Yes on Proposition D

Every San Franciscan knows that crime is rising, and that means there are more victims that need our support. The current system forces victims to navigate a complicated web of bu... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Board of Education recalled

If you don’t do the job you were elected to do, the voters will make their voices heard

By Catherine Stefani

In February, San Franciscans resoundingly voted to recall Commissioners Alison Collins, Gabriela Lopez, and Fauuga Moliga from the San Francisco Board of Education. Nowhere was th... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

Police staffing and public safety in San Francisco

It’s time to address the crime and policing crisis

By Catherine Stefani

In March 2020, an independent study on police staffing levels found that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) needed to hire 330 officers to meet the demand for service at t... Read More

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Addiction is a crisis

By Catherine Stefani

The addiction crisis in San Francisco is an unmitigated disaster. Drug overdoses have caused twice as many deaths as Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, and it continues nea... Read More

Opinion

For the sake of San Francisco

Why the redistricting failure of 2010 cannot be repeated

By Daphne Alden, Lanier Coles, Alicia Engstrom, Nick Podell, Chelsea Waite, and Montgomery Woods

Once a decade, the federal government conducts a nationwide census to count all people living in the United States. After the census is done, all levels of government, from city a... Read More

District 2 Supervisor

When the perfect becomes the enemy of the good in housing politics

By Catherine Stefani

At our Oct. 26 Board of Supervisors meeting, I thought we would be hearing a routine California Environmental Quality Act appeal in Supervisor Matt Haney’s district. As an attor... Read More

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month

A time to reflect and act

By Catherine Stefani

Earlier this year I received a text from the captain of the Northern Police Station informing me that a 7-month-old baby boy had been brought to CPMC hospital on Van Ness Avenue w... Read More

Vicha Ratanapakdee and his daughter Monthanus Ratanapakdee at the Fairmont Hotel in 2019, Photo courtesy Monthanus Ratanapakdee

Opinion

The long impact of the killing of Vicha Ratanapakdee

By Anh Lê

Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year old immigrant from Thailand, was preparing to go on his early morning walk in the quiet Anza Vista neighborhood of San Francisco on Saturday, Januar... Read More

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Supporting our small businesses for the long term

By Catherine Stafani

The 94,000 small businesses spread throughout San Francisco’s unique and diverse neighborhoods are not only vital to our local economy, they help define the character of our bea... Read More

Supervisor's Report

The fight for public safety funding

Data doesn’t support ‘crime is down’ narrative

By Catherine Stefani

Recent polling by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce revealed that eight out of 10 San Franciscans feel crime has gotten worse over the last year. This comes as no surprise as ... Read More

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Combating corruption

By Catherine Stefani

Our city has been plagued with stories of corruption this year: The former Public Works director was arrested for bribery and money laundering, a former Recology executive was fra... Read More

Why has San Francisco’s Board of Education become the caretaker of empty classrooms? Photo: MChe Lee

Opinion

Replace our failed Board of Education

By Jen Sey

While the San Francisco Board of Education (BOE) articulates its mission as “Access and Equity” in education, their actions of the past 15 months indicate anything but a commi... Read More

Opinion

Chestnut and Divisadero: Shots fired “on campus”

Petty thieves are more violent than advertised.

By Lou Barberini

The city is not as you remember it. The era where common sense prevailed has passed. A time when we weren’t embarrassed by a viral video of a thief bicycling out of a S... Read More

A rally launching a second campaign to unseat the district attorney took place at Portsmouth Square on May 26, photo: Anh Lê

Opinion

Confronting anti-Asian violence, hate crimes, and killings in San Francisco and the Bay Area

By Anh Lê

Editor’s note: In the wake of numerous incidents of anti-Asian assaults and increasing concern over violent crime in San Francisco, independent journalist Anh Lê shares this ex... Read More

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Getting ghost guns off our streets

Local, regional plans could rein in out-of-control guns

By Catherine Stefani

This spring, an individual shot three people in San Francisco, killing two and severely wounding another. The month before, after receiving reports of shots fired and locating mor... Read More

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