Oakland City Council to vote on $75,000 mayoral pay raise, amid city's historic deficit
Oakland's mayor may receive a pay raise as much as $75,000 a year, even as the city faces a historic deficit.
London Breed is highest paid CA mayor, salary report shows
San Francisco Mayor London Breed had the highest California mayoral salary last year, according to data from the California State Controller.
SF city officials defend police response, mass arrests at Dolores Hill Bomb skateboarding event
SFPD are characterizing what they encountered at the annual skateboarding event as a "rowdy mob." City officials are defending the police response and mass arrests. Parents say some teens were unlawfully detained.
A new 'law enforcement surge' is coming to San Francisco, Gov. Newsom announced
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday he is directing a "joint law enforcement surge" in San Francisco by doubling the number of California Highway Patrol officers deployed to the city to fight crime, address the fentanyl crisis and combat open-air drug markets.
San Francisco Mayor Breed focused on public safety as budget deadline looms
San Francisco's mayor is making a final push for the Board of Supervisors to adopt the budget she proposed, which she says would make the city safer.
Lower fees, less affordable units: San Francisco's new housing plan to expedite development
Two of San Francisco’s top leaders have unveiled a housing plan aimed at expediting new housing developments in the city by cutting fees and lowering the number of affordable units developers must include.
After mass shootings, Republican critiques, San Francisco mayor devoted to defending city
After two high-profile mass shootings in San Francisco and harsh critiques regarding public safety from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Mayor London Breed responds to that criticism and lays out how the city is working to improve public safety ahead of this month's Pride celebration.
S.F. Mayor London Breed speaks with KTVU about recent mass shootings, Republican critiques, Pride Month and more
After two high profile mass shootings in San Francisco and harsh critiques regarding public safety from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Mayor London Breed responds to that criticism and lays out how the city is working to improve public safety ahead of this month's Pride celebration.
Mayor London Breeds responds to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' harsh S.F. critiques
Mayor London Breed said the Florida governor is using "the oldest playbook in politics to get attention."
AT&T closing San Francisco flagship store on Powell Street
AT&T is the latest retailer to announce they are vacating a prime real estate location in San Francisco near Union Square.
San Francisco's Westfield Centre owner ending operation of the mall
Westfield Centre on Monday says they are transferring management of the San Francisco shopping mall to its lender, who will then appoint a receiver to operate the property.
SF Mayor unveils record high budget proposal to combat massive $780 million deficit
San Francisco Mayor London Breed unveiled her budget proposal on Wednesday, laying out the city's spending priorities for the next two years as it faces a massive $780 million deficit.
San Francisco leaders' drug crisis hearing ends abruptly in UN Plaza
San Francisco supervisors and the mayor met in a rare outdoor meeting Tuesday to discuss the open-air drug markets and the fentanyl crisis plaguing the city. The meeting quickly devolved into heckling and even a brick thrown before it was moved back indoors.
SF Board of Supervisors want Mayor Breed to attend outdoor U.N. Plaza meeting to highlight opioid epidemic
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors are planning on holding a portion of their next meeting outdoors, at nearby U.N. Plaza. The board is hoping to highlight the city's opioid crisis and grill the mayor about how she plans to address it.
'Justice for Banko Brown' protesters show up outside D.A. Jenkins' San Francisco office
Protesters showed up in front of San Francisco's district attorney's office on Wednesday to speak out against her decision to not charge the Walgreens security guard in the shooting death of accused shoplifter Banko Brown.
SF supervisors call for outside review of DA's decision in Banko Brown's shooting death, mayor speaks
The supervisors say the district attorney's opinion that Anthony, the guard, would mount a successful self-defense argument in court is wrong given that a weapon was never found at the scene or on Brown.
SF Mission District to launch new street ambassador program
San Francisco is launching a new street ambassador program in the city's Mission District to improve public safety around BART plazas and Mission Street, announced Mayor London Breed on Monday.
Mayor Breed trusts D.A. to handle investigation into Banko Brown's killing
In her first comments about the shooting death of a Black trans man by a Walgreens security guard last month, San Francisco Mayor London Breed says she is confident both the district attorney and San Francisco Police Department will thoroughly investigate the case of Banko Brown.
Rally held to remember Banko Brown — D.A. declines to file charges against armed Walgreens guard
Activists held a rally on Market Street in San Francisco Monday afternoon at the spot where 24-year-old Banko Brown was shot and killed last Thursday evening.
CHP, National Guard launch fight against SF's fentanyl crisis on Monday
A new plan to help combat San Francisco’s deadly fentanyl epidemic launches Monday with resources from the CHP and California National Guard coming into the city to assist local law enforcement, officials announced Friday.