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Oakland tenants receive $1 million settlement
A judge has approved a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit filed on behalf of tenants of a single room occupancy hotel in Oakland's Chinatown district.Read More
San Francisco closes in on electric scooter rules
San Francisco officials approved legislation on Tuesday to regulate the dockless electric scooters that began appearing on city streets last month.Read More
Oakland to responds to DOJ letter on sanctuary policy
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a letter to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf seeking information about her city's sanctuary policy.Read More
Oakland sues landlord for illegal rent increase
Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker said Tuesday that she and Centro Legal de la Raza have filed suit against a landlord who they allege attempted to illegally increase his...Read More
SF city attorney sues to close gambling den
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera sued the owners of an alleged gambling establishment in the Outer Mission District Monday, seeking a court order to shut it down.Read More
Deal wipes away waterfront height limit stalemate
San Francisco reached a settlement with a California state commission to settle a yearslong dispute over how development projects on public waterfront property would be regulated.Read More
They crammed veterans into unsafe housing. It cost them $2 million.
A $2 million settlement has been reached between the San Francisco City Attorney's Office and two landlords accused of cramming veterans into illegal and unsafe housing.Read More
SF sues California over ride-hailing rules
The city of San Francisco sued the state of California Thursday over new restrictions by the state on how cities can regulate drivers for ride-hailing companies.Read More
City Hall drama shuffles Mark Farrell into mayor’s spot
San Francisco Supervisors voted to appoint Mark Farrell mayor after a heated, racially charged debate.Read More
Eight candidates file for SF mayor
A total of eight candidates people filed papers to run for San Francisco's June 5 mayoral election by Tuesday's 5 p.m. deadline.Read More
London Breed declares for mayor’s race
Acting Mayor London Breed Friday declared her intention to run in a special election scheduled for June.Read More
Safe injection site shows promise, tradeoffs
The push for safe injecting spaces comes in response to a growing and highly visible drug crisis.Read More
SF native London Breed rises to helm her hometown
London Breed assumes the powers, responsibilities and duties as the first black female mayor of San Francisco.Read More
Oakland, union head to mediation Monday
Negotiators for the city of Oakland and the larger of two striking unions have agreed to try to settle the strike in mediation starting Monday.Read More
Union sues Oakland over temp workers
A union that represents several thousand city of Oakland employees filed a lawsuit Tuesday that accuses city leaders of violating the city's charter.Read More
Feds warn Bay Area sanctuary communities
The cities of San Francisco, Berkeley, Fremont and Watsonville and Contra Costa, Monterey, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties received sanctuary warning letters from the Department of Justice.Read More
SF massage parlors face unhappy ending
The City Attorney's Office announced a settlement shutting down a brothel posing as a massage parlor in San Francisco's Financial District and filed a new lawsuit seeking to close...Read More
Police broke her ankle in 2016. She just settled for $6.7 million.
The City of Santa Clara has settled a lawsuit alleging that its police department entered a home without a warrant and broke a woman's ankle.Read More
SF sues Equifax over massive data breach
San Francisco is suing credit monitoring company Equifax after the company announced earlier this month that its website was breached.Read More
Court blocks San Francisco soda warnings
A federal appeals court blocked a San Francisco law that required advertisements for sodas and other sugary drinks to carry a health warning label.Read More