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.
Newsom sending National Guard to San Francisco to disrupt fentanyl trafficking
San Francisco has struggled to stem its fentanyl crisis, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to direct the state National Guard and California Highway Patrol to join the city's efforts to fight fentanyl trafficking.
In testy exchange, Mayor London Breed defends San Francisco as safe city
In a testy exchange with KTVU on Wednesday, Mayor London Breed defended San Francisco as safe despite the recent stabbing death of tech executive and the perception that The City is overly progressive and full of lawless behavior.
Whole Foods to shut flagship store in San Francisco due to employee safety concerns
Whole Foods is closing their flagship San Francisco store on Monday at the end of business hours.
San Francisco imposes inspections on new high-rises after stormy weather
After winter storms caused windows to fall from numerous San Francisco high-rises, the city is requiring new skyscrapers to undergo building inspections.
SF's sanctuary city policy under threat of erosion, some say; board to consider changes
Political leaders are debating the future of San Francisco's sanctuary city policies. Supervisors are debating reaffirming the commitment to sanctuary city while one supervisor is asking to carve out dangerous drug dealers.
SF supes pass ordinance for greater commissioner protections in wake of mayor's resignation letter 'scandal'
The San Francsico Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance on Tuesday that prohibits the mayor or other city heads from demanding undated letters of resignation from their appointed commissioners, per Mayor London Breed's letter "scandal" last year.
San Francisco rolls out new plan to combat hate crimes
San Francisco leaders rolled out a city-wide response to racist attacks. The city says it has plans to streamline the response to hate crimes and make sure victims get the help they need.
San Francisco’s Chinatown sends strength to victims of Southern California mass shooting
San Francisco's Chinatown celebrated Lunar New Year while also offering prayers and condolences for the lives lost in a mass shooting in Monterey Park on Saturday.
SF mayor announces plan to facilitate safe injection sites despite lack of state authorization
San Francisco plans to try to thread a legislative needle to allow the opening of safe injection sites in the city. Such sites would allow individuals to use heavy drugs like heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl in a safe and supervised environment.
Mayor, exuberant crowd celebrate new service on Central Subway's T-Third line
With a Native American blessing, a celebration in song and cheers from an exuberant crowd, the T-Third line officially started its new route connecting Chinatown to Sunnydale and the Bayview in the new Central Subway Saturday.
SF supervisors look at opening safe-consumption sites in wake of Tenderloin Center's closure
A coalition of San Francisco supervisors and health advocates will hold a news conference on Tuesday to announce plans to fast-track wellness hubs that would include safe-consumption sites in the wake of the Tenderloin Center's closure.
San Francisco supervisors to take final vote on robotics with lethal capabilities
San Francisco city leaders are set to take a final vote on a plan that would allow police in that city to use robots equipped with deadly force.