1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1010+ words) Local businesses are reckoning with the reality that a major West Portal development could whiz through the approvals process. When Anna Bullard looks at the shuttered Empire Theater across from her 20-year-old West Portal bookstore, she imagines construction vehicles clogging…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (729+ words) Mayor Lurie has championed OpenGov to fix permitting. His allies made a last-minute change to the contract extension, letting the city exit the software deal more easily. A Board of Supervisors committee on Wednesday unanimously approved extending a contract worth…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (523+ words) As rents skyrocket, developers are predicting a building boom in the next two years. It’s a tale as old as time. Legislators pass a law to make it easier to build homes, but nothing gets built because of factors beyond…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (634+ words) A 2024 law that banned landlords from using rent-setting algorithms has yet to produce a single lawsuit. To combat rising rents, San Francisco banned landlords from using software that tells them what to charge. Two years later, not one landlord has…...