Politics
Two of the city’s biggest political groups are merging — but it looks more like crisis response than evolution
TogetherSF and Neighbors for a Better SF spent millions on the November election, with little to show for it. Will joining forces get them any more?
Inauguration day took Mayor Lurie from a packed Civic Center speech to a massive street party in Chinatown
SF residents expressed cautious optimism to Gazetteer SF about big swings on the mayor’s 100-day agenda
City Hall newcomer Chyanne Chen faces a tough task amid San Francisco’s looming budget deficit
The District 11 supervisor-elect is inheriting a neighborhood full of vacant storefronts and fed-up business owners
There’s no way the traffic from the Great Highway closure will be as bad as critics say it will
Even during the peak of rush hour, it was pretty easy to get around the Sunset — and the Upper Great Highway itself was basically empty
Crime has fallen in SF since last year — but beware of anyone trying to take credit
Experts, including former DA Chesa Boudin, told us the rush to pin recent crime reduction on law enforcement has little basis in fact
Will Mayor-elect Lurie find real solutions to homelessness — or more ways to hide the problem?
A troubling encounter on 6th Street, the newest hotspot in the encampment shuffle
For termed-out D9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen’s next act, she’s tackling AI policy
She'll be working with Local Progress, a lefty org made up of current and former elected officials
No one really knows how San Francisco’s government is using AI, but that’s about to change
City departments will soon be required to publicly disclose how they’re using AI
SF’s Board of Supervisors has overturned Mayor Breed’s ban on RV dwelling
Advocates argued the policy would cause significant harm to the city’s most vulnerable residents
With Trump’s reign looming, fusion centers pose a risk to sanctuary city policies
SFPD works with a federal data-sharing center in San Mateo — but how much they share with ICE is unclear