On this November’s ballot, Proposition M, “Tax on Keeping Residential Units Vacant,” intends to supercede privacy rights of citizens in their homes by putting rigid paramete... Read More
Staffing in the San Francisco jails has become dangerously unsafe with inmates attacking inmates, nurses, sheriff deputies, and civilian employees. The San Francisco Sheriff’s O... Read More
“San Francisco is an over-policed city, sending phalanxes of aggressive officers into communities where cops are deeply unpopular to tackle problems they are ill-equipped to res... Read More
Once a decade, the federal government conducts a nationwide census to count all people living in the United States. After the census is done, all levels of government, from city a... Read More
Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year old immigrant from Thailand, was preparing to go on his early morning walk in the quiet Anza Vista neighborhood of San Francisco on Saturday, Januar... Read More
While the San Francisco Board of Education (BOE) articulates its mission as “Access and Equity” in education, their actions of the past 15 months indicate anything but a commi... Read More
The city is not as you remember it. The era where common sense prevailed has passed. A time when we weren’t embarrassed by a viral video of a thief bicycling out of a S... Read More
Editor’s note: In the wake of numerous incidents of anti-Asian assaults and increasing concern over violent crime in San Francisco, independent journalist Anh Lê shares this ex... Read More
The waters of New York’s Central Park have served numerous films as the backdrop for romantic boating scenes. Our West Coast version would be Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake. Tou... Read More
As moms with teenagers who spent the past year at home in Zoom school, we’ve perfected the art of the eye roll. Often at each other. But we found a common source of exasperation... Read More
It is time for the San Francisco police oversight department to investigate San Francisco officers using vulgar language and making racist comments on social media. SFPD ... Read More
Are law enforcement officers inherently honest? Not in the locker room. JFK said, “Victory has 100 fathers.” Sports and law enforcement’s locker rooms are no except... Read More
For San Franciscans, at the end of a long day, when the last lights go out, and the kids are tucked in their beds, there is an expectation of privacy and refuge. A residence is a ... Read More
A truism applicable to San Francisco declares: “Our city was in better condition when there were more whittlers and fewer chiselers.” The degraded status of city government re... Read More
It was Eddie who found his mother. She had passed from an apparent heart attack. He was closer to his mom than his sister, and her death devastated him. Tragically, within a week,... Read More