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City Hall Monitor
Journalist to supervisors: calling it 'pragmatic' doesn't hide that you want friendlier Sunshine referees
Richard Nee, a journalist and former member of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, told the Board of Supervisors that at least one supervisor has said publicly they want to fill the task force with members who take a "pragmatic approach" ...
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City Hall Monitor
SF Planning Commissioner: Formula Retail Review "Pits Business Owners Against Each Other"
During deliberations on a formula retail conditional use permit for Therapy Stores, Commissioner Chyanne Chen raised pointed concerns about the city's formula retail review process itself. She recalled a prior case in which a dessert sho...
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City Hall Monitor
Planning commissioner with 30 years in SF construction: shadow appeals are "weaponized" to kill housing
Commissioner McGarry, speaking from three decades of San Francisco construction experience, told the Planning Commission that shadow objections have been deliberately used as a veto tool against housing projects, not as genuine environme...
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City Hall Monitor
A supervisor's aide says shadow-based CEQA appeals have stalled more than 2,000 SF homes since 2017
A aide presenting the Shade Act on behalf of Supervisor Bilal Mahmood tells the Planning Commission that CEQA appeals built on shadow analysis have delayed or killed more than 2,000 housing units across more than a dozen San Francisco pr...
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City Hall Monitor
Supervisor Melgar: SF clears only 14% of rape cases, half the national average
Supervisor Myrna Melgar tells the Board of Supervisors that San Francisco's rape case clearance rate has fallen to 14%, half the national average, and calls for a joint hearing on chronic understaffing in the SFPD Special Victims Unit. S...
