Think you can solve SF’s homelessness crisis? Give it a try
Every San Francisco politician has to pretend to know how to solve the homelessness crisis. Now you can…
SF‘s homeless count was broken for years. Now the city is trying a new approach
San Francisco is making sweeping changes to how it counts the number of homeless people on its streets.…
SF drops another $32 million on street ambassadors. Here’s where the money’s going
San Francisco has directed another $32 million into a growing ecosystem of private street-monitoring organizations tasked with responding…
4 charts that tell the story
It has been decades since San Francisco was this safe for residents, workers, and tourists. Crime fell dramatically…
California’s homeless ‘purgatory’ leaves thousands on a waitlist to nowhere
Rudy Batka was tired of sleeping on the streets. He was tired of drugs ravaging his body. His…
SF General stabbing suspect is being held at the hospital where attack occurred
The suspect in the fatal stabbing of a social worker at San Francisco General Hospital is being held…
SF General stabbing suspect booked on suspicion of murder after social worker victim dies
The social worker who was the victim of a grisly stabbing attack on Thursday at Zuckerberg San Francisco…
SF General social worker stabbed in clinic without weapons screening
There was no weapons detection system in place at the area of San Francisco General Hospital where a…
Lurie names Derrick Lew as police chief amid city’s tough-on-crime turn
Mayor Daniel Lurie has appointed Derrick Lew as chief of the San Francisco Police Department. Lew, 52, a 20-year…
Derrick Lew named San Francisco’s police chief by Lurie amid city’s tough-on-crime turn
Mayor Daniel Lurie has appointed Derrick Lew as chief of the San Francisco Police Department. Lew, 52, a 20-year…
Inside the rise of the Mission’s new unlicensed street safety corporation
The Mission needed a savior. Soon after Mayor Daniel Lurie took office in January, he set his sights…
Life inside SF’s largest housing complex
Around 5:30 a.m. on Oct. 24, Inessa Vinarskaya was sleeping in her ground-floor unit in Parkmerced, San Francisco’s…