@SFUnified's first town hall about consolidations and closures is on Zoom now. We won't be live-twXting a full 🧵, but we'll note a few things here. First thing to note: Whatever happens, it won't start until the 2024-25 school year. Tonight begins a long outreach/info process. @SFUSD_Supe is going through a slide deck:
Declining enrollment
+ Teacher shortage
+ Aging school sites and facilites
= "We need fewer schools. Our resources are stretched too thin."

It's Thursday morning, and we're about to join the @sfbos Public Safety/Neighborhood Services committee to hear:
🫱🏽a discussion of bad behavior at @SF_HSH supportive housing sites
🫱🏽an update on @RafaelMandelman's "Place for All" ordinance
sfbos.org/sites/default/… The meeting starts at 10am, we'll start our 🧵 as the agenda items in question come up. Follow along at @SFGovTV if you're so inclined sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/camera/…

It's Tuesday, and we're following the @SFMTA_Muni board meeting, which starts in 10 min, for discussion of the new speed camera plan. The tragic backdrop, unfortunately, is the weekend crash that killed 3 members of an SF family and has their infant in critical condition The meeting agenda is here sfmta.com/sites/default/…

Good evening, everyone. For the first time in a few months, the @SFUnified board meeting is about to start, and the sun hasn't yet set. We'll follow along here. Join us! The meeting has begun, and @SFUSD_Supe is going through his regular report, including a shout-out to the Ruth Asawa SOTA theater crew that put on the Addams Family Values musical last weekend. (And this coming weekend - get your tickets, folks.)

The rain has stopped, but it's still Tuesday, which means the @sfbos has its regular meeting at 2pm. We'll be following along right here for a good part of it, so join us, won't you? The agenda (find it here: ) includes:
👉🏽 new housing code and forgivable homeowner loans
👉🏽 the Potrero bus yard/housing project
👉🏽 landmark for the Sacred Heart Parish (aka the Church of 8 Wheels)
👉🏽 a new planning commissionersfbos.org/sites/default/…

That was fast. After the 8:45pm release, the @sfchronicle is calling these races:
❌ Prop B (SFPD staffing)
✅ Prop D (ethics rules)
✅ Prop E (loosening SFPD rules on surveillance, chases, etc)
✅ Prop F (drug screens for welfare recipients)
✅ Prop G (urging 8th algebra) - Prop A (affordable housing 💰) is just ahead of the 2/3 majority it needs, too close to call.
- Prop C (tax break for turning offices to homes) is up 55-45.
- Also ahead: The incumbent SF judges called soft on crime in misleading ads sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…

📣 Reminder: polls close at 8pm. If you’re looking to bone up last-minute, our election preview stories are here thefrisc.com/election2024/h… And if you’ve already got one of these…

Happy Monday out there. We're tuning into the @sfbos Land Use and Transportation Committee shortly to see what legislators are working on in the following areas: housing production, family and senior housing, fleet charging, and more. Agenda is here: sfbos.org/sites/default/… There's also a proposed ordinance to create a Potrero Yard special use district. The bus depot could potentially be redeveloped into hundreds of homes, but as with all things #SF, it's complicated. thefrisc.com/sfs-in-danger-…

Heads up (and umbrellas up☂️). It's a wet Tuesday and we'll be following the @SFMTA_Muni board mtg today for the Valencia bike lane discussion. SFMTA staff will present 3-month data on the center-lane experiment. It won't start until at least 3pm; we'll dive in then. Breaking news while we're waiting: Several Valencia merchants have filed claims (precursors to lawsuits, acc to @laura_waxee's report) against the city, claiming the bike lane has hurt business, violated their constitutional rights, and more sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f…

It’s a brisk Tuesday eve, and we’re gearing up to bring you the @sfunified Board of Ed meeting. Will the board 👍🏽 the plan to return algebra to 8th grade? How will it deal with a legal threat over its citywide elections? Follow with us - it starts at 6:30 👉🏼⏰ Things are running late. Stay tuned!

Good afternoon, all. Your penance this post-game Monday is following along the @sfbos Land Use and Transportation Committee, which will hear items on density controls. Agenda is here: Go @49ers.sfbos.org/sites/default/… We're underway. The first item is a landmark designation for the Grand Theater at 2665 Mission St. An aide to Sup. Hillary Ronen is presenting.

It's a windy Wednesday 🌬️ and we're tuning into the SF Board of Appeals this eve. The city's last stop for administrative review will hear a final effort to bring cars back to the Great Highway on weekends. It's currently closed Friday noon to Monday 6am... ...and when the sand piles up on extra windy days. Perhaps today, even? (Any sandcams out there?) 🎦

So much for dry January. Join us for the first February meeting @sfbos, featuring fire standards for lithium batteries, a CEQA waiver in Pacific Heights, a second read on the controversial OMI library site, and more. Agenda is here: Follow along, folks!sfbos.org/sites/default/… We're underway.

The first set of items are passed unanimously, including accepting a state grant for overdose prevention and the settlement of a lawsuit involving a pothole.

SUPERVISORS: It's 2024 and the end of January is upon us. But we won't say goodbye to the month until we have another meeting of #SF's district officials.

First up we have Question Time™ with Mayor London Breed over what's happening with SROs, or single rom occupancy housing. The board will also look at Treasure Island infrastructure and the Potrero Bus Yard project. Follow along, will you? Remember, it's an election year. 🗳️

ICYMI, we hosted Sup. @RafaelMandelman and the Planning Commission's Rachael Tanner on Saturday:

https://twitter.com/TheFrisc/status/1751401399731290501

It’s a drizzly Wednesday, and at 5pm we’ll tune into the @sfunified virtual town hall to hear about plans to offer algebra in 8th grade for the first time in a decade. It’s part of the district’s broader math reform 🧮 If you want to zoom in: sfusd.zoom.us/j/88561250211

Buon pomeriggio #SF, it's Monday, time for another meeting of the @sfbos Land Use and Transportation Committee. On the agenda: ADUs, fire safety, and a vestigial bill from last year reducing constraints for housing production. Follow along, won't you?sfbos.org/sites/default/… One version of constraints reduction was passed in December to comply with state regulations; this appears to be a duplicate version. But we'll clear that all up shortly. Here's our coverage of that from last year: thefrisc.com/supervisors-pa…

Happy cloudy Thursday! We're about to tune in to the regular hearing of the @sfplanning Commission where the discussion will include the usual discretionary reviews along with "density controls" in the northeast of #SF. sfplanning.org/sites/default/… The northeast of #SF is District 3, the home base of Sup. @AaronPeskin, the most influential local politician of this century. His position on housing and development ... is complicated. (Fixes typo.)thefrisc.com/aaron-peskins-…

👋🏽 It's a cool crisp Wednesday morning, and we're about to tune into the @sfbos Budget and Finance Committee meeting to hear about #SF budget woes, its 5-year plan, and @LondonBreed's recent orders for 10% across-the-board cuts. It starts in 20 minutes. Join us! The meeting has begun. The full agenda is here sfbos.org/sites/default/…

It’s Thursday, and it’s 🥶. (Go ahead, non-Californians, roll your eyes.) We’ll 🔥 up by brining you today’s @sfplanning commission mtg, starting at noon. Stay tuned! While we're waiting for the Planning Commish to get rolling, check this out:

Commission president Rachael Tanner is joining @RafaelMandelman & our editor @alexlash in a live conversation about SF's new #housing era Sat. 1/27 @welcometomannys... join us! eventbrite.com/e/the-frisc-pr…

HNY to all who celebrate! 🥳 We're here for the first meeting of @sfbos of 2024, starting shortly. On the agenda: curbing parcel delivery service activities, public art requirements for affordable housing, and prevailing wages for various city workers. sfbos.org/sites/default/… The Frisc's journalism keeps forging ahead. So far this year, we've got stories on:

#SF housing policy in the Tenderloin


What @VisionZeroSF can learn from ... Frank Sinatra's hometown
thefrisc.com/sf-plans-more-…
thefrisc.com/san-francisco-…

And a good Thursday morning to you and yours. In a few minutes we’ll be live-tw…, er, tuning into the #SF Homelessness Overdight Commission mtg for discussions about @SF_HSH budget and supportive housing. Here’s the agenda hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/upl… That's *Oversight, of course. (Looks like our spelling could use some oversight.)