Marty Halloran, former president of the SFPOA who stepped down from his post last May, has left his consulting gig with the union, following in his predecessor Gary Delagnes’ footsteps.  Delagnes was ousted from his consulting role last week after his ‘social media tirade’ against Jeff Adachi.

This second departure, seemingly, is another attempt for the union to get back into City Hall’s - and the public’s - good graces, although critics maintain that more substantial shifts are needed on the union’s “long standing anti-reform, anti-accountability positions” before any changes can be taken seriously.

Despite more housing project approvals, the growth of housing in San Francisco slowed in 2018, compared to prior years. The Examiner goes into all of the facts and figures presented in the Housing Inventory report, which is expected to be presented to the city’s Planning Commission today.

San Francisco may soon become a ‘smart’ city, which would include thousands of devices citywide to provide wireless service and record audio/video.  Privacy concerns are tangible with this proposal, and it may be the first tech-related upgrade to be affected by Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s January legislation to protect the public from overly-intrusive technology. 

The Chronicle questions the accuracy of Supervisor Peskin’s recent criticism of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing in this piece.  Peskin has said that San Mateo County receives homeless data faster than San Francisco does - however, that’s inaccurate, according to a spokesman for the county of San Mateo.  “My bad,” said Peskin.

Friday, tolls for crossing the Golden Gate Bridge may rise again, following a meeting of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District Board of Directors (try saying that five times fast).  The amount of the possible increase is not clear.  Currently, the District faces a $74 million budget shortfall which could be shored up with another fare hike.

Wednesday afternoon, a group of City College students gathered on the Chinatown campus to protest the cutting of several classes with “healthy” enrollment.  Classes included computer science, ethnic studies, nursing and more. 

Wednesday, the Historic Preservation Committee voted unanimously to grant ‘legacy business’ status to the San Francisco Glide Foundation.  This generally protects businesses from displacement, as it can qualify landlords who have 10-year leases on them for a $22,500 annual grant from the City.  The status also allows businesses to be eligible for a $500-per-employee grant, capped at $50,000 maximum.  Glide Foundation spokesman Sam confirmed that Glide had sought legacy status “for a long time.”

In this piece from The Bay Area Reporter, twelve LGBT-related statewide bills are highlighted as they undergo the legislative process.  Multiple bills are authored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), including a bill to ban medically unnecessary surgeries performed on intersex infants, and another that would prevent gay male adolescents from having to be listed on the state's sex offender registry for sleeping with a boyfriend who is a minor.  Both bills have encountered stiff resistance - the first bill being opposed by the California Medical Association, and the second one coming under fire from conservative groups. 

Wednesday, Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco) introduced legislation that would address the massive amount of food-related waste generated by festivals in California, including Outside Lands and Coachella.  Under Chiu’s bill, vendors would get authorization to serve food on reusable containers from local health enforcement.