SF Daily Brief for November 11, 2026

This is SF Daily Brief for Wednesday, November 11, 2026. Here are the stories San Francisco is talking about today. We begin in Laurel Heights. The first housing project approved under Mayor Daniel Lurie's Family Zoning Plan is planned for Anza Street near Collins Street.

The building would have eight residential units. Richmond Sunset News reports it is being watched as an early test of the new zoning rules. In election news, San Francisco voters rejected Proposition I, which would have created a dedicated fund for social housing. Mission Local reports that a real-estate-backed campaign spent $2.8 million against the measure.

At City Hall, Mayor Daniel Lurie's administration proposed citywide rules for signing contracts. It is the first use of new powers voters gave City Administrator Carmen Chu last week. The proposal targets San Francisco's $6 billion contracting system. In North Beach, prosecutors charged 67-year-old John Slaviero with assault and weapons counts after he allegedly fired two rounds into a Muni bus on Nov.

5. The district attorney's office says passengers, including children, were on the bus when the shots were fired near Columbus Avenue and Union Street. At the federal level, California Rep. Josh Harder, a Democrat from Stockton, asked Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to release Dr. Ann Lawani, a University of San Francisco nursing professor detained in September and transferred to Louisiana.

Harder wrote that Lawani is living in the U.S. legally under judicial protection and that ICE's detainee locator does not show where she is held. In business news, San Francisco legalized home restaurants. Vendors can prepare food at home and sell it there or from a cart, wagon or stand. The change is a win for the city's street vendors.

In Sea Cliff, Diana Peng, 42, was charged with drug and gun possession and animal neglect after police raided a vacant house at 250 32nd Avenue. The city attorney has also sued Peng and Brandon Aadee, alleging they forged deeds to claim the four-bedroom home. In the courts, Nima Momeni was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for the 2023 stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco. Momeni was convicted of murder in December 2024.

Drivers will pay up to $4 an hour to park in Golden Gate Park starting January 1. San Francisco will begin charging for street parking there, with rates from $1.25 to $4 an hour seven days a week. KTVU reports the Recreation and Parks Department faces a $15 million budget shortfall. For transit riders, BART will shut down train service between 24th Street and Daly City this weekend and replace it with buses.

Crews will install new train control equipment. Service will be adjusted during the closure. In sports, the 49ers acquired wide receiver Keenan Allen from the Indianapolis Colts. It comes a week after general manager John Lynch traded for defensive lineman DeForest Buckner.

Allen gives the offense another receiving option. In education, Junipero Serra Annex Early Education School will close at the end of the school year, according to letters San Francisco Unified School District officials sent to parents this fall. The district describes the change as a transition. Parents say the Bernal Heights school is closing.

At the coast, The Chronicle reports storms from the Gulf of Alaska could bring waves topping 25 feet at Ocean Beach this weekend, with breakers of 30 to 40 feet possible along the exposed Northern California coast. Officials are urging people to stay out of the ocean and avoid beaches. And in basketball, the Golden State Warriors beat the New Orleans Pelicans 138-87 at home for their eighth straight win. The 51-point margin was the largest in the NBA this season and the fourth-largest win in Warriors history.

Stephen Curry did not play in the fourth quarter. That's SF Daily Brief for Wednesday, November 11, 2026. Thank you for listening. For the full written brief, go to sfdailybrief.com.