San Francisco's June 2026 ballot will ask voters to approve an "Overpaid CEO Tax" that critics say is structured to exempt major tech companies while hitting grocery stores and pharmacies with an 800% rate hike. Meanwhile, the school board just voted 6-1 to adopt a new ethnic studies curriculum through a review process that had no defined passing threshold — and a legal challenge was filed the same night. From a transit agency that promised 465 affordable housing units it never had funding for, to enrollment data showing California losing students faster than any other large state, the city's institutions keep making commitments they can't keep.
After five years, Vicha Ratanapakdee's family learns their father's life was "negotiable." Six hours of deliberation was all it took.
Video shows Watson running full-speed into 84-year-old Vicha. He walks after 5 years. This is progressive justice.
Street outreach workers from SF to Seattle confirm what politicians refuse to admit: half of people using drugs in public already have apartments.
Antoine Watson shoved an 84-year-old to his death, photographed the body, and got involuntary manslaughter. Welcome to San Francisco.
Judge Begert awarded diversion to a man with 18 burglaries. He didn't even show up to court. This is what "following the law" looks like.
The city charges property owners $362+ if graffiti isn't removed in 30 days—while taggers walk free.
Judge Begert diverted armed robbers and attempted murderers into "treatment." Now a homicide prosecutor is taking over.
A woman connected to killing an Asian senior is about to dodge trial while BART attackers walk free. January 12 is the test.
San Francisco Centre's last tenants get evicted while the Chronicle pretends shoplifting and drug use had nothing to do with it.
The YIMBY ringleader is running for Congress on housing wins, tough-on-crime bills, and a decade of fighting for algebra.