Politics
Emergency call: Petition calls for the ouster of the city’s head of emergency management
Internally circulated document calling for a vote of no confidence in Mary Ellen Carroll follows a Gazetteer SF report on 911 dispatchers fed up with improper treatment, brutal workloads, and distrust of leadership
The Nati is coming: Switzerland’s ‘golden’ World Cup team travels to Levi’s Stadium
Preparing for the biggest game in the world at the Swiss consulate
Behind the ballot: Three issues raised by today’s vote
We’re all exhausted from the ads and propositions, but here’s what’s really at stake
The mayor says his reduced budget will maintain the city’s social safety net. Advocates disagree
The fight continues to ensure a $16.9 billion city budget doesn’t leave working families, immigrants, LGBTQ+ residents, and others out in the cold
Face Time: Saikat Chakrabarti may be a centimillionaire, but he still dreams of dollar tacos from Pancho Villa
The progressive Democratic congressional candidate has big ideas about housing, AI as a public utility, and taming corporations
Everybody’s confused about the smoking ban
A haze of conflicting information surrounds the D7 supervisor’s effort to snub out smoking on bar patios
How many people are actually being brought to the new RESET sobering center?
The mayor boasted of ‘dozens and dozens’ in the first 24 hours; the sheriff’s office cites 320 in two and a half weeks. Yet many of the center’s chairs appear empty
Sergey Brin fled California, but he keeps throwing money at SF politics
Even from Nevada, the Google co-founder is fighting the Overpaid CEO tax and funding a right-wing extremist (among others) for governor
A budget brawler’s inside-outside game
As Mayor Lurie’s budget deadline approaches, Anya Worley-Ziegmann leads rallies outside his office and talks with people who work within it
With dueling endorsements, Connie Chan and Saikat Chakrabarti come out swinging
One has Nancy Pelosi, the other Rashida Tlaib. The difference says it all
