The Weekly Digest (May 21, 2023)
In this edition: A McFlurry of construction activity at Haight and Stanyan; SFMTA celebrates small business month by making it harder to shop at small businesses; and, of course, the city’s $20,000 trash cans are being held up in committee.
The Weekly Digest (May 14, 2023)
In this edition: Say it ain’t Stow; bad legal takes; and a once-in-a-lifetime chance for California voters to actually influence a presidential election.
The Weekly Digest (May 7, 2023)
In this edition: Nordstrom is leaving SF; primal scream therapy; and Democrats’ infighting.
The Weekly Digest (April 30, 2023)
In this edition: Millions of dollars in settlements to hotels; “I Love [the] Tenderloin” Week; and a debate over supervised drug use sites.
The Weekly Digest (April 23, 2023)
In this edition: Supervisors’ spending spree; Briones Review recap; and CARE Courts in San Francisco.
The Weekly Digest (April 16, 2023)
In this edition: A charter amendment to fund the police; Gavin Newsom pinky swears he’s been doing a really good job; and Whole Foods closes a grocery on Market Street due to safety concerns.
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.