Housing & Land Use3
Developer wants an office-only tower at 536 Mission Street, and the city has other ideas
Lincoln Properties approached Golden Gate University about buying 536 Mission Street for a high-rise and offered two options: a 650-foot tower with offices and apartments, or a slightly taller one with 1.2 million square feet of offices, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. City officials have raised concerns about an all-office building.
City official said OpenGov software was ‘exceeding’ goals. Data said otherwise
San Francisco's permit overhaul under Mayor Daniel Lurie runs on OpenGov software, and a city official said the system was exceeding its goals. The Standard's review of the data found otherwise, and supporters of the overhaul acknowledge delays while saying the new system beats the old one.
Public Safety2
Judge tosses all charges against Stud Alley partygoers ‘in the interest of justice’
A San Francisco judge dismissed charges against 18 people accused of failing to leave an unpermitted party at Stud Alley during Pride weekend. The judge threw the cases out in the interest of justice.
San Francisco police seize 20,000 cychlorphine pills, a drug more potent than fentanyl
San Francisco police said Monday they broke up a ring selling counterfeit prescription pills, arresting four people and seizing more than 20,000 pills, other drugs and guns. The investigation began after a 16-year-old San Francisco boy died of an overdose in April; the medical examiner found cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid that can be 10 times as potent as fentanyl.