SFPD: Don’t bother applying if you’ve been convicted of domestic violence
The San Francisco Police Commission has adopted a zero tolerance domestic violence policy for prospective employees, unanimously approving a general order stating that no one convicted of a domestic...
View ArticleS.F. treasurer works to help families struggling financially to improve...
Last year’s Chronicle story about a homeless San Francisco family who almost lost a housing opportunity because of a tiny amount of debt and the resulting bad credit hit San Francisco Treasurer Jose...
View ArticleCity says Visitacion Valley community center will reopen
A Visitacion Valley community center that has been shuttered for more than a year after a nonprofit lost it to foreclosure will reopen soon, city officials announced this week, after an investor agreed...
View ArticleFarrell wants city-funded housing providers to report eviction statistics
City Hall spends a lot of time and money trying to get homeless people off the streets and into housing — which is why one city supervisor is now looking at how to prevent folks already being helped by...
View ArticleSupes to consider more rights for retail workers in San Francisco
San Francisco restaurant and retail workers could soon have more predictable schedules, more opportunity for full-time work and more rights in general after the Board of Supervisors’ budget committee...
View ArticleFive San Francisco parks get $1.26 million to split for facelifts
San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Department doled out $1.26 million to five neighborhood projects Thursday to help community groups fix, update, renovate and generally improve city parks. The...
View ArticleSF Firefighters need toys and donations for kids for holiday
Each year, the San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program hands out toys to 40,000 kids throughout the Bay Area — for many, the only Christmas gift they will receive. As always, they are looking for...
View ArticleSan Francisco Mayor Ed Lee boosts funding for immigration help
Mayor Ed Lee on Monday committed an additional $1.1 million in public funds to help undocumented immigrants defer deportations, get on a path to citizenship or access services like health care as San...
View ArticleLee won’t sign Retail Bill of Rights, bills become law anyway
Most of San Francisco’s hourly workforce will now have expanded rights, including more predictable work schedules — but it won’t be because of Mayor Ed Lee. The mayor declined to sign a pair of bills,...
View ArticleKim rolls out legislation to monitor affordable, market-rate housing balance
San Francisco will monitor how much new housing development will be market rate and how much is in reach of low-income residents — and aim to make one-third of new construction affordable — under...
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