NYTimesreports that San Francisco’s tech start-ups have just been granted a tax break as the Board of Supervisors approved a tax holiday that could save Zynga, Yelp and other SF-based Internet companies millions. The newly passed ordinance, which is in effect until 2017, caps the annual tax bill on stock-based compensation at $750,000 for newly public companies or what they paid in 2010 – which ever was greater. Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, proposer of the latest city-wide tax break, said his ordinance creates a more uniform tax policy for the city....

When reporters fromSFWeeklycalled the San Francisco Police Department to enquire aboutthe lost iPhone 5 prototype incident we reported earlier, they said they hadno records of any investigation having taken place in connection to it. In what seemed like a bizarre case ofhistory repeating itselfin a very unlikely manner,CNet reported on Wednesdaythat another Apple employee had lost an early iPhone 5 prototype in a San Francisco bar in late July. The publication also claimed that Apple had traced the phone to a home in the Bernal Heights neighbourhood in the city and had had its own investigators visit the house along with those of the San Francisco PD....

San Francisco is toextend tax breaksto businesses located in rundown parts of San Francisco, most notably Twitter, in order to ensure the internet startup remains in San Francisco; creating jobs in the area and helping drive the economy. City officials have announced they will freeze payroll tax increases for businesses located in parts of Market Street and in the Tenderloin district, exempting businesses from paying extra payroll taxes on any new hires for the next six years....

San Jose is building 880 km of bike lanes — but will they get more people cycling? Community engagement It found that 55 percent of residents (and up to 66 percent in equity priority areas) would like to bike more, but the lack of bike lanes with a protective element was one of the most common complaints. According to city data, 75 percent of San Jose residents do not feel comfortable using bike lanes without protective barriers, and of the 52 traffic deaths in the city in 2018, 23 were cyclists or pedestrians....

When Iwrote about Sandglaza few months ago, it didn’t really occur to me that there was something that was sorely missing – the future. You see,Sandglazis a unique, simple approach to your to-do list. Understanding that not everybody works on a dedicated timeline, but rather many of us categorize things by importance instead, Sandglaz takes the helm to lead us on that path. I’ve been a fan of the service since writing about it, but the latest update, call Sandglaz Infinity brings in that missing link....