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Supervisor Mahmood proposes loosening chain store rules for supermarkets and pharmacies
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood has drafted legislation to make it easier for supermarkets and pharmacies to move into existing storefronts by dropping some conditional use permit requirements. The bill would let chain supermarkets use up to 49% of their floor area for attached food service under a single permit and would add supermarkets and pharmacies to the Planning Department's priority review program. Mahmood's office says permits now take six to nine months, and the Chronicle reports recent supermarket and pharmacy closures left residents with fewer places to buy food and medicine.
Meet the 17-year-old mapping SF’s rent-controlled housing
Neil Rao, a 17-year-old high school junior in San Mateo, is building a map of San Francisco's rent-controlled housing. He says he hopes to create a comprehensive inventory that city government does not have, according to The Standard.
She leads one of SF’s biggest real estate firms, but she can’t afford to live here
Brit Bertino, who manages Coldwell Banker's San Francisco office, could not find a home she could afford in the city, The Standard reports. Her search showed that running a major real estate brokerage makes no difference to San Francisco landlords.