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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Tuesday that the city will impose tighter controls on its use of Flock Safety license-plate reader cameras, arguing that the technology has become an important crime-fighting tool but that police access must be accompanied by stronger privacy safeguards. Speaking at Komaaj Pila Bazaar, a family-owned Northern Iranian restaurant in […]

Sexual assault is a grave offense. Allegations of sexual assault demand serious attention, thorough investigation, and accountability when wrongdoing is established. They should never be dismissed because the accused is politically connected, popular, or sympathetic to a particular cause. But the seriousness of the allegations surrounding Manny Yekutiel does not mean the circumstances surrounding their […]

The San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC), the governing body of the local Democratic Party, is in turmoil over its handling of sexual assault allegations against District 8 supervisorial candidate Manny Yekutiel. Now the committee’s chair, prosecutor Nancy Tung, is facing calls to resign. And Mission Local columnist Joe Eskenazi appears to be helping […]

The San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) met virtually Sunday evening to reconsider its endorsement in the District 8 supervisorial race, while also deliberating over the leadership of Nancy Tung, its chair. After a contentious three hour session, the committee voted to rescind its endorsement of Manny Yekutiel, who faces multiple accusations of sexual […]

Mayor Daniel Lurie returns to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday for a monthly policy discussion that could provide a chance to defend his response to public drug use after facing criticism for not participating in a hearing on the matter last week. The week’s agenda also includes city labor agreements extending through 2031, affordable-housing […]

Mayor Daniel Lurie returns to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday for a monthly policy discussion that could provide a chance to defend his response to pub

San Francisco’s District 8 supervisor candidates debated housing, public safety, and homelessness Tuesday evening at the Commonwealth Club, against the backdrop of former front-runner Manny Yekutiel’s withdrawal from the race after multiple allegations of sexual assault. Yekutiel has denied the allegations. The remaining candidates — Gary McCoy, Michael Nguyen, and Darshini Patel — are vying […]

San Francisco’s District 8 supervisor candidates debated housing, public safety, and homelessness Tuesday evening at the Commonwealth Club, against the bac

With forecasters predicting a strong El Niño this winter, Mayor Daniel Lurie declared a local emergency on Friday, a move he said would let city departments prepare before the worst of the weather arrives. Speaking at a news conference on the Embarcadero, a stretch of waterfront that already floods during seasonal king tides, Mayor Lurie […]

Banning lockable butane lighters, legalizing home-based restaurants and ghost kitchens, and a push to reform police procedure on sex assault cases are on City Hall’s agenda this week. Other items include a hearing on the city’s readiness for a “super El Niño,” a public safety town hall with the police chief, and even another echo […]