Union contracts covering 5,000 janitors and 10,000 Bay Area hotel workers are set to expire this summer.
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The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission delayed its vote to approve a conversion of the signs’ dormant neon lights to LED ones for a fourth time Wednesday.
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Right-to-counsel laws remain relatively rare.

To date, only 17 cities and a handful of states have adopted such measures.
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When Katy Birnbaum looks at downtown San Francisco’s broad boulevards and wide sidewalks, she envisions huge, joyous gatherings of people having fun.

“Where other people see a desolate street, I see a party waiting to happen.'
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All good things must end, and sometimes great things, too.

So it is with San Francisco’s Pier 24 — a free, nonprofit museum on the Embarcadero that has been a beacon for photography enthusiasts since 2010.
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The Office of Transgender Initiatives serves as a point of connection between city government and transgender people, as well as organizations that serve them.
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The team behind the installation says it will be coming back with nearly twice as many lights.

The target date is next March.
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The committee had raised nearly $2.2 million in contributions.
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The eatery’s now-former landlords say demand for the space is high.
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The untreated sewage carries pathogens, such as E. coli, which can cause a range of minor illnesses — or life-threatening illnesses such as cholera, dysentery and gastroenteritis.
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The San Francisco march was part of a coordinated day of action in almost 20 cities across the U.S. and Canada.
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The two neon signs roosted atop San Francisco’s Palace Hotel will stay dark for another month.
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City staff presented new data showing that in the past fiscal year alone, city-funded legal teams helped more than 1,000 households remain in their residences.
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When Katy Birnbaum looks at downtown San Francisco’s broad boulevards and wide sidewalks, she envisions huge, joyous gatherings of people having fun.

“Where other people see a desolate street, I see a party waiting to happen.'
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All good things must end, and sometimes great things, too.

So it is with San Francisco’s Pier 24 — a free, nonprofit museum on the Embarcadero that has been a beacon for photography enthusiasts since 2010.
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Honey Mahogany, a longtime and well-known advocate for LGBTQ+ causes in San Francisco, will serve as the next director of The City’s Office of Transgender Initiatives starting this month.
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The team behind the installation says it will be coming back with nearly twice as many lights.
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Students are asking for more transparency from the university, and they plan to camp out until their demands are met.
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Kanishka Cheng, the group’s founder and CEO, said she did not want to waste resources on an unsuccessful campaign.
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The City operates three sewage plants: two in the Bayview, which account for 80% of The City’s waste, and one on San Francisco’s west side.
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