J.K. Dineen

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San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Joaquin Torres is seen in San Francisco in January. Stephen Lam/The ChronicleSan Francisco Assessor-Record Joaquin Torres is stepping down from his position as president of the Housing Authority Commission, a 12-year tenure during which the long-troubled public housing agency was expanded and reorganized. Douglas Shoemaker, the former president of Mercy Housing California, will replace Torres, Mayor Daniel Lurie said Wednesday.

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Parkmerced in San Francisco can be seen in the distance in this 2014 file photo. Codi Mills/The ChronicleThe receiver that took over the 3,221-unit Parkmerced apartment complex in March says it plans to invest $70 million in fixing up the property with the goal of filling hundreds of vacant units and eventually putting it on the market. Less than two months ago a court appointed Douglas Wilson Cos. as receiver of the property after a previous owner defaulted on $1.8 billion in loans.

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The development of a 181-unit apartment building at 2588 Mission St., as seen in a rendering, is going forward after a community effort to derail the project failed. A fire at the previous building that occupied the site killed a resident and displaced dozens of people. The site of a Mission District fire that killed a resident and displaced dozens of low-income tenants and small businesses a decade ago is set to become a 181-unit apartment building despite community efforts to derail the project.

3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | J.K. Dineen

Rich Hillis has worked for the city of San Francsico for 25 years. Leah Millis/The ChronicleSan Francisco Planning Director Rich Hillis, who led the city department through the pandemic and launched an ambitious rezoning of west and north side neighborhoods that have seen little housing built in recent decades, will step down after more than five years in the position.

3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | J.K. Dineen

Entertainment commissioner Ben Bleiman, shown in a 2020, praised Mayor Daniel Lurie’s proposed streamlining for entertainment permits. McArdle Hankin/S.F. ChronicleMayor Daniel Lurie floated the first reforms in his promised overhaul of San Francisco’s famously convoluted permitting process on Monday, proposing to cut red tape for bar and nightclub owners looking to extend hours or offer live music.