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What the mayor’s D6 supe appointment means for the district—and the city

Tim Redmond - May 9, 2022

Matt Dorsey is smart, experienced—and seems to agree with the mayor's agenda on housing and the cops. He will face a tough battle in the fall.

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?

Education

City College faculty set up tents, hold out for the end of brutal layoffs

Garrett Leahy - May 4, 2022

Union members say cutting faculty will lead to a cycle of lower enrollment and less revenue; they have an alternative.

Lit

Nursing poems while fighting police terror: Asantewaa Boykin’s ‘Love, Lyric, and Liberation’

Emily Wilson - May 4, 2022

The Oakland-Sacramento writer, activist, and emergency room nurse debuts a collection of urgent, 'hungry' poems.

The Agenda

Will the mayor spend money the voters approved for social housing?

Tim Redmond - May 1, 2022

And if the taxpayers are spending $1 million a year on police PR, why can't we get even basic information from SFPD? That's The Agenda for May 2-9.

Elections

It’s Election Day Tuesday. The supes districts lines are still not finished.

Tim Redmond - April 17, 2022

Plus: Are the cops doing their job, and do they really need more money? That's The Agenda for April 18-24

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

Police

Does SFPD policy really allow a beating like Decari Spiers received?

Tim Redmond - March 10, 2022

A jury found Officer Stangel not guilty and a training officer said he did nothing wrong. That's not how I read the department's official policy.

Police

Actually, it was the cops who hid crucial evidence in the Spiers beating case

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2022

Police Commission challenges chief on scathing federal court ruling that undercuts his efforts to block a key reform policy.

Police

Mayor decides not to ask for more money for the cops after all

Tim Redmond - March 2, 2022

Breed withdraws request that the supes approve some $7 million in police OT; what happened?

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What the mayor’s D6 supe appointment means for the district—and the city

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

City College faculty set up tents, hold out for the end of brutal layoffs

Nursing poems while fighting police terror: Asantewaa Boykin’s ‘Love, Lyric, and Liberation’

Will the mayor spend money the voters approved for social housing?

It’s Election Day Tuesday. The supes districts lines are still not finished.

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

Does SFPD policy really allow a beating like Decari Spiers received?

Actually, it was the cops who hid crucial evidence in the Spiers beating case

Mayor decides not to ask for more money for the cops after all

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