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Making SF’s Cash Not Drugs program work will be a lot harder than its proponents want to admit

Last month, SF announced a plan to offer county welfare recipients $400 a month to stay off drugs. The city’s most vulnerable residents wonder if it’s really meant for them

August 16, 2024

Plot twist: Brooke Jenkins is a ‘woke DA,’ according to a bunch of racists 

Eddie Kim unpacks a Daily Mail headline on SF’s DA — and how nonsensical, and virulent, a culture war against Black people and the City can look

August 2, 2024

Abuse, disease, and near-slave labor: Protesters lash out at conditions in ICE detention centers

Activists crowded the sidewalk outside of San Francisco’s ICE office on Wednesday, calling for essential care and the end of privately-owned immigrant detention centers

August 1, 2024

Great Highway closure protests attract a Who’s Who of anti-woke culture warriors 

San Francisco wants to turn a road into a park. Protesters against the plan have included January 6th insurrectionists, among other fringe right-wingers

July 29, 2024

X fights California regulation it says infringes on right to host ‘awful but lawful’ content

SF’s Ninth Circuit will hear company’s appeal to halt state law forcing platforms to disclose how they handle disinfo, hate speech

July 16, 2024

We asked SF unhoused people about Supreme Court ruling that legalizes sweeps without offering shelter

‘It's displacement. It's harassment. It's degrading. It's dehumanizing.’

July 12, 2024

Gaming the system: Ranked choice voting has become a tool for the city’s most powerful political groups

TogetherSF and Neighbors for a Better San Francisco are teaching voters how to kill Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s odds of a surprise win.

July 9, 2024

Block Party: Conservative journalist gets greenlight to continue suit against ‘Democratic Socialist kingpin’ supervisor

Susan Reynolds is still suing Dean Preston for blocking her on Twitter, despite his quitting the platform in 2023

June 21, 2024

Disgruntled parents criticize SFUSD’s ‘broken’ process for choosing which schools to close

Language barriers, fear of racial disparities have marred community outreach efforts, but district is pushing to move forward

June 21, 2024