The Weekly Digest (April 9, 2023)
In this Easter edition: San Francisco’s approach to lawsuits appears to be “you win some, you lose some”; a jam-packed week of political events and lectures; and the Chronicle wants you to know that crime is down, akshually.
The Weekly Digest (April 2, 2023)
In this edition: Doom Loop is a great metal band name; Mayor Breed disses Dean Preston on national television; and, hey, it’s opening day!
The Weekly Digest (March 26, 2023)
In this edition: The supes go on vacation because, uh, it’s March; shenanigans in higher education; and Asian San Franciscans shift right politically.
The Weekly Digest (March 19, 2023)
In this edition: The supes consider exemptions for construction contracts and behested payments, the Chronicle’s ed board discovers small government conservatism, and Hillary Ronen ❤️ cops.
The Weekly Digest (March 12, 2023)
In this edition: The Draft Reparations Plan comes before the Board, building homes in SF means endless paperwork and bureaucracy, and BART’s inspector general resigns in protest.
The Weekly Digest (March 5, 2023)
In this edition: Prog supes fight against deporting violent felons, Chicago says goodbye to its mayor, and BART is in dire straits.
The Weekly Digest (February 26, 2023)
In this edition: An end to remote public comment(?), the kids are more moderate than you think, and some very unsurprising coronavirus news.
The Weekly Digest (February 19, 2023)
In this edition: A famous streetcar conductor, sanctuary policy under review, and unconstitutional “takings.”
The Weekly Digest (February 12, 2023)
In this edition: Mayor Breed’s State of the City, SF Unified fudges the numbers, and San Francisco-on-the-Seine.
The Weekly Digest (February 5, 2023)
In this edition: Meet the real-life Dirty Harry, what SF supes are prioritizing this year, and a boot camp for local candidates.
The Weekly Digest (January 29, 2023)
In this edition: Supervisor Dorsey has a plan to boost SFPD recruitment, more “nonprofits” behaving badly, and Baywatch — Doggo Rescue.
The Weekly Digest (January 22, 2023)
In this edition: the Police Commission bans pretextual stops, half of SF Unified graduates aren’t ready for college, and a proposal to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on reparations.
The Weekly Digest (January 15, 2023)
In this edition: rain, rain, bog standard corruption, and more rain.
The Weekly Digest (January 8, 2023)
In this edition: The city’s plan to shelter the homeless, a judge’s ruling that could complicate those plans, and an important vote coming up at the Board of Supervisors.
The Weekly Digest (December 18, 2022)
In this edition: San Francisco finds out that money does not, in fact, grow on trees; also, the usual updates about the usual corruption.
The Weekly Digest (December 11, 2022)
In this edition: Dirty tricks at the Police Commission, plans for 12 new safe injection sites, and why “Free Muni” would gut public transportation.
The streets of San Francisco are about to become a lot less safe
The Police Commission is considering a policy that would prevent officers from enforcing a host of “minor” traffic violations, like driving without brake lights and failing to use a turn signal.
Rediscovering the spirit of San Francisco Republicans
Last week, San Francisco almost celebrated a plan to construct a single new toilet in the Noe Valley Town Square that was projected to cost $1.7 million and take three years — about the same time it took to build two of the most iconic bridges in the world. Our city needs a new approach to getting things done.
Goings-on in SF — October 2022
Our monthly digest of political goings-on in San Francisco. In this edition: a preview of the city’s fourth(!) election of 2022, and a look ahead to 2024.
Are we just stingy Republicans?
We just released our November 2022 voter guide, and you may have noticed that we didn’t support any of the funding measures for SFUSD, City College, MUNI, or the library system (Propositions F, G, L, and O). So, are we just cranky Republicans that hate any and all government spending?