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AI-linked violence has escalated to arson and attempted murder in San Francisco, with a PauseAI member throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home and threatening OpenAI headquarters in April 2026. Meanwhile, SF's own public safety institutions are failing on multiple fronts: courts are resolving just 32% of cases and haven't reported data to the state in five years, while Oakland's gang violence data shows that targeted intervention—not broad gun policy—is what actually saves lives.

Richmond Cut Its Crime Cameras. Car Thefts Jumped 33%.
Public Safety & Policing Small Business & Regulation

Richmond Cut Its Crime Cameras. Car Thefts Jumped 33%.

The city disabled its license plate readers to virtue signal national issues. Immigrant shopkeepers are paying the price.

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They Called Grandpa Vicha's Memorial "Graffiti"
Asian American Issues Public Safety & Policing

They Called Grandpa Vicha's Memorial "Graffiti"

A woman tears down his flyers in the Richmond. On camera. Then explains it isn't racist. This is what erasure looks like in real time.

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Two Felonies, One Essay, One Murder
Criminal Justice Public Safety & Policing

Two Felonies, One Essay, One Murder

A man caught with a loaded gun got diversion and a homework assignment. 36 days later, someone was dead.

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NYC's Socialist Mayor Raids the Piggy Bank
Budgets & Fiscal Policy Housing & YIMBY

NYC's Socialist Mayor Raids the Piggy Bank

Zohran Mamdani will increase net spending to defend 3 core policy pillars that are destined for failure

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America's Dirty Secret: Safety Is a Luxury Good
Public Safety & Policing San Francisco

America's Dirty Secret: Safety Is a Luxury Good

If safety is something you purchase—guards, gates, cameras—you've already conceded that public order has failed.

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