Celia Marroquín
Celia Marroquín covers San Francisco City Hall, the Board of Supervisors, city departments and the neighborhoods where their decisions land, for the Inquirer’s City Desk.
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Burgum tells the Presidio “there will be no sell-off” after a closed session with the Trust board, as residents press on rents
The interior secretary met privately with the federal agency’s board on Thursday and left before the public session, where tenants of the park’s 1,400 homes asked for a cap on rent increases.
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The state awards $750 million to The Portal, the Caltrain extension into downtown San Francisco. What the money covers, and what is still unfunded
The award is the largest in this year’s round of state transit grants, but the project’s own funding plan already counted on it, and a $587 million gap remains ahead of a federal grant agreement targeted…
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San Francisco supervisors back home-kitchen permits for street vendors. What the $828 permit would allow, and what it would not
The Board of Supervisors voted 11-0 on Tuesday for a program that would let residents cook at home and sell up to 90 meals a week, but a final vote, a hiring plan and a start…
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Lurie and Fielder lay out a $12.25 million plan for the Mission’s BART plazas. Many of the details are still to be decided
A $9.25 million Crankstart gift and $3 million in state money will pay for lighting, ambassadors, safety technology and work around Marshall Elementary, alongside more evening police, sheriff’s deputies and a 60-day CHP deployment.
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Inquirer Investigation: San Francisco moves to landmark 19 buildings and weigh two historic districts. Owners’ consent is not required
The Board of Supervisors advanced the designations on Tuesday, most of them drawn from a program tied to the city’s upzoning; under city rules owners cannot opt out, and the files show little owner input either…
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San Francisco voters approved a public bank. Here is what Prop. B sets in motion, and what it does not pay for
The charter amendment opens a path to a city-owned lender and, later, a public bank, but it provides no money, and the controller puts the cost of building both at $310 million to $460 million over…
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Lurie’s administration lets go six Innovation Office staffers, months after a $7 million Bloomberg grant to expand the team
The mayor’s office says no positions have been eliminated and that new job descriptions will be posted in the coming days, but it has not said whether the city has met the grant’s conditions or received…
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Voters approved Lurie’s three charter changes. Here is what shifts at City Hall, and when
San Francisco voters backed Mayor Daniel Lurie’s Propositions D, E and F, which raise the bar for local ballot measures, give the city administrator more control over contracting and expand the mayor’s authority over departments, once…
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Valkyries parade Wednesday: street closures, Muni changes, robotaxi limits and the open question of cost
San Francisco will close much of the Embarcadero and South Beach on Wednesday for the Golden State Valkyries’ championship parade, and the city has not said what the event will cost or who will pay for…
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Prop. G and the Great Highway: what Tuesday’s vote would do, and who is paying for each side
San Francisco’s Proposition G would reopen the Upper Great Highway to cars on weekdays and keep Sunset Dunes a park on weekends. Here is what the measure says, what the city estimates it would cost and…