On Daniel Lurie's New Housing Map, Tall Buildings Aren't the Biggest Thing
San Francisco planners say a denser fit per block is more important than apartment towers if the city is to hit ambitious goals.| The Frisc
San Francisco planners say a denser fit per block is more important than apartment towers if the city is to hit ambitious goals.| The Frisc
Recent California and San Francisco bills have stoked plenty of passion but not much construction.| The Frisc
San Francisco is staring down a deadline to vote on the city’s most consequential housing plan in nearly 50 years. It would allow for higher buildings and more homes across the west side and many other neighborhoods. The latest complicated step toward that goal took place Monday before the Board of Supervisors Land Use Committee. […] The post SF’s Top Economist Stresses Benefit of More Housing, Warns New Plan Won’t Spur Enough appeared first on The Frisc.| The Frisc
There’s a common bit of lore around San Francisco’s cemeteries. It holds that in 1900, Mayor James Phelan outlawed them, and so most decamped to Colma. It’s not true. Phelan outlawed new burials, which spurred an exodus. Local campaigns to drive out cemeteries — ostensibly to protect public health, but really to free up real […] The post Take Our SF Halloween Dead Tour in the Richmond District appeared first on The Frisc.| The Frisc
Update, 10/28/25, 11:15pm: This story has been updated to include the Board of Education’s approval and information from Tuesday night’s meeting. Dragon Gate Academy, San Francisco’s most recent attempt at a new charter school, failed to launch this summer. SF Unified School District staff panned its application, and it couldn’t muster a single vote from […] The post SFUSD Renews Two Bayview Charter Schools With Minimal Fuss appeared first on The Frisc.| The Frisc
With a deadline looming, Sup. Connie Chan wants to bar all ‘existing residential uses’ from upzoning. She says state watchdogs won't object.| The Frisc
San Francisco has a painful scooter problem. The electric devices are driving a sharp increase in injury crashes. They’ve gone from zero a decade ago to 227 in 2024. Rental e-scooters arrived on SF streets in 2017. What the SF Municipal Transportation Agency calls “standup powered devices” now account for 6 percent of all […] The post SF’s Electric Scooter Danger Surges With Privately-Owned Devices appeared first on The Frisc.| The Frisc
Piper Johnson grew up in the Richmond District, often heading to the beach to swim and surf with her family and dog, Teddy. Now a junior at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, she still loves the beach. But she saw it — and smelled it — in a different way when storms hit the city in […] The post This Local High Schooler Is Building a Sewage Sensor to Help Swimmers and Surfers appeared first on The Frisc.| The Frisc
Mayor Daniel Lurie faced a tough crowd in the Sunset District last week. The packed recreation center — a last-minute venue change to take in more people — generally opposed the city’s plan to allow taller apartment buildings and denser blocks in their neighborhood and many others. The goal is to make room for 82,000 […] The post Daniel Lurie Warns of ‘Towers Everywhere’ If SF’s Housing Plan Fails appeared first on The Frisc.| The Frisc
At Tuesday’s San Francisco Unified School District school board meeting, the teachers union presented a “strike ready” petition that nearly 80 percent of members have signed. To drive the point home, they papered the walls of the meeting room with the signatures. The union, United Educators of San Francisco, has been on an expired contract […] The post SFUSD, Teachers Union Hit Stalemate In Contract Negotiations appeared first on The Frisc.| The Frisc
Since kids came back from summer break in August, San Francisco public school teachers, working under an expired contract, have ramped up the threat of a strike. “Strike ready” has been the subject of the union’s newsletter for more than a month. They’ve been selling T-shirts that say “If provoked we will strike,” with the […] The post Teachers Union Cools Off SFUSD Strike Talk Days Before Protest appeared first on The Frisc.| The Frisc
The governor must sign off by Oct. 12 on a huge loan and a sales tax measure. Several more streets and transit bills could also shape San Francisco's future.| The Frisc
The local supervisor is the project’s City Hall champion — and a thorn in Amazon’s side. The developer won’t say if the online giant will be a tenant.| The Frisc
Yosemite Slough is contaminated with toxic waste like the nearby Hunters Point shipyard. As seas rise, their fates are intertwined.| The Frisc
Ramble around this sleepy neighborhood for steep delights, a weird octagon, and rejuvenated green space. Diego Rivera will be back soon too.| The Frisc
