The City plans to penalize owners of dilapidated properties, or even do their work and charge them for it. The Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted legislation Tuesday empowering the Department of Public Works to ramp up enforcement against owners of blighted properties. Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval said he introduced the legislation “in response to a growing [...]
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Leaders of the campaign to outlaw same-sex marriage in California are warning businesses that have given money to the state’s largest gay rights group they will be publicly identified as opponents of traditional unions unless they contribute to the gay marriage ban, too. … [SFGate]
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San Francisco should create temporary drug-free areas and “high-impact zones” in portions of the downtown and central city areas where police and other city workers can focus on quality-of-life issues such as excessive honking, drug use, littering, assault and aggressive panhandling, a taskforce agreed Tuesday. In a 10-point list of recommendations, the Streets and Neighborhoods [...]
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An ABC News piece on the Uptown Tenderloin Historic District: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=6453944
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On Friday, October 3rd at 12 pm, the St. Anthony Foundation invites the public to celebrate the opening of San Francisco’s first LEED certified green Direct Social Services building at 150 Golden Gate — in The Tenderloin. The new building has been funded by extraordinary groups and individuals who share St. Anthony’s commitment to serving [...]
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Police have arrested a suspect accused of fatally stabbing a man in the Tenderloin early Wednesday morning. Using resources from its homeless outreach division, officers were able to track down the suspect, whose identity has not been released, according to Capt. Gary Jimenez of the Tenderloin police station. “This is another dangerous person off the [...]
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On Sept. 23 (8:30p.m.), while riding the J line, I had an encounter with an MTA employee which I believe to be an abuse of authority. On the train, I was asked for proof of payment by two officers — I showed my fast pass both times. I was riding with my dog in a [...]
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