Planning Department Issues New Policy Papers for Central SoMa:  The Sausage-Making Begins…

​Last week, the Planning Department issued policy papers on four aspects of the Central SoMa Plan, clarifying the direction it is headed on these issues.  As surely all readers of […]

Last week, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation that will revise the City’s formula retail definition and controls.   The new law follows a year-long study of formula retail […]

San Francisco voters have rejected Prop G, which would have imposed a tax equal to 24% of the sales price (not a typo – the price and not the profit) […]

​In its continuing effort to maintain the City’s existing rental housing stock and rent-controlled units in particular, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed new legislation this week that tightly […]

​Proposed Restrictions on New Office Use along Second Street. Late last month, Supervisor Jane Kim introduced legislation aiming to insulate ground-floor retail businesses on a popular stretch of Second Street […]

​Legacy Businesses Supervisors Campos and Farrell introduced legislation last week designed to provide for the recognition, study, and promotion of longstanding, community-serving businesses, so-called “Legacy Businesses.”   The proposal is […]

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