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SF Board of Supervisors Reverses Ruling On Police Using Robots In Certain Deadly Force Situations

December 7, 2022 4:41 pm

After a week of protests following the San Francisco Board of Supervisors decision to allow the SFPD to use robots for deadly force in limited situations, the Board reversed their decision on Tuesday. The battle over allowing police robots to...

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approve Police Robots For Deadly Force Situations

November 30, 2022 12:13 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a new policy on Tuesday in an 8-3 vote that will allow the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to use remotely-operated robots with explosives in extreme situations where lives are at risk. The...

San Francisco Vacant Residential Unit Tax Proposition Passes

November 15, 2022 2:33 amNovember 15, 2022 6:43 am

Proposition M, a ballot measure in San Francisco that adds a vacancy tax on multifamily units, reached the threshold to pass on Monday. Introduced earlier this year by the Democratic Socialists of America and Faith in Action Bay Area, Proposition...

Resolution That Decriminalizes Psychedelic Drugs Passed By San Francisco Board of Supervisors

September 8, 2022 1:44 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution earlier this week decriminalizing psychedelic drugs within the city while also urging both the state and federal government to pass similar legislation. In the past several years, the decriminalization of psychedelics,...

Calls for New SF School Board Member Ann Hsu to Resign Following Provocative Statement

July 25, 2022 12:19 pmJuly 25, 2022 4:18 pm

During the weekend, San Francisco Board of Education member Ann Hsu faced mounting pressure to resign and not run in November after backlash continues from questionnaire comments she made about why black and brown students don’t perform as well as...

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approve 220 new SFPD officers in City Budget

July 21, 2022 2:30 amJuly 20, 2022 10:35 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 Tuesday to approve a two-year, $14 billion budget that includes the hiring of 220 police officers to fill vacancies within the San Francisco Police Department, and to help combat the high crime...

San Francisco Vacant Residential Unit Tax Ballot Measure Petition Kicked Off

February 9, 2022 2:29 amFebruary 8, 2022 10:44 pm

In an announcement at San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday, SF City Supervisor Dean Preston announced a new petition to put a measure on the November ballot that would tax all vacant homes in the city. Last month, San Francisco’s...