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Introducing The Standard’s November 2022 Voter Guide and Election Hub

Introducing The Standard’s November 2022 Voter Guide and Election Hub

By Jonathan Weber
Sep. 28, 2022 • 4:08pm • 1m
San Francisco Endorsements: Who Supports What in the November General Election

San Francisco Endorsements: Who Supports What in the November General Election

By Mike Ege
Sep. 28, 2022 • 2:28pm • 1m
Cleaning Up Other People’s Messes: Supes Roundup

Cleaning Up Other People’s Messes: Supes Roundup

By Mike Ege
Sep. 27, 2022 • 11:30pm • 5m
Mayor Breed Made Appointees Sign Preemptive Resignation Letters. Here Are 40 Who Submitted Them

Mayor Breed Made Appointees Sign Preemptive Resignation Letters. Here Are 40 Who Submitted Them

By Michael Barba, Matthew Kupfer
Sep. 27, 2022 • 2:24pm • 3m
Mayor’s Secret Resignation Letters ‘Inconsistent’ With SF Law, City Attorney Finds

Mayor’s Secret Resignation Letters ‘Inconsistent’ With SF Law, City Attorney Finds

By Michael Barba
Sep. 27, 2022 • 11:17am • 2m
Supervisors Preview: Pain Management

Supervisors Preview: Pain Management

By Mike Ege
Sep. 26, 2022 • 1:28pm • 3m
What’s Really Behind the Mayor’s Spat With Her Appointee? Influence Over SFPD’s Future Leadership

What’s Really Behind the Mayor’s Spat With Her Appointee? Influence Over SFPD’s Future Leadership

By Michael Barba
Sep. 23, 2022 • 7:08pm • 5m
Mayor Breed to End Practice of Making Appointees Sign Undated Resignation Letters

Mayor Breed to End Practice of Making Appointees Sign Undated Resignation Letters

By Michael Barba
Sep. 25, 2022 • 2:00pm • 2m
Mayor Breed May Have to Stop Making Appointees Sign Secret, Undated Resignation Letters

Mayor Breed May Have to Stop Making Appointees Sign Secret, Undated Resignation Letters

By Michael Barba
Sep. 24, 2022 • 5:24pm • 2m
Thousands of Muni Riders Face Chaos Under Line Change Plan

Thousands of Muni Riders Face Chaos Under Line Change Plan

By Kevin V. Nguyen
Sep. 22, 2022 • 5:00pm • 2m
Brooke Jenkins Says She Wants to Focus Less on Politics and More on the Day-to-Day Work as SF’s Top Prosecutor

Brooke Jenkins Says She Wants to Focus Less on Politics and More on the Day-to-Day Work as SF’s Top Prosecutor

By Han Li
Sep. 22, 2022 • 2:00pm • 7m
Live Blog: SF Standard’s District 4 Supervisor Debate

Live Blog: SF Standard’s District 4 Supervisor Debate

By Josh Koehn
Sep. 21, 2022 • 7:35pm • 7m
How SF’s Recycled Water Program Stumbled Into Performative Environmentalism

How SF’s Recycled Water Program Stumbled Into Performative Environmentalism

By Josh Koehn
Sep. 21, 2022 • 9:50am • 8m
New Police Spying Rules Pass, But Not Without a Fight: Supes Roundup

New Police Spying Rules Pass, But Not Without a Fight: Supes Roundup

By Mike Ege
Sep. 20, 2022 • 9:05pm • 4m
Joe Alioto Veronese, Scion of an SF Political Dynasty, Wants To ‘Rescue’ the City as DA

Joe Alioto Veronese, Scion of an SF Political Dynasty, Wants To ‘Rescue’ the City as DA

By Han Li
Sep. 20, 2022 • 2:12pm • 6m
Supervisors Preview: Firefighting, Surveillance, and Leaf Blowers

Supervisors Preview: Firefighting, Surveillance, and Leaf Blowers

By Mike Ege
Sep. 19, 2022 • 1:33pm • 4m
Who Will Be San Francisco’s Next DA? Meet the Four People in the Running

Who Will Be San Francisco’s Next DA? Meet the Four People in the Running

By Han Li
Sep. 17, 2022 • 8:00am • 1m
Meet Maurice Chenier, Who Bills Himself as the Most ‘Pro-Police’ DA Candidate: ‘I Wouldn’t Describe Myself as Progressive’

Meet Maurice Chenier, Who Bills Himself as the Most ‘Pro-Police’ DA Candidate: ‘I Wouldn’t Describe Myself as Progressive’

By Han Li
Sep. 19, 2022 • 2:00pm • 6m
Mayor Appoints Chinese American Nonprofit Exec to Transportation Board

Mayor Appoints Chinese American Nonprofit Exec to Transportation Board

By Han Li
Sep. 16, 2022 • 1:04pm • 2m
SF Noncitizen Parents to Cast November Ballots—It Could Be Their Last

SF Noncitizen Parents to Cast November Ballots—It Could Be Their Last

By Han Li
Sep. 16, 2022 • 5:00am • 6m
Brooke Jenkins Campaign Poll Shows Appointed DA as Frontrunner in Race, But Opponents Remain Hopeful

Brooke Jenkins Campaign Poll Shows Appointed DA as Frontrunner in Race, But Opponents Remain Hopeful

By Michael Barba
Sep. 14, 2022 • 6:00am • 3m
Supes Roundup: Working Toward San Francisco’s Recovery

Supes Roundup: Working Toward San Francisco’s Recovery

By Mike Ege
Sep. 13, 2022 • 8:10pm • 5m
Supervisors To Analyze SF’s Mind-Bending Tax Code As Offices Sit Empty

Supervisors To Analyze SF’s Mind-Bending Tax Code As Offices Sit Empty

By Kevin Truong, Annie Gaus
Sep. 13, 2022 • 1:55pm • 2m
Here’s How San Francisco’s ‘Favorite’ New Trash Can Looks After a Night on the Gin

Here’s How San Francisco’s ‘Favorite’ New Trash Can Looks After a Night on the Gin

By Joe Burn
Sep. 13, 2022 • 11:15am • 3m
Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says

Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says

By Garrett Leahy
Sep. 13, 2022 • 12:15pm • 2m
What Motivates SF to Clear Encampments? Connections, the Tourist Gaze—and Bad Press

What Motivates SF to Clear Encampments? Connections, the Tourist Gaze—and Bad Press

By Matthew Kupfer
Sep. 13, 2022 • 5:00am • 5m
San Francisco Disaster Drill Fails as Helicopter Foiled by Fog, Malfunctions

San Francisco Disaster Drill Fails as Helicopter Foiled by Fog, Malfunctions

By Joe Burn
Sep. 12, 2022 • 5:00pm • 2m
Supervisors Preview: Tourism Taxes, Laguna Honda, and Tough Questions

Supervisors Preview: Tourism Taxes, Laguna Honda, and Tough Questions

By Mike Ege
Sep. 12, 2022 • 1:07pm • 4m
Tired of Dodging Scooters? SF Mulls Strict New Rules to Keep Them Off Sidewalks

Tired of Dodging Scooters? SF Mulls Strict New Rules to Keep Them Off Sidewalks

By Jennifer Wadsworth
Sep. 12, 2022 • 4:58pm • 4m
Meet the Woman Stockpiling Cash to Sue San Francisco Over Housing Deadlock

Meet the Woman Stockpiling Cash to Sue San Francisco Over Housing Deadlock

By Anna Tong, Sarah Wright
Sep. 09, 2022 • 11:06am • 2m
SF Celebrates a Milestone: 10,000 Immigrants Gaining Citizenship With City’s Help

SF Celebrates a Milestone: 10,000 Immigrants Gaining Citizenship With City’s Help

By Han Li
Sep. 07, 2022 • 3:15pm • 3m
Leanna Louie’s Last-Ditch Effort To Remain on the Ballot Fails

Leanna Louie’s Last-Ditch Effort To Remain on the Ballot Fails

By Anna Tong, Han Li
Sep. 07, 2022 • 9:55am • 2m
Queen Máxima Visits Historic San Francisco Gay Bar: ‘Pretty Fabulous’

Queen Máxima Visits Historic San Francisco Gay Bar: ‘Pretty Fabulous’

By Josh Koehn
Sep. 06, 2022 • 1:23pm • 4m
Supervisors Roundup: Bad Drugs, Good Drugs, and Boudin Leftovers

Supervisors Roundup: Bad Drugs, Good Drugs, and Boudin Leftovers

By Mike Ege
Sep. 06, 2022 • 6:16pm • 4m
‘Nobody’s Going to Jail’: Supes’ Plan to Fix Drug Crisis Asks City Bosses for Ideas Within 90 Days

‘Nobody’s Going to Jail’: Supes’ Plan to Fix Drug Crisis Asks City Bosses for Ideas Within 90 Days

By Garrett Leahy
Sep. 06, 2022 • 5:40pm • 3m
Supervisors Preview: Boudin’s Loose Ends, Chinese Media, and Shrooms

Supervisors Preview: Boudin’s Loose Ends, Chinese Media, and Shrooms

By Mike Ege
Sep. 06, 2022 • 9:56am • 3m
‘I Have To Start a Revolution To Park My Damn Car’: San Francisco Forces ‘Impossible’ Quest To Park in Street Surrounded by Permit Zone

‘I Have To Start a Revolution To Park My Damn Car’: San Francisco Forces ‘Impossible’ Quest To Park in Street Surrounded by Permit Zone

By Joe Burn
Sep. 02, 2022 • 11:04am • 3m
Leanna Louie, District 4 Candidate Struck From Ballot, Says She’s Suing the City

Leanna Louie, District 4 Candidate Struck From Ballot, Says She’s Suing the City

By Mike Ege
Aug. 30, 2022 • 3:13pm • 4m
SF Prosecutors Prevent People With Court Debts From Clearing Criminal Records. A State Bill Could Change That

SF Prosecutors Prevent People With Court Debts From Clearing Criminal Records. A State Bill Could Change That

By Noah Baustin
Aug. 31, 2022 • 5:00am • 7m
City Spending $200K on JFK Drive Improvements, Even With Ballot Fight to Come

City Spending $200K on JFK Drive Improvements, Even With Ballot Fight to Come

By Sarah Wright
Aug. 31, 2022 • 10:45am • 2m
Judge Tosses ‘Amazon Tax’ From Ballot After Prop. K’s Flaws Exposed

Judge Tosses ‘Amazon Tax’ From Ballot After Prop. K’s Flaws Exposed

By Josh Koehn
Sep. 02, 2022 • 2:15pm • 2m
Hello, Governor: Newsom Faces Big Decisions as Legislators Pass New Laws on Hot-Button Issues

Hello, Governor: Newsom Faces Big Decisions as Legislators Pass New Laws on Hot-Button Issues

By Josh Koehn, Vince Bielski, CalMatters
Sep. 01, 2022 • 4:51pm • 4m
DA Candidate John Hamasaki on Anti-Asian Hate—and His Notorious Twitter Persona

DA Candidate John Hamasaki on Anti-Asian Hate—and His Notorious Twitter Persona

By Han Li
Sep. 21, 2022 • 2:00pm • 6m
How an SF Housing Nonprofit Blew Almost $500K on a Flawed Effort To ‘Tax Jeff Bezos’ Ass’

How an SF Housing Nonprofit Blew Almost $500K on a Flawed Effort To ‘Tax Jeff Bezos’ Ass’

By Josh Koehn
Sep. 01, 2022 • 5:00am • 7m
Meet the Man Behind Fake Election Posters Popping Up in San Francisco. He’s a 19-Year-Old Media Savant

Meet the Man Behind Fake Election Posters Popping Up in San Francisco. He’s a 19-Year-Old Media Savant

By Joe Burn
Aug. 27, 2022 • 10:53pm • 3m
Noncitizen Parents Are Allowed to Vote This November—at Least for the Time Being

Noncitizen Parents Are Allowed to Vote This November—at Least for the Time Being

By Han Li
Sep. 01, 2022 • 1:02pm • 2m
Photo of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who will likely sign CARE Courts into law.

CARE Courts—the Controversial Plan to Compel People Into Drug, Mental Health Treatment—Set to Become Law

By Vince Bielski
Sep. 01, 2022 • 9:00am • 1m
Booted From Ballot: Controversial SF Candidate Disqualified for Failing to Prove Residency

Booted From Ballot: Controversial SF Candidate Disqualified for Failing to Prove Residency

By Anna Tong, Mike Ege
Aug. 26, 2022 • 2:43pm • 2m
Real Estate Mogul Linked to SF Corruption Scandal Found Guilty of Bank Fraud

Real Estate Mogul Linked to SF Corruption Scandal Found Guilty of Bank Fraud

By Jonah Owen Lamb
Aug. 26, 2022 • 11:03am • 2m
SF Gives Public Schools a $1M Boost for College Prep: ‘Such an Amazing Experience’

SF Gives Public Schools a $1M Boost for College Prep: ‘Such an Amazing Experience’

By Han Li
Aug. 31, 2022 • 1:51pm • 3m
Disgraced Public Works Chief Gets 7 Years for Role in Bribery Scandal: ‘Your Crime Resulted From Greed’

Disgraced Public Works Chief Gets 7 Years for Role in Bribery Scandal: ‘Your Crime Resulted From Greed’

By Michael Barba
Aug. 25, 2022 • 3:59pm • 5m
Anti-Abortion Protesters Travel From as Far as South Carolina to Crash San Francisco Women’s Equality Speech

Anti-Abortion Protesters Travel From as Far as South Carolina to Crash San Francisco Women’s Equality Speech

By Michaela Neville, Camille Cohen
Aug. 25, 2022 • 2:43pm • 2m
An electric vehicle charging

New Gas-Only Cars Will Be Banned in California by 2035, a First Worldwide

By CalMatters
Aug. 25, 2022 • 2:28pm • 2m
Pour One Out For San Francisco’s 4 a.m. Bar Bill. It’s Dead

Pour One Out For San Francisco’s 4 a.m. Bar Bill. It’s Dead

By Josh Koehn
Aug. 24, 2022 • 6:15pm • 3m
Supe Candidate Leanna Louie Implies Veteran Jewish Journalist is a ‘NAZI’ in Online Rant

Supe Candidate Leanna Louie Implies Veteran Jewish Journalist is a ‘NAZI’ in Online Rant

By Anna Tong, Joe Burn, Ida Mojadad
Aug. 24, 2022 • 6:59pm • 2m
Is SF Hoarding Water? One Environmental Group Wants the City To Get Real About Its Planning 

Is SF Hoarding Water? One Environmental Group Wants the City To Get Real About Its Planning 

By Sarah Wright
Aug. 23, 2022 • 7:00pm • 3m
At Pro-Housing Debate, Supervisor Candidates Compete To Out-YIMBY Each Other

At Pro-Housing Debate, Supervisor Candidates Compete To Out-YIMBY Each Other

By Mike Ege
Aug. 23, 2022 • 11:43am • 4m
Photo of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who will likely sign CARE Courts into law.

California Voters Oppose President Biden Running for a Second Term and Give a Nod to Gov. Newsom, Poll Shows

By Vince Bielski
Aug. 19, 2022 • 1:22pm • 1m
She Was Born in Hong Kong. Does She Have to Prove Her Right to Put a Chinese Name on the SF Ballot?

She Was Born in Hong Kong. Does She Have to Prove Her Right to Put a Chinese Name on the SF Ballot?

By Han Li
Aug. 19, 2022 • 6:30am • 5m
Great Highway, Huge Price Tag: Pro-Car Ballot Measure Could Cost City $80 Million

Great Highway, Huge Price Tag: Pro-Car Ballot Measure Could Cost City $80 Million

By Sarah Wright, Josh Koehn
Aug. 18, 2022 • 7:14pm • 3m
Illustration by Lu Chen/The Standard

‘They Must Be Stealing’: Equipment Goes Missing as SF Public Utilities Employees Moonlight on City Time, Workers Say

By Matt Smith
Aug. 18, 2022 • 6:30am • 3m
San Francisco ‘Amazon Tax’ Backers Want To Axe It As Amazon May Not Be Affected

San Francisco ‘Amazon Tax’ Backers Want To Axe It As Amazon May Not Be Affected

By Anna Tong
Aug. 17, 2022 • 6:27pm • 3m
SF Housing Group Asks Court to Block Rival Measure From November Ballot

SF Housing Group Asks Court to Block Rival Measure From November Ballot

By Garrett Leahy
Aug. 17, 2022 • 6:15pm • 2m
Here’s What a $21K San Francisco Trash Can Looks Like After a Month of City Living

Here’s What a $21K San Francisco Trash Can Looks Like After a Month of City Living

By Joe Burn
Aug. 17, 2022 • 1:32pm • 2m
SF’s November Ballot Takes Shape with 15 Local Propositions

SF’s November Ballot Takes Shape with 15 Local Propositions

By Mike Ege
Aug. 17, 2022 • 7:04pm • 5m
10 California State Bills That Never Saw the Light of Day This Year

10 California State Bills That Never Saw the Light of Day This Year

By Sarah Wright, Kevin Truong
Aug. 16, 2022 • 3:28pm • 3m
City Investigating Sunset District Supervisor Candidate Leanna Louie for Possible Residency Fraud

City Investigating Sunset District Supervisor Candidate Leanna Louie for Possible Residency Fraud

By Anna Tong
Aug. 24, 2022 • 6:49pm • 2m
San Francisco to Challenge Court Ruling That Bars Non-Citizen Voting in School Board Elections

San Francisco to Challenge Court Ruling That Bars Non-Citizen Voting in School Board Elections

By Han Li
Aug. 15, 2022 • 5:25pm • 1m
Drugs, Housing Emerge As Top District 6 Issues—But So Far, Candidates Sound Remarkably Similar

Drugs, Housing Emerge As Top District 6 Issues—But So Far, Candidates Sound Remarkably Similar

By Mike Ege
Aug. 11, 2022 • 2:06pm • 4m
Recalled School Board President Gabriela López Plans to Run Again

Recalled School Board President Gabriela López Plans to Run Again

By Ida Mojadad
Aug. 11, 2022 • 1:52pm • 2m
Fiery Ex-Police Commissioner John Hamasaki Likely Running for District Attorney Against Brooke Jenkins

Fiery Ex-Police Commissioner John Hamasaki Likely Running for District Attorney Against Brooke Jenkins

By Michael Barba, Josh Koehn
Aug. 11, 2022 • 10:02am • 5m
New Video Shows Confrontation Between Supe Walton, Sheriff’s Cadet From Different Vantage Point

New Video Shows Confrontation Between Supe Walton, Sheriff’s Cadet From Different Vantage Point

By Josh Koehn
Aug. 10, 2022 • 11:54am • 2m