As San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors approves numerous new fees on city services to cut the city’s $483 million budget deficit, California has officially started off the new fiscal year with no budget. On Tuesday SF Appeal reported on San Francisco supervisors giving first approval to several new fees and fee hikes proposed by Mayor […]
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Financial upside for developers is long-term and risky, city says
The developers of Treasure Island stand to earn a potential 20.6 percent return on their investments if the 18-year, phased construction plan and land sales proceed as they predict. That does not include possible future real estate sales.
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Through two mayors, connected island developers cultivated profitable deal
In the next six months, local officials and a consortium of private developers will begin to finalize legal papers for Treasure Island’s future as a high-density eco-city. Renderings of the gleaming towers, parks and gardens suggest harmony and community. Yet the promise of an urban Treasure Island, one of the most complex and risky redevelopments in San Francisco’s recent history, has for more than a decade been wrapped up in a process driven by power and influence. The mayor got neartotal control. Political friends got plum jobs and contracts. Critics were exiled. City and state conflict-of-interest laws were waived. Independent inquiries and the will of voters were nakedly rebuffed.
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Report: Black, Latino young men twice as likely to suffer from poor health
A new report concerning the health of boys of different ethnicities focuses on the effect of neighborhoods and communities on physical and mental health.
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Pollution: experts concerned about Treasure Island cleanup as seas rise
Many Treasure Island sites have been decontaminated through soil removal or capping, which entails covering the remaining toxic soil with a clay cap. But there is growing concern that coastal sites once considered sufficiently remediated may become problematic as sea levels rise. Contaminated soil could come in contact with ground water as the sea pushes it higher. Bay Area scientists and regulators are beginning to explore the problem given the large number of former military sites in the region.
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Sand and silt require $137 million fix for Treasure Island
There is a high probability that a Loma Prieta magnitude or greater earthquake will shake the Bay Area during the projected 18-year redevelopment of Treasure Island. However, city development officials say the island will ultimately be safer than the liquefaction-prone areas of downtown San Francisco and the Marina.
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3.3 quake hits San Francisco
San Francisco residents got a wake up call Monday morning when a 3.3 magnitude earthquake hit the city at 7:47.
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Cell phone law, alcohol tax target consumer health
This week two local measures aimed at promoting consumer health in San Francisco moved forward — a law on disclosure of cell phone radiation and an alcohol tax. On Tuesday the Associated Press reported on a new San Francisco law that requires cell phone retailers to post the amount of radiation emitted from handsets they sell. […]
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The SF Public Press hits the streets!
Originally posted at the Independent Arts & Media blog What a thrill to be in the thick of print production! It was an honor to lend a hand last Monday as the Public Press krewe pushed through those final hours before going to press. I hardly dipped my toe in the water, did a few page proofs, dispensed […]
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Welcome to SF Public Press, beta version
What you hold in your hands is an experiment. Just as public radio and television arose generations ago to take news in a more substantive direction, so the San Francisco Public Press aims to conjure a new class of news organizations — local, accountable, noncommercial and innovative — that deliver news effectively across print and […]