“It’s a bummer of the highest magnitude. But at least the SFMTA is finally telling the Board of Supervisors the truth.”

Following a six-week analysis, the new director of the $1.6 billion dollar Central Subway, Nadeem Tahir, determined the project won't be ready until June 2021. Muni officials are preparing to formally announce 3-year delay. San Francisco Examiner

To make sure traffic flowed at Chase Center for a Dave Matthews Band concert, Muni diverted buses from other neighborhoods to enhance its service levels, drawing sharp criticism from Supervisor Shamann Walton. San Francisco Examiner

“She never had experience running an entire hospital. I don’t think she was qualified to ever be appointed CEO.”

Before Mayor London Breed and other city officials announced that 23 patients had been abused by six staff members at Laguna Honda Hospital, Mivic Hirose stepped down as CEO from the 780-bed facility. Hirose was moved to San Francisco General Hospital. Some have raised questions about her staying on The City's payroll. San Francisco Examiner

The cost to protect the San Francisco International Airport from sea level rise has increased tenfold. The Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee approved a $587.1 million expenditure on Wednesday, four years after approving $58 million to shore up SFO’s infrastructure. The eye-popping sum is caused by new projections showing sea-levels rise will be 36 inches. The 2015 projection was 11 inches. San Francisco Examiner

The latest HIV epidemiology report from the Department of Public Health shows that the number of new HIV cases has fallen to below 200 a year for the first time, putting San Francisco on track to become the first city in the U.S. to have zero new infections by the end of the year. However, the report reveals a rising rate of new infections in African American and Latino men and a low rate of viral suppression among homeless people. Bay Area Reporter

“Let’s be clear, there’s nothing innovative about underpaying someone for their labor and basing an entire business model on misclassifying workers.”

Hundreds of thousands of independent contractors may soon become employees. The much-debated Assembly Bill 5 won senate approval late Tuesday night, 29-11. On Wednesday, it passed the Assembly, 56-15. All it needs is a signature from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has already declared his support. San Francisco Chronicle

A last-minute amendment to AB5 will allow city attorneys across the state to enforce the bill’s worker classification standards. San Francisco Examiner

“We need more San Francisco companies to step up and participate in Mayor Breed’s Prop C Waiver legislation to give our homeless neighbors the help they desperately need.”

Salesforce and Postmates are letting The City keep $14 million collected from them under last year’s legally uncertain Proposition C to fund homeless services. The companies are the first to participate in a waiver program to allow taxed companies to sign over the funds while the ballot measure is tied up in court. San Francisco Chronicle

Jack Dorsey’s company Square is suing The City to recoup $1.27 million in gross receipts tax the company paid in 2014 and 2015. The company claims it has been wrongly categorized as a financial service rather than information business. San Francisco Examiner