Explainers

• How San Francisco Ended Up With the Nation’s Richest Renters

  
  By Noah Baustin
  Sep. 27, 2022 • 9:40am • 3m

• Explainer: Here’s How Your Water Gets From the Sierras to the City

  
  By Sarah Wright
  Jul. 12, 2022 • 6:44pm • < 1m

• Explainer: Here’s How SF’s Supervisors Get to Work

  
  By Sarah Wright
  Jul. 04, 2022 • 6:30am • 2m

• Explainer: How Ballot Measures Are Made in San Francisco

  
  By Mike Ege
  Jun. 22, 2022 • 6:30am • 4m

• Explainer: Here’s How the Fate of Lowell’s Admissions Will Be Decided

  
  By Ida Mojadad
  Jun. 16, 2022 • 12:51pm • 2m

• Explainer: Will Community Policing Make San Francisco Safer?

  
  By Han Li
  Jun. 13, 2022 • 9:00am • 3m

• Explainer: What Happens Next Now That DA Chesa Boudin Is Recalled?

  
  By Josh Koehn
  Jun. 07, 2022 • 10:38pm • 2m

• Explainer: How SF Hammers Out Its $27.8 Billion, Two-Year Budget

  
  By Mike Ege
  Jun. 01, 2022 • 11:00am • 3m

• Dreams & Delays: A Timeline of the Van Ness BRT Project

  
  By Maryann Jones Thompson, Shelley D. Fargo
  Apr. 01, 2022 • 6:30am • 6m