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The interim controls would impact 21 projects totaling 1,335 units in an area bounded by Division Street to the north, Cesar Chavez Street to the south, Mission Street to the west and Potrero Avenue to the east. They include well-known proposals like the 331 units proposed at the 16th Street Mission BART Station and the 274-unit development at 2000-70 Bryant St. … [Read more...] about The bar may be raised even higher for new housing in the Mission

Police stopped Floyd on Monday after a 911 call about him buying cigarettes with counterfeit money. In an encounter shown on video, Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck as he pleaded for his life and said he couldn’t breathe, before he eventually lost consciousness. Paramedics and emergency room staff were unable to revive him. … [Read more...] about Bay Area lawmakers were quick to call police killing of George Floyd ‘murder’

12:55 p.m. CVS to add coronavirus test sites in California: CVS drive-through pharmacies on Friday will begin conducting coronavirus diagnostic tests in dozens of additional California cities, including several in the Bay Area, the pharmacy chain announced Thursday. Bay Area locations will be in Antioch, Fremont, Hayward, Napa, Oakland, Pinole, San Francisco, San Leandro and Vallejo. Patients must schedule an appointment online; results are expected in two to three days. California previously did not permit pharmacies to do coronavirus tests, but the state issued a waiver to allow it in May. Here’s the full list of locations. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus live updates: Apple’s Genius help, store pickups return in Bay Area

But if election results were a disappointment to those looking to halt market-rate housing in the Mission, it was a great night for affordable housing developers, who saw a $310 million affordable housing bond, Proposition A, pass with 72 percent of the vote. Using low-income housing tax credits and other funding mechanisms, that money can be leveraged at least 5 to 1, meaning that the bond could generate $1.5 billion of affordable building citywide with $300 million in the Mission alone. … [Read more...] about Mission market-rate housing battle not over despite Prop. I loss

Dennis Cantwell and Monica Wong — whose resumes include top spots like Zuni Cafe, A16 and Nopa — opened Palm City in the Outer Sunset, according to Eater SF. The restaurant is starting out with a limited takeout menu, including lots of wine, a $22 charcuterie plate and a $33 two-person dinner kit of salad, pasta with pork sugo and dessert. … [Read more...] about Korean Burrito Joint by Aria and other new Bay Area restaurants open for takeout during coronavirus