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San Francisco's repair cafe movement expands to Mission District
On a September Sunday, volunteers in San Francisco's Mission District took in broken lamps, torn backpacks and dull knives. They fixed 59 items and kept about 212 pounds of material out of a landfill. It was the neighborhood's first repair cafe.
On a September Sunday, volunteers in San Francisco's Mission District took in broken lamps, torn backpacks and dull knives. They fixed 59 items and kept about 212 pounds of material out of a landfill. It was the neighborhood's first repair cafe.
Updated 27 minutes ago
San Francisco supervisors weigh four engineering contracts worth up to $20 million each
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors meets September 1 with four professional services agreements on the agenda, each worth up to $20 million with Stantec, AECOM, Jacobs, and LEE Inc. The 'as-needed' contracts authorize up to $80 million in potential outside spending on specialized engineering and technical services.
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors meets September 1 with four professional services agreements on the agenda, each worth up to $20 million with Stantec, AECOM, Jacobs, and LEE Inc. The 'as-needed' contracts authorize up to $80 million in potential outside spending on specialized engineering and technical services.
Updated 2 hours ago
San Francisco supervisors take up retroactive affordable housing grants
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors has placed five retroactive grant agreements worth up to $18.5 million on its September 15 agenda, drawing from the city's Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund. The money would flow to five limited partnerships — 160 Freelon Housing Partners, 3300 Mission Partners, 1166 Howard Street Associates, Ambassador Ritz Four Percent, and MHDC South Park Properties — with each grant capped between $2.56 million and $4.49 million.
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors has placed five retroactive grant agreements worth up to $18.5 million on its September 15 agenda, drawing from the city's Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund. The money would flow to five limited partnerships — 160 Freelon Housing Partners, 3300 Mission Partners, 1166 Howard Street Associates, Ambassador Ritz Four Percent, and MHDC South Park Properties — with each grant capped between $2.56 million and $4.49 million.
Updated 2 hours ago
Uniqlo returns to downtown San Francisco after five-year absence
Uniqlo closed its three-story Powell Street flagship in March 2021, a visible casualty of downtown San Francisco's pandemic-era retail collapse. Five years later, it's coming back. The Japanese retailer plans to open a two-floor, 20,315-square-foot store at 801 Market Street on October 9.
Uniqlo closed its three-story Powell Street flagship in March 2021, a visible casualty of downtown San Francisco's pandemic-era retail collapse. Five years later, it's coming back. The Japanese retailer plans to open a two-floor, 20,315-square-foot store at 801 Market Street on October 9.
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