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 state legislator asks Attorney General to probe missing trees instead of addressing homelessness, drug deaths, or housing.
Antoine Watson shoved an 84-year-old to his death, photographed the body, and got involuntary manslaughter. Welcome to San Francisco.