San Francisco's criminal justice system is failing on multiple fronts: Antoine Watson, convicted of killing 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee, walked free on probation after pretrial detention credits exceeded his four-year sentencing cap — a mathematically predictable outcome that defense attorneys can engineer through strategic delays. Meanwhile, SF's Superior Courts haven't reported a single data point to the state since 2020, ranking 52nd out of 56 counties in case clearance, even as the public defender's budget climbed to $57.6 million. New research on Oakland's Ceasefire program shows a different path: targeting the less than 0.5% of residents responsible for most gun violence cut shooting victimizations in half between 2012 and 2017.
Less than 2,000 Oakland residents drive most of its gun violence. Oakland Ceasefire shows just how important it is to target the right people.
For five years, SF courts haven't reported a single data point to the state—even as they resolve fewer and fewer cases.
A San Francisco judge just suspended the sentence of the man who killed an 84-year-old Asian grandfather in cold blood. This is the state of "justice" in the city.
Antoine Watson slammed into an 84-year-old man, left him dying on the pavement, and fled. Five years later, the system hands him the exit door.
An Asian American man was stabbed in broad daylight two days before Lunar New Year. The mayor's bodyguards got press coverage. He got bystanders who kept walking.
Now a civil rights lawsuit names the officials who told parole agents to look the other way.
A man caught with a loaded gun got diversion and a homework assignment. 36 days later, someone was dead.
The billionaire claiming to ‘always stand with labor’ made millions from private prisons and other aggressively anti‑union investments
California labor law says unions can only strike after completing the impasse process. UESF skipped the steps and called a strike anyway.
The SF Latinx Democratic Club reinstated its leader after sexual assault allegations—then fled the SF Dem party when Nancy Tung called for accountability