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News + Politics

The Boudin recall is entirely based on local media mythology. They should own it.

Tim Redmond - May 25, 2022

The "crime wave." The "unsafe city." There's no reality here—but it's creating a dangerous political narrative, with the SF cops the big winners.

Culture

Leaving prison, and entering a very different world—with very little support

Ana Lucia Ralda - May 10, 2022

'Facing Life' documents the lives of eight former lifers in their process of reentering society, after having spent decades in California prisons.

Police

Exposing ‘copaganda’ as SFPD spends $1.6 million on ‘strategic communications’

Tim Redmond - May 5, 2022

Why are the taxpayers subsidizing misinformation and spin with a political agenda coming out of a troubled department?

Police

Twice in 54 years, SF cops beat charges of racist violence

Marc Norton - March 15, 2022

The alarming parallels between a 1968 trial and the Terrance Stangel case

News + Politics

SF Democrats overwhelmingly vote to oppose Boudin recall

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2022

Only two members voted for the recall—and they both ran against, and lost to, Boudin.

Crime

Breed’s cynical crime politics

Tim Redmond - December 26, 2021

This whole Tenderloin 'crackdown' is going to be used by the mayor and her allies to attack DA Chesa Boudin.

Homelessness

Breed’s Tenderloin plan is just a rehash of cruel policies that never worked

Jennifer Friedenbach - December 17, 2021

Using police to solve social and health problems has failed for decades; why is San Francisco ready to do it again?

Crime

An SF courtroom veteran says the Chron is missing the point (and the facts) on Boudin

Tim Redmond - October 25, 2021

Another Sunday, another rotten Heather Knight column—and a response by a public defender who knows how the system actually works.

The Agenda

Should SF ban the no-knock warrants that lead to Breonna Taylor’s death?

Tim Redmond - September 19, 2021

Plus: Juvenile justice, small-business rent relief, and a 'beach-to-the-Bay' bike path. That's The Agenda for Sept. 20-26.

Police

New rules on search warrants moving forward with little public input

Tim Redmond - September 13, 2021

The public defender wasn't consulted. The DA wasn't consulted. But the Police Commission wants a major policy change—now.

Tagged with: criminal justice

The Boudin recall is entirely based on local media mythology. They should own it.

Leaving prison, and entering a very different world—with very little support

Exposing ‘copaganda’ as SFPD spends $1.6 million on ‘strategic communications’

Twice in 54 years, SF cops beat charges of racist violence

SF Democrats overwhelmingly vote to oppose Boudin recall

Breed’s cynical crime politics

Breed’s Tenderloin plan is just a rehash of cruel policies that never worked

An SF courtroom veteran says the Chron is missing the point (and the facts) on Boudin

Should SF ban the no-knock warrants that lead to Breonna Taylor’s death?

New rules on search warrants moving forward with little public input

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