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SFUSD just voted 6-1 to adopt a new ethnic studies curriculum through what critics call a rigged review process — and a legal challenge was filed the same night. That fight is part of a broader pattern: San Francisco's institutions keep making expensive commitments they can't deliver on, from 465 affordable housing units with no funding plan to courts that haven't reported case data to the state in five years.

California Will Lose a Million Students
Housing & YIMBY Merit & Excellence

California Will Lose a Million Students

April 23, 2026 · 6 min read

Federal data projects a 15.7% enrollment collapse by 2031, the worst of any major state. Meanwhile, Idaho and Florida are growing. This isn't inevitable—it's what happens when the cost of housing skyrockets and the quality of education declines.

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From AI Doomerism to Molotov Cocktail
Tech Public Safety & Policing

From AI Doomerism to Molotov Cocktail

April 20, 2026 · 5 min read

The billion-dollar ideology behind the violence finally produced what it always promised.

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SFMTA Promised 465 Affordable Units. There Was Never a Plan to Pay for Them.
Housing & YIMBY State Capacity

SFMTA Promised 465 Affordable Units. There Was Never a Plan to Pay for Them.

April 17, 2026 · 5 min read

The Mission spent eight years in working groups designing housing that SFMTA admitted was only ever a future possibility — never a funded commitment. Then the city cut 365 units and called it a compromise.

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SF Courts Won't Show Their Work
Criminal Justice Public Safety & Policing

SF Courts Won't Show Their Work

April 08, 2026 · 5 min read

For five years, SF courts haven't reported a single data point to the state—even as they resolve fewer and fewer cases.

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SFO Is Trying to Bury Waymo
Tech Transit & Safety

SFO Is Trying to Bury Waymo

April 07, 2026 · 5 min read

Waymo cleared every safety bar and got exiled to the Rental Car Center. Meanwhile, Uber and Lyft keep 800,000 monthly trips.

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The BASED Act Comes for Big Tech
Tech Antitrust & M&A Tech

The BASED Act Comes for Big Tech

April 02, 2026 · 5 min read

SB 1074 bans Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta from rigging their platforms against startups. The fight DC couldn't win lands in Big Tech's backyard.

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The Easiest Way to Sell Wine in San Francisco Is Illegally
Small Business & Regulation Public Safety & Policing

The Easiest Way to Sell Wine in San Francisco Is Illegally

April 01, 2026 · 5 min read

SF makes restaurant owners navigate four agencies and wait six months to serve wine legally. Two blocks away, stolen bottles trade with impunity.

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