuring 40 larger-than-life custom-designed globes that depict solutions to global warming — to the Crissy Field Promenade on Aug. 5.
- Cool Globes Founder Wendy Abrams, of Chicago, brings her public art exhibit — featuring 40 larger-than-life custom-designed globes that depict solutions to global warming — to the Crissy Field Promenade on Aug. 5.
Campaign cash pouring in for supervisor elections
- The dough is piling up in the war chests of candidates battling for a seat on the Board of Supervisors, with 12 candidates receiving public dollars to help fund their campaigns, according to campaign finance reporting due Thursday.
Commuter checks move on to board’s agenda
- San Francisco workers are in line for a transit treat.
City Hall Watch: Ballot measures would raise a tax, reduce another
- Taxes heading to the ballot in this November’s election would increase the cost of selling property valued at more than $5 million and close a payroll-tax loophole to provide a break for The City’s small businesses.
Pharmacies fired up against ban
- As San Francisco became the first city in the nation Tuesday to prohibit the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies, city officials indicated a willingness to widen the ban.
Pay for your right to party
- North Beach property owners are being asked to pay a new tax to increase the police presence in the neighborhood, which has been plagued by rowdiness and violence.
- North Beach property owners are being asked to pay a new tax to increase the police presence in the neighborhood, which has been plagued by rowdiness and violence.
Michael Marley
NY Boxing Examiner
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