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SFEXAMINER.COM THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2023 SINCE 1865 TOMORROW LIES WEST By Greg Wong Examiner writer Bob Lee, creator of the popular mo- bile payment service Cash App, was stabbed and killed in downtown San Francisco early Tuesday morning, as rst reported by KNTV. The fatal stabbing occurred at 2:35 a.m. at the 300 block of Main Street, in The Rincon Point neighborhood, police said in a re- lease. cers found a 43-year-old man, reportedly ed as Lee, ering from stab wounds. He was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries.

A spokesperson for the San Fran- cisco Police Department told the Examiner on Wednesday that this Colleague calls Bob Lee of SF crypto CEO denounces Gensler as an as the two camps wait for the outcome of their legal brawl Mission district route for two-wheelers will be the rst of its kind in The City BAY AREA TECH EXEC, CASH APP FOUNDER KILLED IN SF STABBING Centrist plan adopted for bike lanes on Valencia By Benjamin Pimentel Examiner writer There is no love lost between Ripple and Gary Gensler. So it surprising that the Securities and Exchange Com- mission chair got hit with a fresh round of brickbats from the San Francisco crypto company. you behave like an autocrat run- ning a bloated agency, why would you ever want to provide clarity about or Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said in a tweet last week. clear jurisdiction, ambiguity masquerades as The barrage hit around the time Gensler was testifying before the House Subcom- mittee on Financial Services when he again portrayed crypto as an out-of-control industry. seen the wild west of the crypto markets, rife with noncompliance, where By Adam Shanks Examiner writer an Francisco transit cials have opted for the literal middle of the road.

The San Francisco Municipal Transpor- tation Board of Directors voted Tuesday to install a center-running, two-lane bicycle highway straight down Valencia. Despite objections from some impassioned bicycling and safety advocates, the board sided with agen- cy cials and decided that the center bike lane which will run between 15th and 23rd street will prove cantly safer than what exists now. all in agreement that this is an imperfect solu- tion, and a step toward something much SFMTA Director rey Tumlin said during meeting. The board made two key tweaks to the proposal on Tuesday. It reduced the length of the pilot program from 18 months to 12 months following the installation.

The board also asked that agency cials report back on their initial ndings by Dec. 21, and members asked the agency to set clear goals for vehicle speeds and volumes on Valen- cia Street both of which were a nod to community con- cerns that the center-running lanes will not be adequately protected from vehicle c. After years of debate over the future of Valencia, the new lanes should be installed in a matter of weeks. Even those that reluctantly endorsed the proposal urged the SFMTA to closely track the new street safety. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse: you behave like an autocrat running a bloated agency, why would you ever want to provide clarity about or Ripple rips SEC boss as it braces for make-or-break ruling TRANSPORTATION CRIME WE SAY WE ARE THE BEST LAWYERS WE HOPE NEVER NEED AND YOU HAVE AGREED.

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