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San Francisco Board President Faces New Criticism Over Racial Slur at Black Cadet

August 1, 2022 1:19 pm

Several reports of an incident involving San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton allegedly using a racial slur and yelling at a black sheriff’s cadet while passing through San Francisco City Hall security in June was released during the...

California Judge Overturns San Francisco Law Allowing Noncitizens to Vote

July 30, 2022 8:53 amAugust 2, 2022 7:31 pm

In 2016, San Francisco voters approved a charter amendment allowing certain noncitizens to vote in school board elections. The Charter amendment also gave the County Board of Supervisors authority to extend the noncitizen voting authorization beyond 2022. On November 2,...

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approve 220 new SFPD officers in City Budget

July 21, 2022 2:30 amJuly 20, 2022 10:35 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 Tuesday to approve a two-year, $14 billion budget that includes the hiring of 220 police officers to fill vacancies within the San Francisco Police Department, and to help combat the high crime...

The Possible 2024 Presidential Run of Governor Gavin Newsom

July 14, 2022 2:30 amJuly 13, 2022 9:09 pm

Following Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing into law of a bill that allows lawsuits to be made against gun makers for negligence on Tuesday, more and more media outlets began speculating that he may be running for President in 2024. And...

SF Mayor London Breed Proposes $6.5 Million Program to End Transgender Homelessness

May 31, 2022 3:47 pm

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Tuesday that she would be adding a $6.5 million, five-year program to end all transgender homeless in San Francisco by 2027 to her upcoming two-year city budget proposal. According to her plan that...

SF Mayor London Breed Selects SFPD Communications Director Matt Dorsey as Next Supervisor

May 9, 2022 12:53 pm

San Francisco Mayor London Breed picked SFPD Communications Director Matt Dorsey to fill in an open Board of Supervisors slot on Monday, replacing Matt Haney, who was elected to the state Assembly last month. Since graduating from Emerson College in...

SF Supervisors Halt Amazon’s New Warehouse Plan With Parcel Delivery Moratorium

March 25, 2022 4:08 pmMarch 25, 2022 4:08 pm

Amazon announced earlier this week that they will stop the development of a new warehouse in San Francisco following the Board of Supervisors passing a year and a half long moratorium on new parcel delivery stations. The citywide legislation, authored...