AI-related violence has escalated from threats to arson, with a 20-year-old linked to PauseAI throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home and threatening OpenAI headquarters — part of a pattern of targeted attacks on tech leaders that authorities are only beginning to reckon with. Meanwhile, the region's public safety institutions are failing on multiple fronts: SF courts haven't reported criminal case data to the state in five years while clearing only 32% of cases, Oakland's chronic under-policing earned it the second most dangerous city ranking in America, and a federal judge blocked cleanup of a Berkeley encampment for 16 months even after a leptospirosis outbreak. The through-line is a set of policy choices — on policing, courts, and encampments — whose costs are being paid by residents.
The billion-dollar ideology behind the violence finally produced what it always promised.
Her Oakland left behind gutted police, fleeing businesses, and an indicted successor. The Bay Area Council thinks that's a resume.
Leptospirosis, common in underdeveloped countries, spread through Berkeley's Harrison encampment—and courts continued to prevent cleanup efforts.
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.
SF makes restaurant owners navigate four agencies and wait six months to serve wine legally. Two blocks away, stolen bottles trade with impunity.
A $100M deficit, 509 cops, 48-minute 911 waits, a recalled-and-indicted mayor. And now the council wants more money.
Car thefts jumped 33% after Richmond killed its Flock cameras. The people begging to bring them back were immigrant shopkeepers.
SF Superior Court Judge Linda Colfax has a proven track record of giving violent criminals light sentences.
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.