Senior Politics Reporter

Josh Koehn

San Francisco’s famously tangled bureaucracy isn’t just confusing to residents—even City Hall officials struggle to understand it.

City ethics law bars former officers from seeking to influence government decisions the first year after ending their employment.

Legislation from Supervisor Bilal Mahmood aims to ease the burden of homeless services carried by the Tenderloin, Bayview, and SoMa.

“I find the offenses that are set out here to be very, very serious and very destructive,” a judge told Rodrigo Santos.

Experts say understanding the effects of climate change on avalanches is tricky.