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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.

News + Politics

The mystery of Jean Chang Kan Fung, 84, dead after an encounter with CHP

Angela Hui - September 7, 2021

Grandmother disappeared after cops dropped her at a grocery store far from home. She washed up dead in the water off Pacifica.

Lit

In ‘Plexiglass,’ a poet illuminates voices of the incarcerated

Margo Perin - August 27, 2021

A new volume offers a critique of the criminal justice system through the lens of prison writing workshops

Opinion

The campaign against CRT is all about preserving white privilege

Bruce Mirken - July 28, 2021

That's the story the right-wing politicians don't want to talk about—because it's still a very real part of American life.

Crime

The big GOP, real-estate, and tech money behind the Boudin recall effort

Tim Redmond - July 5, 2021

Many of the same individuals and corporations who tried to defeat the progressives last year -- including Trump allies -- are now trying to oust the elected DA

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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

The mystery of Jean Chang Kan Fung, 84, dead after an encounter with CHP

In ‘Plexiglass,’ a poet illuminates voices of the incarcerated

The campaign against CRT is all about preserving white privilege

The big GOP, real-estate, and tech money behind the Boudin recall effort

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