San Francisco City Hall is moving on real-world reform: Kaiser filed for a 761,000-square-foot hospital, North Beach demolition can resume, downtown could get new liquor licenses, and SFUSD is expanding local special-ed support.

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1. Kaiser Files Permits for New San Francisco Hospital — The Real Deal

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SF developer can tear down historic building in danger of collapsing — San Francisco Chronicle

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The city's Board of Appeals unanimously rejected an appeal that halted the emergency demolition of…

San Francisco business tax measures Props. C and D trail early | Bay Area | smdailyjournal.com — San Mateo Daily Journal

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New SFUSD school site expands SF special education support | Education | sfexaminer.com — San Francisco Examiner

# New SFUSD school site expands SF special education support | Education | sfexaminer.com

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San Francisco voters rejected rival business-tax measures while approving public-safety infrastructure, as Mayor Daniel Lurie opened 145 supportive senior homes in the Mission and SFUSD moved to bring some disabled students back from out-of-town placements.

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1. Mayor Lurie Celebrates Opening Of Affordable Homes For Seniors In The Mission | SF.gov — Office of the Mayor

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SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor Daniel Lurie today celebrated…

Step Back — If Mayor Lurie’s allies really did have a big election night, how much power does that actually give him in San Francisco’s famously fragmented government — from the Board of Supervisors to commissions, ballot measures, and the school district?Background sources

• The Dan Grand Slam: How Daniel Lurie got everything he wanted on election night — Sfstandard
• These two races could define Lurie’s mayoralty — and who controls City Hall — Sfstandard
• Daniel Lurie might be the biggest winner in Tuesday’s S.F. election — J.D. Morris
• Lurie allies notch key wins in San Francisco primary election - Axios San Francisco — Nadia Lopez
• New ballot measure to give San Francisco mayors more political power — Sfstandard
• Lurie doesn’t run SF’s school district. Parents could blame him for teachers strike anyway — Sfstandard

San Franciscans weight in on four propositions this election | Politics | sfexaminer.com — San Francisco Examiner

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School of Their Own: SFUSD Opens Chinatown Site to Disabled Kids — The Frisc

# School of Their Own: SFUSD Opens Chinatown Site to Disabled Kids

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Published: 2026-06-03T22:23:05+00:00

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School of Their Own: SFUSD Opens Chinatown Site to Disabled Kids

SFUSD will open its first dedicated special education school at the Edwin and Anita Lee Newcomer School, which has sat vacant for two years.…

Phil Kim keeps seat on San Francisco school board in landslide win — Mission Local

Phil Kim keeps seat on San Francisco school board in landslide win

Phil Kim, president of the Board of Education, delivers remarks when asked by SFUSD staff whether he would put a one year pause on budget cuts to immigrant student programs on Jan. 29, 2026. Photo by Mariana Garcia

Incumbent school board president Phil Kim celebrated a sweeping victory on Tuesday night: He led his closest rival…

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San Francisco City Hall is weighing a Tenderloin/SoMa corner-store crackdown as home prices hit records, a 107-unit affordable tower advances, Phil Kim wins his school board race, and Daniel Lurie’s $16.9 billion budget fight moves to supervisors.

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1. S.F. wants to bar new corner stores from these two neighborhoods — Mission Local

   S.F. wants to bar new corner stores from these two neighborhoods

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Two San Francisco supervisors want zoning laws to limit new convenience stores from opening in the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods, part of an effort to curb illegal activity that proliferates outside the shops.

The legislation, led by…

SF Home Price Spike Should Lure Construction. But 2026 Is Different — The Frisc

# SF Home Price Spike Should Lure Construction. But 2026 Is Different

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SF Home Price Spike Should Lure Construction. But 2026 Is Different

One of San Francisco's largest housing developments completed this decade provides 135 affordable units near Ocean Beach. A construction…

107-Unit, $101MM Affordable Tower at 650 Divisadero Inches Toward Construction in San Francisco - The Registry Northern California Real Estate — The Registry

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Phil Kim wins SF school board race by wide margin ahead of November — San Francisco Chronicle

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Published: 2026-06-03T04:20:31+00:00

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The mayor says his reduced budget will maintain the city’s social safety net. Advocates disagree — Gazetteer

# The mayor says his reduced budget will maintain the city’s social safety net. Advocates disagree

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The mayor says his reduced budget will maintain the city’s social safety net. Advocates disagree

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San Francisco housing math is flashing red: a Controller-backed feasibility report says almost no projects pencil out, while rents jump 22% in a year and City Hall faces fresh scrutiny over nonprofit oversight and school governance.

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1. Report Highlights the Math That Keeps Housing From Being Built in San Francisco | SPUR — SPUR

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A new report analyzed ownership and rental housing prototypes (low-rises, mid-rises, and high-rises) across 80 scenarios with different…

San Francisco's Nonprofit Trap | Garry's List — Garry's List

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Three weeks after a 248-page city audit found that the San Francisco Zoological…

San Francisco Rents Spike 22% in a Year, Far Outpacing Other US Cities — Insurance Journal

San Francisco Rents Spike 22% in a Year, Far Outpacing Other US Cities

In San Francisco’s latest real estate boom, renters are paying cash up front, multimillion-dollar houses are selling auction-style and AI company stock can buy a sprawling hilltop estate.

It’s a reflection of the new wave of wealth from the artificial intelligence industry, leaving even well-paid newcomers scrambling for a…

Ethnic studies workshop ignites debate in San Francisco schools — San Francisco Chronicle

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# Teachers as oppressors? Ethnic studies workshop ignites debate in San Francisco

By Jill Tucker, Staff WriterJune 1, 2026

John O’Connell Technical High School in San Francisco was the site of a seminar on ethnic studies that has…

Gough Street housing project brings new beds to Hayes Valley | Community | sfexaminer.com — San Francisco Examiner

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San Francisco SafeHouse — whose employees are seen at a Women's History Month rally on the steps of City Hall…

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San Francisco reform fights are getting concrete: the Family Zoning Plan has only two projects moving, SFUSD is restoring 8th-grade algebra, SoMa is pressing SFPD over response times, and landmark expansion threatens to slow housing.

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1. First Projects Advance Under San Francisco's New Zoning Plan, But Costs Hold Pipeline To A Trickle — Bisnow

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San Francisco Restores 8th-Grade Algebra After Equity Plan Fails – What Parents Need to Know — San Francisco 365

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SoMa residents press SFPD on slow response times — Mission Local

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Author: Sarah Hopkins

Published: 2026-05-29T00:40:53+00:00

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She turned around a Bayview public school. Then she was pushed out — SF Standard

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The district says it's about financial transparency. Principal Vidrale Franklin says she’s being punished for trying to…

City Hall Moves to Double Historic Landmarks as Housing Advocates Push Back — The Dissent — The Dissent

City Hall Moves to Double Historic Landmarks as Housing Advocates Push Back — The Dissent

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The city currently maintains roughly 2,800 designated landmarks. The proposal, which emerged alongside a wave of pro-housing state laws that grant…

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San Francisco’s reform agenda runs through SFPD staffing, state housing enforcement, small-business permitting, City Attorney ethics rules, and a $15.9 billion budget under structural strain. The common test: whether City Hall can turn process into measurable results.

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1. Staffing Analysis of the San Francisco Police Department 2025 — City & County of San Francisco Police Department

   fNIU Staffing Analysis of the San Francisco Police Department 2025 June 30, 2025 City & County of San Francisco Police Department 2 SFPD Staffing Analysis About this report In November 2020, San Francisco voters approved Proposition E, amending the City Charter to remove the previously established Police staffing baseline and requiring the Police Department to submit a report and recommendation…

2. [PDF] San Francisco Housing Policy and Practice Review — California Department of Housing and Community Development

   San Francisco Housing Policy and Practice Review California Department of Housing and Community Development Housing Policy Development Division Released October 2023 Table of Contents Introduction ..............................................................1 Statutory Authority for this Review ..........................1 Why Review San Francisco? ...................................2…

   • “> The City’s failure to implement the Required Actions will result in HCD initiating the process to revoke housing element compliance. Various consequences may apply if the City does not have a housing element in compliance with Housing Element Law, including ineligibility or…” — Hacker News (3 pts thread)
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s $16 billion budget is headed toward painful cuts, while rents surge and SFUSD faces an accountability election. The city’s reform era is colliding with deficits, housing scarcity, and basic service delivery.

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1. San Francisco's 2026 budget: $16 billion in spending and millions in cuts — Mission Local

   

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Step Back — If San Francisco is supposedly in a YIMBY reform era, why would rents still spike 22% in a year — what actually moves rents that fast, and how much of it can City Hall realistically control?Background sources

• San Francisco rents surge at fastest pace in the nation — Kasia Pawlowska
• AI is pushing S.F. rents higher and higher. Tenants are scrambling. — Sophia Rerucha
• San Francisco rents rising and the surge is now spreading beyond it — Christian Leonard
• Learn about rent increases in San Francisco | SF.gov — SF.gov
• Rent Control Policies in San Francisco May Increase Evictions | Urban Institute — Urban Institute
• S.F. upzoning would cut rents just $75 to $125 a month, city says — Io Yeh Gilman
• It could take a century for SF to YIMBY its way to housing affordability, new study says — Sfstandard

SF school board president Phil Kim faces election test as district struggles — San Francisco Standard

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# SF school board president Phil Kim faces election test as district struggles

Running for the first time as an incumbent, he’s up against progressive challengers Virginia Cheung…

Alo SF: Athleisure brand looks to open first store in city — KRON4

SAN FRANCISCO ( KRON ) — Alo, one of the most popular athleisure brands today, has five stores in the Bay Area. Given its premium price point, stores are currently located in affluent cities (Burlingame, Walnut Creek, Corte Madera, Santa Clara and Palo Alto) with upscale shopping centers. However, Alo has not opened in the flagship city of the Bay Area: San Francisco. That may be changing soon.…

S.F. Mayor Lurie named his next chief of staff. Here’s who he picked — San Francisco Chronicle

# S.F. Mayor Lurie named his next chief of staff. Here’s who he picked

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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s budget push could trigger roughly 1,000 nonprofit layoffs, while Bay Area transit backers move a five-county funding measure toward November. The stakes are basic city services: safety-net delivery, BART reliability, and whether reform comes with real accountability.

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1. SF nonprofits brace for 1,000 layoffs as Lurie eyes millions in budget cuts — SF Standard

   # SF nonprofits brace for 1,000 layoffs as Lurie eyes millions in budget cuts

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# SF nonprofits brace for 1,000 layoffs as Lurie eyes millions in budget cuts

The proposed budget from city departments puts hundreds of programs helping low-income people, seniors,…

Step Back — Why does San Francisco rely so heavily on nonprofits to deliver public services in the first place — and when City Hall cuts those contracts, how can residents tell whether it’s trimming bureaucracy or gutting the frontline safety net?Background sources

• Nonprofits brace for blood bath as Lurie slashes grant funding — Sfstandard
• The first casualties of Lurie’s layoffs — and where cuts may come next — Sfstandard
• SF nonprofits brace for 1,000 layoffs as Lurie eyes millions in budget cuts — Sfstandard
• As Legal Aid Groups Face Budget Cuts, San Francisco Awards 1 Group Millions | KQED — KQED
• Lurie to spend $34M to protect thousands of SF’s Medi-Cal recipients from Trump’s cuts — Sfstandard

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I'm a building inspector in the Bay Area. I've spent basically my entire adult life in the construction industry and the last decade in building regulation. In that time I've watched the duties and burdens of…

Campaign to Save Bay Area Public Transit Crushes Signature Goal, Submits Over 305,000 Signatures for November Ballot Measure — CC News

Campaign to Save Bay Area Public Transit Crushes Signature Goal, Submits Over 305,000 Signatures for November Ballot Measure

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Public Transit funding is under threat from state regulators - Tell Governor Newsom and the California Air Resources Board to preserve critical Caltrain and transit funding! — r/sanfrancisco (8 pts, 1 comments)

In a few days, Governor Newsom’s top air regulators are voting on a proposal that would eliminate critical funding for public transit, and affordable housing – and hand billions of dollars to big polluters. The California Air Resources Board is considering massive changes to the state's cap-and-invest program that would undermine programs that fund affordable housing and public transit, so please…

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San Francisco police face Oakland backlash after a West Oakland nonprofit raid, while Silicon Valley billionaires pour unprecedented money into California races to fight taxes and labor power.

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1. Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee ‘deeply concerned’ by SFPD operation at nonprofit — East Bay Times

   # Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee ‘deeply concerned’ by SFPD operation at nonprofit

Published: 2026-05-25T02:05:41+00:00

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Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said Saturday that she was “deeply concerned” by video and reports of San Francisco police officers smashing the glass front door of an affordable housing complex in West Oakland on…

Alvarado Elementary (6.9/10) — San Francisco, CA — MySchoolScout

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‘The Mogul Midterms’: Four ways Silicon Valley billionaires are influencing the election — SF Standard

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# ‘The Mogul Midterms’: Four ways Silicon Valley billionaires are influencing the election

Alarmed by a union-backed wealth tax, California tech titans are spending on politics like never before.

Sergey Brin and Chris Larsen are just two of the many tech moguls trying to influence the 2026 election. | Getty Images & Ripple

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San Francisco’s SHADE Act would strip building shadows from local CEQA appeals after delays hit 2,195 homes, while Bay Area transit agencies tout $1 billion in savings that may still leave an $800 million annual hole.

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1. Shade is good, actually, even in San Francisco — San Francisco Chronicle

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By Allison Arieff, Opinion ColumnistMay 24, 2026

Shade stopped 469 Stevenson St. in San Francisco from becoming 495 units of housing. It remains a parking lot.

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Did you know that shade shares the same environmental…

Step Back — Everyone likes the sound of Bay Area transit agencies saving a billion dollars — but how do we tell the difference between real efficiency and just cutting service, delaying maintenance, or relying on one-time pandemic fixes?Background sources

• Financial Efficiency Review Independent Oversight Committee Receives Draft Report | Metropolitan Transportation Commission — Metropolitan Transportation Commission
• Bay Area Transit Agencies Saved $1 Billion Since 2020. Can They Sustain Those Savings? | KQED — KQED
• Sacramento Gave Bay Area Transit a Lifeline, But Transit Is Not Out of the Woods | SPUR — SPUR
• BART approves service cuts plan during 'largest financial crisis in history' | KTVU FOX 2 — Amanda Quintana
• Mass Transit: Pandemic Ridership Recovery and Agency Adaptions - The Eno Center for Transportation — Enotrans
• Newsom Signs $590 Million Loan to Avert Drastic Bay Area Transit Cuts | KQED — KQED

San Francisco Reopens Dog Court After Nearly Year-Long Suspension – Marin County Visitor — Marin County Visitor

San Francisco Reopens Dog Court After Nearly Year-Long Suspension – Marin County Visitor

San Francisco’s decision to restart its Vicious and Dangerous Dog hearings after a year-long suspension is back on the table. This move could ripple through public safety, animal welfare, and even spark more cross-county conversations with Marin communities from Mill Valley to Novato and beyond.

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Under reformist mayor, San Francisco continues to self-correct - Pacific Research Institute — Pacific Research Institute

# Under reformist mayor, San Francisco continues to self-correct - Pacific Research Institute

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Published: 2026-05-22T09:23:22+00:00

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Under reformist mayor, San Francisco continues to self-correct - Pacific Research Institute

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