Mayor Ed Lee, behind closed doors, asks tech to help
Thanks for jump starting San Francisco’s economy, now please help us with housing, public education and transportation. That was pretty much the message Mayor Ed Lee delivered to about 50 tech...
View Article‘Hacktivists’ getting together in hopes of helping the homeless
Technology whizzes, nonprofit workers and others will converge this weekend in San Francisco to try to cook up new tech-savvy ways to help the homeless in a series of get-togethers organizers are...
View ArticleProgressives try to have it both ways on tax breaks
It seems memories are short on San Francisco’s progressive left, at least when it comes to tech companies and happens to be union contract negotiating time. Supervisor David Campos on Tuesday marched...
View ArticleAT&T digs in on utility boxes, says Wiener proposal illegal
AT&T didn’t show up at a hearing Monday where supervisors examined a proposal by Supervisor Scott Wiener that would give neighbors more say in where private companies such as AT&T place utility...
View ArticleAT&T sues city over sidewalk utililty boxes
Spurned by San Francisco regulators and supervisors over rules for the placement of hundreds of 4-foot-high utility boxes on city sidewalks, AT&T has turned to the courts. In a lawsuit in San...
View ArticleMuni to test smart-phone app for some fares
Muni riders who don’t want to bother with a Clipper card may soon have an option other than carrying a wad of bills and a pocketful of coins. In an effort to reduce the number of Muni riders who pay...
View ArticleTwitter conference blocks off scores of parking spaces for no apparent reason
There’s an oft-repeated claim these days that San Francisco is up for sale to the highest bidder. We’d say that seems to be the case when scores of parking spaces in the Civic Center are closed off for...
View ArticleSmart phone demand delays SF election results, 50,000 ballots remain
For campaign hounds, election junkies and media types, there were some anxious moments Tuesday night waiting for delayed San Francisco election results to be released. Part of the problem was cradled...
View ArticleGoogle kicks in $2 million to tackle San Francisco homelessness
First on Google’s gift list to the city was transit passes for low-income kids, then it was free Wi-Fi in some San Francisco parks, now it’s $2 million for the homeless. Perhaps is it “raining...
View ArticleNew app will let you pay on Muni with your smartphone
Muni, like transit agencies pretty much everywhere, has warned riders to keep their cell phones in their pockets while riding the bus or train. But it appears there’s getting ready to be a major...
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