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San Francisco Mayor London Breed Proposes New Police Expansion Ballot Measure

October 18, 2023 2:30 amOctober 18, 2023 2:31 am

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Tuesday that she is proposing a March 2024 ballot initiative that would ease several police restrictions. Since becoming Mayor in 2018, Mayor Breed has had a flip-flopping approach when it comes to police...

San Francisco Sees Deadliest Drug Overdose Month On Record

September 19, 2023 11:49 amSeptember 20, 2023 3:57 pm

The San Francisco Department of Public Health announced on Monday that 84 drug overdose deaths were recorded in August, tying the monthly record of January 2023 as the deadliest drug overdose month in city history. For over a decade, fentanyl,...

GM Cruise To Slash The Number Of Robotaxis By 50% In San Francisco Following A Series Of Accidents

August 22, 2023 2:30 amAugust 22, 2023 2:23 pm

During the weekend, General Motors-backed driverless taxi company Cruise announced that they would be cutting their entire fleet in San Francisco by 50% due to a series of recent accidents involving robotaxis, including an incident last week when a robotaxi...

SF Public Health Dept. Announces 385 Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Recorded This Year

August 17, 2023 12:18 pmAugust 17, 2023 12:19 pm

The San Francisco Department of Public Health announced on Wednesday that the city recorded 385 deaths from fentanyl so far this year and is currently on pace to break the previous record for fentanyl deaths set in 2020. For over...

San Francisco Petitioning CPUC for Reconsideration Following Robotaxi Vote

August 15, 2023 5:41 pmAugust 15, 2023 5:41 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors announced on Tuesday that they will be petitioning the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for a reconsideration of the recently passed driverless robotaxi expansion decision because of the threat they have against public safety....

San Francisco’s 165-Year Old GUMP’S CEO Scorns Politicians for Crime, Homeless Drug Addicts

August 14, 2023 8:20 amAugust 14, 2023 8:23 am

Gump’s is a luxury American home furnishings and home décor retailer, founded in 1861 in San Francisco, California. Except today, Gump’s is under siege. Homeless drug addicts, thievery, ramifications of COVID policies, harassment of the public and the defiled city...

SF DA Jenkins Blames County Courts Releasing Dealers Without A Trial For Worsening Fentanyl Situation In SF

August 4, 2023 1:16 pmAugust 4, 2023 1:16 pm

At a Tenderloin public safety town hall meeting in San Francisco, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins blamed the San Francisco County court system for the city’s current fentanyl problem, saying that they release many suspected dealers without a trial,...