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The Greenberg Brief: SF Supervisor Dean Preston Has a Challenger – I Won’t Support Him

January 25, 2024 2:55 amJanuary 26, 2024 8:58 am

San Francisco’s notorious, self-branded socialist Supervisor Dean Preston has been wreaking havoc for several years, garnering national headlines over claims capitalism is to blame for drug addiction and homelessness in The Tenderloin (his home district and jurisdiction, as member of...

The Greenberg Brief: Gloves Off – SF’s Democratic Party Leadership Battle

January 21, 2024 2:41 pmJanuary 21, 2024 2:42 pm

The twenty-four-seat committee which is tasked with running the city’s Democratic party is going to change, fingers crossed, for the better. If you are a registered Democrat, you can (and should) make your voice heard and vote to move your...

SF Mayor Breed Refuses To Sign Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Resolution

January 20, 2024 2:20 amJanuary 20, 2024 10:16 am

San Francisco Mayor London Breed returned the controversial Gaza cease-fire Resolution back to the clerk of the Board of Supervisors unsigned on Friday, days after she had first spoken out against the Resolution. Since late last year, San Francisco supervisors...

San Francisco Announces Record 806 Overdose Deaths In City In 2023

January 18, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 18, 2024 2:46 am

New data from the City of San Francisco released on Wednesday found that 806 total drug overdoses occurred in 2023, marking the highest yearly number of overdoses ever in the city, and over 150 more than the 2022 amount of...

Backlash Grows Against SF Board Of Supervisors Cease-Fire Resolution

January 17, 2024 12:47 pmJanuary 17, 2024 3:48 pm

The backlash against last weeks vote by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to issue an Israel-Hamas War cease-fire resolution continued to grow this week, with Mayor Breed and more and more residents speaking out against the Board’s decision. Since...

Sacramento DA Files Brief as SCOTUS Justices Take up Homeless Camping Ban Case

January 14, 2024 12:44 pmJanuary 14, 2024 12:44 pm

The United States Supreme Court announced on Friday they’ve accepted a case to decide whether Grants Pass, a city in Oregon, can enforce its ban on homeless public camping. Sacramento’s District Attorney Thien Ho has been a pioneer on homeless...

Safeway, Adidas Closing in San Francisco; William Sonoma On its Way Out?

January 8, 2024 5:12 pmJanuary 8, 2024 5:19 pm

The Globe’s good friend Sebastian in San Francisco frequently updates us on the ever closing department stores, grocery stores, restaurants, auto dealers and the like. Monday, Sebastian shared this with the Globe: “On Christmas Day, drug addicts shot up and...