Lurie wades in as teachers’ strike roils San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor Daniel Lurie is inserting himself in tense negotiations between the city’s teachers’ union and…
San Francisco teachers go on strike for first time in decades
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — About 6,000 public schoolteachers in San Francisco went on strike Monday, the city’s first…
Lurie, riding high on Super Bowl, discovers his kryptonite: Organized labor
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Interim SFPD chief sticks around to help replacement, while boosting his own pension
Paul Yep, the former interim chief of the San Francisco Police Department, remains with the agency in the…
Public schools to close Monday as teachers prepare to hit picket lines
After shrugging off responsibility for a looming teachers’ strike when he was asked about it two weeks ago,…
Mayor Lurie pleads for 72-hour delay to S.F. teachers strike
Mayor Daniel Lurie on Sunday afternoon made an 11th-hour appeal for San Francisco teachers and the school district…
S.F. Mayor Lurie takes no position on competing business taxes
Mayor Daniel Lurie announced today that he won’t be supporting either of two competing business tax measures going…
SF political group dropping nearly $2 million to support moderates
GrowSF, a moderate-leaning Democratic political group allied with Mayor Daniel Lurie, will double its spending toward a centrist…
San Francisco teachers will strike Monday if demands not met
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – A potentially historic teachers’ strike is looming in San Francisco as contract negotiations between…
How the deadly drug still has San Francisco in its grip
The coroner’s office struggled to keep up. During a 24-hour-span on Aug. 8, 2023, nine people in San…
Potential strike looms for San Francisco teachers
SFUSD superintendent with an update on negotiations San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Maria Su with an…
Lurie used oppo research firm year after winning election
Mayor Daniel Lurie has asked some of San Francisco’s richest residents to write checks to fuel the city’s…