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City Attorney sues developer of Fillmore Heritage Center over unpaid loan
By on August 16, 2018
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit Thursday against the developer of the long-vacant Fillmore Heritage Center for failing to pay back a $5.5 million loan from The »

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Excelsior youth say mixed-use housing proposal would feed displacement
By on August 11, 2018
Youth from the Excelsior District and surrounding areas protested a controversial mixed-use housing proposal Saturday that they said would accelerate gentrification and fuel displacement in the largely working-class neighborhood. Plans »

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Groups push to guarantee jobs for local residents in proposed Central SoMA plan
By on August 11, 2018
Unions and community advocates are pushing for a requirement to help local residents get some of the tens of thousands of new jobs the proposed Central SOMA plan will create »

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Many wait in hope as city opens latest Navigation Center
By on August 3, 2018
“London, my sober, working female friend is living in the park. Please help her,” read the sign Albertino Garcia, 58, taped to his chest. He stood on the sidewalk outside »

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SF opens Navigation Center on former Caltrans parking lot to shelter homeless
By on August 3, 2018
San Francisco will officially open its latest Navigation Center Friday on a Caltrans-owned parking lot near US Highway 101 that will serve up to 126 homeless persons at any given »

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Third Baptist Church opposes plans for more housing at historically protected building
By on August 3, 2018
An attempt to convert 10 ground-level garage spaces in an apartment building in the Alamo Square Landmark District into homes is facing opposition from the neighboring Third Baptist Church. In »

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SF supes ban cannabis businesses in Chinatown
By on July 31, 2018
Some attributed it to reefer madness, others to fears of gentrification, but San Francisco banned Tuesday cannabis businesses in and around Chinatown. The Board of Supervisors voted 8 to 3 »

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India Basin plans move ahead despite opposition from Russian bath house
By on July 27, 2018
The San Francisco Planning Commission advanced a mixed-use development Thursday that will bring 1,575 new homes and over 15 acres of public open space to the shoreline of India Basin »

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