Seattle is ready to finalize a new 20-year growth plan including new “Neighborhood Centers” and “Middle Housing” laws expanding zoning to allow a greater range of housing types in more parts of the city. The process has played out as … Continue reading →| CHS Capitol Hill Seattle News
Supervisor Dean Preston introduced the resolution Tuesday. It calls for a cease-fire in...| San Francisco Chronicle
If confirmed by City Council later this month, Burnett would succeed his father, Ald. Walter Burnett, who resigned in July after 30 years in office.| Block Club Chicago
"The city of Chicago will do everything in our power to defend our democracy and protect our communities,” Johnson said.| Block Club Chicago
Chicago leaders said they will not help federal troops with immigration enforcement or tent city sweeps, but they could not say how police would interact with National Guard units if they are deployed.| Block Club Chicago
On Sept. 12 of last year, Sheryl Davis received a call from a reporter. Since then, her life forever changed. Sheryl Davis calls herself S.F.’s ‘failed bureaucrat.’ Now she’s facing a criminal investigation.| Mission Local
Dealing with complex problems, General Stanley McChrystal argues, requires a team of teams. That became the playbook for San Francisco. S.F.’s new streets effort took page from retired general’s manifesto| Mission Local
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Cutting the positions raises concerns that the city is reducing police oversight while increasing the police department’s budget.| San Francisco Public Press
A dramatic headline that has since been changed by the publication that published it has put a spotlight on the Dallas Park & Recreation Board’s recommendation to phase out the city’s nine aging community pools as part of a spending cut package requested by the city manager’s office. DPR has to come up with $3…| CandysDirt.com
Lots of things are cooking at Dallas City Hall, not least of which is the coming fiscal year’s budget. Sick of hearing about it yet? Well, there’s only another five weeks or so to go. Speaking of the budget, a touchstone of the city manager’s fiscal plan is efficiency in the delivery of services. We’ll…| CandysDirt.com
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.| THE CITY - NYC News
Chronic infection and deaths from the liver-ravaging hepatitis B virus declined in San Francisco from 2021 to 2023 but local case rates still exceeded the national average, the city Department of Public Health said in its first report on the disease in nearly a decade. The report, released last June just days after the Public Press published a series on how chronic hepatitis B disproportionately affects Asian Americans in the Bay Area. The post Hepatitis B Deaths in SF Decline but Case Rates ...| San Francisco Public Press
At the heart of San Francisco’s post-COVID recovery blues are empty spaces, from downtown offices to old Fisherman’s Wharf mainstays to neighborhood retail. Hunger for good news could explain the recent conga line of bigwigs from City Hall, the Chamber of Commerce, and more at the opening of a new all-you-can-eat buffet chain in Pier […] The post City Hall Wants To Fill Empty Storefronts. Some Neighborhoods Don’t Want Help appeared first on The Frisc.| The Frisc
'A boom of construction might be nice, but that's not on the table.’ Sarah Dennis Phillips will steer SF into its biggest housing changes in 50 years.| The Frisc
Supervisor Jackie Fielder announced a $30 million budget win for housing homeless families and young adults in San Francisco, along with a new shelter policy aimed at providing greater stability for families.| Davis Vanguard
Dozens of San Francisco residents protested the Board of Supervisors' decision to grant Mayor Daniel Lurie expanded authority over Proposition C funds and to pass a controversial RV parking ban, which critics argue will worsen conditions for immigrant communities and undermine San Francisco's status as a sanctuary city.| Davis Vanguard
Elected officials and public school advocates rallied Tuesday morning on the steps of Tweed Courthouse in lower Manhattan to protest federal cuts to NYC| amNewYork
City officials say California Waste Solutions blew deadlines to build a new facility at the former Oakland Army Base. Environmental advocates say this is bad for West Oakland residents.| The Oaklandside
A funding compromise for more housing is on offer. But ICE raids, shelter rules, and RV parking policies are adding extra pressure.| The Frisc
The Board of Port Commissioners has authority over the city’s major economic enterprise.| The Oaklandside
A new investigation by a city watchdog found the AIDS Project of the East Bay couldn’t account for how it used a $100,000 grant.| The Oaklandside
In a blow to retirees, the state Court of Appeals overruled lower court decisions that had barred the city from moving its quarter-million retirees to a privatized health care plan.| THE CITY - NYC News
After nearly two decades of little change, Downtown Brampton may finally be turning the corner from being a sleepy town centre to becoming the proper hub for a city of nearly 800,000. Both public s…| Sean Marshall
Last year, London Breed withheld half of City Hall's subsidy. Will Daniel Lurie restore full funding? The school’s backers say its survival is at stake.| The Frisc
82,000 new homes. The affordable puzzle. Neighborhood character. Demolition fears. The pipeline illusion. We address these issues and more.| The Frisc
Dallas City Council approved the purchase of the old Dallas Morning News building, saving it from becoming a data center.| CandysDirt.com
Many New Yorkers know that if you stay on the downtown 6 train past the last stop, Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall, which you are not really supposed to do, you can| City Lore
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has announced a plan to freeze supportive housing development in the Downtown Eastside (DTES). The plan is part of a wider set of policy changes targeting the DTES and spear…| themainlander.com
The Dallas City Plan Commission got to work fleshing out a parking reform proposal while other officials passed a resolution supporting DART.| CandysDirt.com
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District officials heard students loud and clear this month, giving their full support towards their act of peaceful defiance. After the Feb. 6 walkout by both Samohi and Malibu High School students to protest the orders of the Donald Trump administration, SMMUSD staff had a chance to applaud the group for| Santa Monica Daily Press - Santa Monica's trusted source of essential news fo...
In the days before President Trump’s inauguration, cities around the globe saw their streets overtaken by protests. Thousands gathered in the Mission District and Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, Calif., continuing a trend that began with the 2017 Women’s March, a worldwide protest that took place just after Trump’s first inauguration.| The Guardsman
The City Plan Commission last week — after yet another marathon meeting and dozens of amendments — voted 10-4-1 to recommend the document to the Dallas City Council.| CandysDirt.com
Mark Farrell, pitching himself as having the strongest private sector and business background, proposed a 20-year plan for the city’s downtown.| The San Francisco Standard
“I’ve determined that we will begin anew not because people weren’t qualified necessarily, but in terms of the totality of the circumstances," Interim Salinas City Manager Jim Pia said in a statement.| Open Vallejo