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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’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
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
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
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
Supervisors Preview: Firefighting, Surveillance, and Leaf Blowers

Supervisors Preview: Firefighting, Surveillance, and Leaf Blowers

By Mike Ege
Sep. 19, 2022 • 1:33pm • 4m
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ethics Commission Blames City Department Heads for Derailing Anti-Corruption Ballot Measure

Ethics Commission Blames City Department Heads for Derailing Anti-Corruption Ballot Measure

By Mike Ege
Aug. 10, 2022 • 6:30am • 4m
San Francisco Grades Itself With Updated Performance Scorecards

San Francisco Grades Itself With Updated Performance Scorecards

By Maryann Jones Thompson
Aug. 09, 2022 • 4:11pm • 3m
Video Shows Supe Shamann Walton’s Confrontation With Sheriff’s Cadet

Video Shows Supe Shamann Walton’s Confrontation With Sheriff’s Cadet

By Josh Koehn
Aug. 05, 2022 • 4:13pm • 3m
As Nonprofit Workers Strike, Tenderloin Housing Clinic and City Point Fingers

As Nonprofit Workers Strike, Tenderloin Housing Clinic and City Point Fingers

By Garrett Leahy
Jul. 27, 2022 • 6:42pm • 3m
Supervisors’ Preview: Housing, Housing and More Housing

Supervisors’ Preview: Housing, Housing and More Housing

By Mike Ege
Jul. 26, 2022 • 10:21am • 4m
Mayor Defends Close Collaboration With Brooke Jenkins, Condemns Secret Recording of the New DA

Mayor Defends Close Collaboration With Brooke Jenkins, Condemns Secret Recording of the New DA

By Han Li
Jul. 21, 2022 • 4:36pm • 1m
Sheriff’s Cadet: Supervisor Walton Using N-Word Was ‘Rude, Disrespectful No Matter What Color You Are’ 

Sheriff’s Cadet: Supervisor Walton Using N-Word Was ‘Rude, Disrespectful No Matter What Color You Are’ 

By Josh Koehn
Aug. 02, 2022 • 5:34pm • 5m
November Ballot Grows as Supervisors Send Sanitation, Election Plans to Voters

November Ballot Grows as Supervisors Send Sanitation, Election Plans to Voters

By Garrett Leahy
Jul. 20, 2022 • 12:35pm • 4m
‘Rotten to the Core’: San Francisco Could Get Sued Over Housing Gridlock, Says Legislator

‘Rotten to the Core’: San Francisco Could Get Sued Over Housing Gridlock, Says Legislator

By Annie Gaus
Aug. 01, 2022 • 11:55am • 3m
Watergate-Era Financial Disclosures Aren’t Enough to Keep Local Pols Honest, Experts Say

Watergate-Era Financial Disclosures Aren’t Enough to Keep Local Pols Honest, Experts Say

By Josh Koehn
Jul. 20, 2022 • 6:30am • 3m
Supes Roundup: Putting the Budget to Bed and Revenue Nightmares

Supes Roundup: Putting the Budget to Bed and Revenue Nightmares

By Mike Ege
Jul. 19, 2022 • 8:49pm • 4m
Supes Roundup: Long Live Rent Control

Supes Roundup: Long Live Rent Control

By Mike Ege
Jul. 26, 2022 • 7:55pm • 4m
Spat Over Chinese Newspaper Contracts Shines Fresh Light on City’s Odd Media Meddling 

Spat Over Chinese Newspaper Contracts Shines Fresh Light on City’s Odd Media Meddling 

By Mike Ege
Jul. 29, 2022 • 6:30am • 4m
Supervisors’ Preview: Housing for Veterans, Scrutiny for Street Teams

Supervisors’ Preview: Housing for Veterans, Scrutiny for Street Teams

By Mike Ege
Jul. 18, 2022 • 1:22pm • 3m
Controversial Housing Amendment Heads to Ballot, Lawsuit Likely

Controversial Housing Amendment Heads to Ballot, Lawsuit Likely

By Garrett Leahy
Jul. 26, 2022 • 4:58pm • 2m
How a Victim of Violence on SF Muni Became One of the City’s Leading Advocates of Public Transit Safety

How a Victim of Violence on SF Muni Became One of the City’s Leading Advocates of Public Transit Safety

By Han Li
Jul. 05, 2022 • 2:26pm • 3m
Local Unions Lock Horns Over Competing Housing Measures

Local Unions Lock Horns Over Competing Housing Measures

By Garrett Leahy
Jul. 08, 2022 • 11:00am • 3m
As the Drug Overdose Crisis Rages, City Fails to Collect Data Needed to Fight It

As the Drug Overdose Crisis Rages, City Fails to Collect Data Needed to Fight It

By Matt Smith, David Sjostedt
Jul. 07, 2022 • 6:30am • 9m
For Failing to Report Income, an Ex-Appeals Board President and a Recalled School Board Member Get Fined by SF Ethics Watchdogs

For Failing to Report Income, an Ex-Appeals Board President and a Recalled School Board Member Get Fined by SF Ethics Watchdogs

By Lisa Moreno
Jul. 06, 2022 • 11:57am • 3m
Crypto, Tech Stocks and Expensive Homes: What SF’s Elected Officials Own

Crypto, Tech Stocks and Expensive Homes: What SF’s Elected Officials Own

By Josh Koehn
Jul. 14, 2022 • 1:20pm • 9m
How the Sausage Gets Made in SF’s Budget: Nonprofits Jockey for ‘Add-Backs’

How the Sausage Gets Made in SF’s Budget: Nonprofits Jockey for ‘Add-Backs’

By Mike Ege
Jul. 05, 2022 • 6:30am • 3m
Historic Strike at Homeless Nonprofit? Tenderloin Housing Clinic Employees Veer Toward Unprecedented Work Stoppage

Historic Strike at Homeless Nonprofit? Tenderloin Housing Clinic Employees Veer Toward Unprecedented Work Stoppage

By Chris Roberts
Jul. 06, 2022 • 2:42pm • 4m
Tenants Battle One of SF’s Biggest Landlords Over Covid-Related Evictions: ‘I Will Be On the Street’

Tenants Battle One of SF’s Biggest Landlords Over Covid-Related Evictions: ‘I Will Be On the Street’

By Lisa Moreno
Jul. 13, 2022 • 12:57pm • 5m
Tax on Empty SF Housing Units to Appear on November Ballot

Tax on Empty SF Housing Units to Appear on November Ballot

By Garrett Leahy
Jun. 30, 2022 • 4:17pm • 3m
Supes Roundup: Housing, a New Police Commissioner, Irving Street Toxins and Ragging on Recology

Supes Roundup: Housing, a New Police Commissioner, Irving Street Toxins and Ragging on Recology

By Mike Ege
Jul. 12, 2022 • 7:15pm • 5m
Mayor Breed Is Not a Fan of Proposal To Change Citywide Election Dates

Mayor Breed Is Not a Fan of Proposal To Change Citywide Election Dates

By Annie Gaus
Jul. 12, 2022 • 4:25pm • 2m
San Francisco Defends Right of Non-Citizens to Vote in School Board Elections

San Francisco Defends Right of Non-Citizens to Vote in School Board Elections

By Lisa Moreno
Jul. 01, 2022 • 2:08pm • 4m
Supervisors Preview: Fish or Cut Bait on Fourplexes

Supervisors Preview: Fish or Cut Bait on Fourplexes

By Mike Ege
Jun. 27, 2022 • 2:45pm • 3m
Supervisors Preview: Clearing the Air Over Sunset Housing, and Packing the November Ballot

Supervisors Preview: Clearing the Air Over Sunset Housing, and Packing the November Ballot

By Mike Ege
Jul. 12, 2022 • 11:27am • 5m
Supervisors Call for Cuts to Police Budget, But Chief Scott Balks

Supervisors Call for Cuts to Police Budget, But Chief Scott Balks

By Mike Ege
Jun. 24, 2022 • 4:01pm • 3m
Dean Preston

‘News’ Website Propping Up Supervisor Dean Preston Hides Information on Authors After Report That Some Are Fake

By Josh Koehn
Jun. 24, 2022 • 1:40pm • 2m
Mayor, Supes Agree on Budget That Preserves Police and Downtown Funding, Boosts Affordable Housing

Mayor, Supes Agree on Budget That Preserves Police and Downtown Funding, Boosts Affordable Housing

By Annie Gaus
Jun. 28, 2022 • 4:44pm • 3m
Supes Roundup: Leaning Into Compromise on Housing

Supes Roundup: Leaning Into Compromise on Housing

By Mike Ege
Jun. 28, 2022 • 7:19pm • 5m
Restaurants and Bars Are Relying on City Money to Liven Up SF’s Downtown. Now the Future of That Funding’s Uncertain

Restaurants and Bars Are Relying on City Money to Liven Up SF’s Downtown. Now the Future of That Funding’s Uncertain

By Kevin Truong
Jun. 24, 2022 • 4:37pm • 4m
How SF’s Anti-Corruption Law Is Causing Fundraising Headaches in All The Wrong Places—and Spurring Backlash From Mayor Breed

How SF’s Anti-Corruption Law Is Causing Fundraising Headaches in All The Wrong Places—and Spurring Backlash From Mayor Breed

By Michael Barba
Jun. 17, 2022 • 11:59am • 4m
Explainer: How Ballot Measures Are Made in San Francisco

Explainer: How Ballot Measures Are Made in San Francisco

By Mike Ege
Jun. 22, 2022 • 6:30am • 4m
Garbage Out: Supervisors Seek to Sweep Away New Street Cleaning Department

Garbage Out: Supervisors Seek to Sweep Away New Street Cleaning Department

By Mike Ege
Jun. 15, 2022 • 6:38pm • 3m
Laguna Honda Gets a Health Check, Housing Bills Get a Raincheck: Supervisors’ Roundup

Laguna Honda Gets a Health Check, Housing Bills Get a Raincheck: Supervisors’ Roundup

By Mike Ege
Jun. 14, 2022 • 9:25pm • 5m
$118M From City Reserves for Asian American Reparations? Four Supes Want It—Mayor Breed Is Against It

$118M From City Reserves for Asian American Reparations? Four Supes Want It—Mayor Breed Is Against It

By Han Li
Jun. 14, 2022 • 6:28pm • 2m
Sup. Dorsey Proposes ‘Right to Recovery’ Zones With Targeted Drug Enforcement

Sup. Dorsey Proposes ‘Right to Recovery’ Zones With Targeted Drug Enforcement

By Annie Gaus
Jun. 14, 2022 • 3:22pm • 2m
Supes Preview: San Francisco’s Budget Battles Begin

Supes Preview: San Francisco’s Budget Battles Begin

By Mike Ege
Jun. 21, 2022 • 2:07pm • 3m
Massage Therapists Say Stigma, Onerous Permitting Are Nearly Pushing Them Out of San Francisco

Massage Therapists Say Stigma, Onerous Permitting Are Nearly Pushing Them Out of San Francisco

By Kevin Truong
Jun. 13, 2022 • 6:30am • 4m
Supervisors Preview: It Takes A Potemkin Village

Supervisors Preview: It Takes A Potemkin Village

By Mike Ege
Jun. 13, 2022 • 2:24pm • 3m