San Francisco Archives - Page 9 of 46

SF School Board Member Ann Hsu Admonished Over Perceived Racist Remarks

August 4, 2022 2:30 amAugust 3, 2022 9:48 pm

During a chaotic San Francisco Board of Education meeting on Tuesday that had to be recessed at times due to members of the public shouting and even fighting each other at times, School Board member Ann Hsu was formally admonished...

SF DA Jenkins Announces Policy Moves To Hold More Drug Dealers Accountable

August 3, 2022 12:30 pm

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced on Wednesday that her office would continue their crackdown of drugs in the city by moving more cases to the regular courts from community justice courts, as well as returning harsher sentencing against...

SF Mayor London Breed Demands Sup. Walton Apologize for Racial Slur

August 3, 2022 2:30 amAugust 2, 2022 9:18 pm

The controversy surrounding a racial slur that San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton said to a Sheriff’s Department Cadet at City Hall Security in June escalated on Monday and Tuesday, with Mayor London Breed calling for an apology...

San Francisco Board President Faces New Criticism Over Racial Slur at Black Cadet

August 1, 2022 1:19 pm

Several reports of an incident involving San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton allegedly using a racial slur and yelling at a black sheriff’s cadet while passing through San Francisco City Hall security in June was released during the...

SF Sen. Scott Wiener Demands Monkeypox State of Emergency, but Defends Weekend Kink/Fetish Street Festival

August 1, 2022 2:30 amAugust 2, 2022 6:22 am

Last Wednesday the Globe reported State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) called on San Francisco and the Governor of California to declare a State of Emergency due to the Monkeypox outbreak. He requested testing, vaccination, and contact tracing infrastructure. Notably, Sen. Scott...

BART Board Brings Back Masking Mandates 10 Days After Last Mandate Ended

July 29, 2022 12:56 pm

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors voted on Thursday to reinstate the masking mandate for all passengers and employees on Thursday, only 10 days after the last mandate had ended on the Bay Area’s rapid transit rail...

Our Lives Depend On Water

July 29, 2022 10:40 amJuly 29, 2022 10:58 am

On May 12, 2022, the California Coastal Commission, including Governor Newsom’s appointees, unanimously voted down the plan for construction of a desalination plant at Huntington Beach that would convert Pacific Ocean water into 50 million gallons of freshwater per day,...