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Elections

Preston campaign kickoff draws large and diverse crowd

Tim Redmond - August 17, 2023

District 5 is one of the critical seats progressives will try to win in 2024

Drug policy

Dorsey attack on wellness center signals larger issues in SF’s new War on Drugs

Tim Redmond - August 8, 2023

The mayor, the DA, and the Tech Right want to revive a failed policy—and maybe go after local judges.

Police

Cops appeared to violate their own policies during mass skateboard arrests

Tim Redmond - July 10, 2023

Public Defender cites lack of access to lawyers, parents despite clear rules on juvenile detention.

Crime

Hundreds who are by law innocent sit in SF jail because of court backlog

Savannah Dewberry - June 25, 2023

Public Defender's Office tries to draw attention to the clear violations of the right to a speedy trial.

Crime

Public Defender calls on DA to drop charges in fire commissioner assault case

Tim Redmond - April 26, 2023

Video shows Don Carmignani, who calls homeless people 'animals,' firing bear spray at homeless man.

News + Politics

Supes delay SFPD spy policy after alarming presentation by Chief Scott

Tim Redmond - July 11, 2022

'There are cameras on every block' and SFPD wants to access them just because they think there might a crime at some point.

City Hall

Breed names Jenkins as new DA; now will the media hold her accountable?

Tim Redmond - July 7, 2022

Let's see if a 'tough-on-crime' prosecutor gets a pass from the critics who hounded Chesa Boudin.

News + Politics

Critics say the DA’s Office is run like the Public Defender’s Office. That’s not true

Ryan Khojasteh - June 2, 2022

I work for Chesa Boudin, and I am a fair and balanced prosecutor.

Crime

An embarrassment of injustice: Innocent man pleads guilty to crimes he didn’t commit to get out of long prison sentence

Tim Redmond - March 16, 2022

José Inez García Zárate was found not guilty of homicide by an SF jury and has spent seven years behind bars. Now he's facing conviction in federal court.

Housing

A rousing kickoff for a plan to tax landlords who keep units vacant

Tim Redmond - February 27, 2022

More than 150 rally to put an empty-homes tax on the SF ballot.

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Preston campaign kickoff draws large and diverse crowd

Dorsey attack on wellness center signals larger issues in SF’s new War on Drugs

Cops appeared to violate their own policies during mass skateboard arrests

Hundreds who are by law innocent sit in SF jail because of court backlog

Public Defender calls on DA to drop charges in fire commissioner assault case

Supes delay SFPD spy policy after alarming presentation by Chief Scott

Breed names Jenkins as new DA; now will the media hold her accountable?

Critics say the DA’s Office is run like the Public Defender’s Office. That’s not true

An embarrassment of injustice: Innocent man pleads guilty to crimes he didn’t commit to get out of long prison sentence

A rousing kickoff for a plan to tax landlords who keep units vacant

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