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
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
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
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
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
At our Oct. 26 Board of Supervisors meeting, I thought we would be hearing a routine California Environmental Quality Act appeal in Supervisor Matt Haney’s district. As an attor... Read More
Earlier this year I received a text from the captain of the Northern Police Station informing me that a 7-month-old baby boy had been brought to CPMC hospital on Van Ness Avenue w... 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
The 94,000 small businesses spread throughout San Francisco’s unique and diverse neighborhoods are not only vital to our local economy, they help define the character of our bea... Read More
Recent polling by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce revealed that eight out of 10 San Franciscans feel crime has gotten worse over the last year. This comes as no surprise as ... Read More
Our city has been plagued with stories of corruption this year: The former Public Works director was arrested for bribery and money laundering, a former Recology executive was fra... 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
This spring, an individual shot three people in San Francisco, killing two and severely wounding another. The month before, after receiving reports of shots fired and locating mor... Read More