Julie Zigoris

Defying concerns of creative exodus, SF arts college kicks off major expansion

The news out of the 115-year-old art school is more evidence that the arts are alive and well in San Francisco.

This news comes as a major relief for families who have been asking for months about the district’s reopening plans.

The news comes after a March event where students protested a lecture by Judge Kyle Duncan, a conservative judge. 

SB 406 aims to cut “repetitive” reviews under the California Environmental Quality Act while keeping the state’s main environmental law intact. 

Residents of the embattled neighborhood, meanwhile, lamented the city’s inability to rein in the drug crisis.