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SF Treasurer: Airbnb must pay city hotel tax
Online home rental service Airbnb and companies like it have to pay San Francisco’s hotel tax, the city’s treasurer says. The treasurer’s office has issued a regulation that includes such companies in the city’s hotel...
Famed S.F. bar owner’s Tiffany lamps going up for sale
The dozens of vintage motorcycles that hang from the ceiling of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker’s pub may be the first things patrons notice, but another vintage collection spent years nestled behind the bar of the San Francisco watering hole:...
SF businessman makes proposal for Seattle arena
San Francisco hedge fund manager Christopher Hansen is making a $290 million proposal to his hometown that could be the impetus for a new sports arena that could bring the NBA and NHL to Seattle.
Study: Errors in 84 percent of SF foreclosures
More than 80 percent of residential mortgage loans that have gone into foreclosure in San Francisco have missing documents or signatures or otherwise violate the law, according to a review ordered by the city assessor.
SF sues feds over lax pipeline oversight
In a blistering criticism of federal oversight of natural gas pipelines — including the San Bruno line that ruptured in 2010, killing eight people and leveling an entire neighborhood — San Francisco Tuesday sued the nation’s top regulator.
SF Dispensaries’ Annual Sales Estimate: $41 Million
The San Francisco controller’s office has done an unprecedented analysis of the amount of sales tax revenue going to the general fund from the sale of medical cannabis at permitted city dispensaries.
