Mayor Lurie is pushing San Francisco's first comprehensive charter reform in 30 years, targeting a 540-page document that critics say was engineered to protect insiders over residents. Meanwhile, the Board of Supervisors approved his RESET Center for open-air drug users 9-2, with Supervisors Chan and Fielder as the lone holdouts—even as overdose deaths have tripled since the city effectively stopped enforcing drug laws. SF's political fault lines are sharpening fast, and the battles over charter reform, drug policy, and a recent teachers' strike are forcing every local official to show where they actually stand.
SF's 540-page city charter is the longest in the country, and it was built to protect insiders. Lurie is finally tearing it apart.
Drug arrests collapsed to zero. Overdose deaths tripled to 810 per year. The data is in, and so is the body count.
San Francisco's two most 'progressive' supervisors were the only no votes on Mayor Lurie's shelter for drug users. The body count speaks for itself.
California labor law says unions can only strike after completing the impasse process. UESF skipped the steps and called a strike anyway.
UESF is striking Monday—even though Union sources say they'll just accept the same deal in a few days they could take today.
The SF Latinx Democratic Club reinstated its leader after sexual assault allegations—then fled the SF Dem party when Nancy Tung called for accountability
Dean Preston championed Providence Foundation as a model partnership. Now two employees face fraud charges.
Paid operatives weaponized fake harassment claims to protect Pelosi. When the lies collapsed, they just pivoted to new attacks.
Grandpa Vicha's killer just walked on murder charges. It's time to build a new generation of AAPI leaders who won't sell out their elders.
The Feb. 4 deadline to challenge soft-on-crime judges is days away—and almost no one has stepped up.