News Reporter

David Sjostedt

Maryann Jones Thompson

The Standard Top 25: The nonprofits getting the most from SF’s $668M homelessness budget

News

The city’s homelessness department has doled out more than $268 million to nonprofits in the current fiscal year, amounting to more than $1 billion since 2018.

Sarah Holtz

Some Bay Area businesses close in anticipation of storm

Culture

Food & Drink

Businesses across the Bay Area temporarily closed on Wednesday in preparation for expected severe storms and potential flooding.

Federal judges deny San Francisco’s request to change homeless sweeps ban

Both legal parties in the contentious lawsuit said they were pleased with the decision. 

State lawmakers want to ban homeless encampments near schools, parks and transit stops

Politics

Modeled after a San Diego ordinance, Senate Bill 1011 prohibits encampments within 500 feet of schools, open spaces and major transit stops.

Politics Reporter

Han Li

Lunar New Year a state holiday in California? Bay Area legislator Evan Low introduces bill

On the eve of the biggest annual celebration in San Francisco’s Chinatown, state Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) introduced legislation Friday to make Lunar New Year’s Day a state holiday in California.

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The Standard Top 25: The nonprofits getting the most from SF’s $668M homelessness budget

Some Bay Area businesses close in anticipation of storm

Federal judges deny San Francisco’s request to change homeless sweeps ban

State lawmakers want to ban homeless encampments near schools, parks and transit stops

Lunar New Year a state holiday in California? Bay Area legislator Evan Low introduces bill