Restoring the public’s faith in government

Over the past few months, rarely has a week gone by without a story detailing a new scandal involving mismanagement of our nonprofit contracts. In early September of last year, an... Read More

The In-Box

Brooke Jenkins Protects Victims Rights and Deserves Our Vote

By Anh Lê

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has done an outstanding job as D.A. and deserves to be elected on November 8. I speak for myself as a Vietnamese American and Asian ... Read More

The In-Box

Proposition M is good for San Francisco

By Betsy Dodd

Prop. M will make more rental units available in our city and will likely raise new funds for low-income renters and for low-income housing projects. It is a targeted measure, see... Read More

The In-Box

Vote No on Measure O!

By Marie Hurabiell and Jill Yee

City College is an indispensable, much-beloved institution, and taxpayers have time and time again been very generous. San Francisco already pays for Free City. Last year, CCSF re... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

November Recommendations

Picking the best on the ballot

By Catherine Stefani

Election day is almost upon us! San Franciscans will take to the polls and make their voices heard for the fourth and final time this year. If you are unsure of your registration ... Read More

Opinion

Should the Board of Supervisors control your home?

Democratic Socialists think they are more powerful than the Supreme Court

By Marie Hurabiell

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

District 2 Supervisor

Turning a corner on public safety

By Catherine Stefani

It’s time to turn a corner on our approach to public safety in San Francisco. For too long, we’ve failed to hold people accountable for the harm they have caused. I’ve been ... Read More

Opinion

The dangers of understaffed jails

Staffing issues have been unaddressed for years

By Ken Lomba

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

Opinion

San Francisco needs more police

By Jay Donde

“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

The battles over abortion are shifting into high gear. Photo: flickr.com/fibonacciblue

District 2 Supervisor

A direct attack on women’s rights and safety

By Catherine Stefani

When, as a sitting senator, Vice President Kamala Harris asked Brett Kavanaugh whether he could think of any laws that specifically governed a man’s body, he couldn’t. He stut... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Yes on Proposition D

By Catherine Stefani

Every San Franciscan knows that crime is rising, and that means there are more victims that need our support. The current system forces victims to navigate a complicated web of bu... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Board of Education recalled

If you don’t do the job you were elected to do, the voters will make their voices heard

By Catherine Stefani

In February, San Franciscans resoundingly voted to recall Commissioners Alison Collins, Gabriela Lopez, and Fauuga Moliga from the San Francisco Board of Education. Nowhere was th... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Police staffing and public safety in San Francisco

It’s time to address the crime and policing crisis

By Catherine Stefani

In March 2020, an independent study on police staffing levels found that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) needed to hire 330 officers to meet the demand for service at t... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Addiction is a crisis

By Catherine Stefani

The addiction crisis in San Francisco is an unmitigated disaster. Drug overdoses have caused twice as many deaths as Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, and it continues nea... Read More

Opinion

For the sake of San Francisco

Why the redistricting failure of 2010 cannot be repeated

By Daphne Alden, Lanier Coles, Alicia Engstrom, Nick Podell, Chelsea Waite, and Montgomery Woods

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

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