Bigad Shaban

1 week ago | nbcbayarea.com | Bigad Shaban |Michael Bott |Jeremy Carroll |Michael Horn

A program offering free legal representation to low-income San Franciscans could soon fall victim to looming budget cuts and the city’s sluggish post-Covid economic recovery. As city department heads look to slash costs at the direction of Mayor Daniel Lurie, San Francisco’s General Civil Legal Services program has been flagged for potential elimination, according to a letter sent to legal aid groups from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD).

3 weeks ago | nbcbayarea.com | Bigad Shaban

Children, seniors with disabilities, and men and women living with AIDS are just a few of the groups now in danger of losing their housing in California because of a major delay in funding from the federal government.

1 month ago | nbcbayarea.com | Bigad Shaban

Waymo’s fleet of driverless cars just got the green light to head into San Jose. The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit broke the news Monday. Waymo’s current expansion plans also include San Francisco’s airport, where Waymo is now approved to begin the process of “mapping” the area in hopes of ultimately dispatching its fleet of self-driving cars to pick up and drop off passengers at SFO.

1 month ago | nbcbayarea.com | Bigad Shaban

When you’re a robot, all roads eventually lead back to Silicon Valley. Waymo, which share’s Google’s same parent company, Alphabet, has expanded its driverless ride service to now include more of the Bay Area, including Palo Alto, Los Altos, Sunnyvale, and Mountainview – the very city where Waymo first started testing its driverless car technology 16 years ago.

1 month ago | nbcbayarea.com | Bigad Shaban |Michael Bott |Alex Bozovic |Jeremy Carroll

With City Hall poised to make deep cuts to programs and services across San Francisco, legal aid groups are cautioning city officials that putting pro bono eviction defense services on the chopping block could push vulnerable tenants into homelessness and create a long-term financial burden for taxpayers. San Francisco is one of just two California cities providing free legal representation to low-income renters facing eviction.