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Mayor Lurie’s State of the City: A Critical Examination

January 16, 2026 3:00 amJanuary 16, 2026 3:04 am

San Francisco’s Mayor Daniel Lurie, in this morning’s State of the City address, painted a picture of a city on the cusp of a triumphant economic resurgence, touting 2025 as a pivotal year for our recovery in the retail and...

Congressional Candidate Scott Wiener Betrays Jewish Voters Over Gaza

January 12, 2026 1:02 pmJanuary 12, 2026 1:05 pm

In a recorded message posted to social media over the weekend, California State Senator and candidate for U.S. House of Representatives Scott Wiener declared Israel has committed “genocide” in Gaza. This is nothing short of a misguided betrayal of San...

Come One, Cabal: How America Turned Affordable Housing into a Self-Protecting Industry

January 12, 2026 3:00 amJanuary 12, 2026 3:01 am

Good Intentions, Terrible Results American housing policy has become a blend of politics and profit, over people. In America’s most prosperous cities, taxpayers now routinely spend close to, and in some cases more than a million dollars to produce a...

San Francisco’s Latest Proposal: A Curfew on Corner Markets

January 7, 2026 12:32 pmJanuary 7, 2026 12:32 pm

This week, two members of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors Matt Dorsey and Bilal Mahmood jointly introduced controversial legislation to expand an overnight curfew on corner stores and convenience markets from San Francisco’s Tenderloin into South of Market (SoMa) and...

Seize PG&E? A Congressional Candidate Makes the Case

December 31, 2025 2:30 pmDecember 31, 2025 2:31 pm

In progressive activism, few ideas capture the imagination quite like the concept of seizing control of essential services from private corporate hands and placing them under government oversight. And that’s just what a candidate for Congress suggests. Saikat Chakrabarti, a...

Globe Grievance: San Francisco Health Agency Gives Free Booze to Homeless Alcoholics

December 29, 2025 3:58 amDecember 29, 2025 10:04 am

The San Francisco Department of Public Health gives free shots of alcohol to homeless street alcoholics and addicts under the guise of ” harm reduction,” ostensibly hoping to keep them out of emergency rooms or needing emergency services. While that...

San Francisco Reparations: Will Mayor Lurie Veto this Unconstitutional and Illegitimate Scheme?

December 24, 2025 2:03 pmDecember 24, 2025 2:03 pm

After last week’s near unanimous approval by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors (our 11-member City Council) to establish a “fund” to accept and distribute so-called Reparations to qualified city recipients, will Mayor Daniel Lurie veto it? In July 2023, San...