Senior Investigations Reporter

Michael Barba

SF’s trash-hauling monopoly may have overcharged customers far more than it has already admitted. 

Today’s meeting featured shady committee assignments, second thoughts over a new street cleaning department, and yet another Recology scandal fix


The labor leader beat out Michael Lai to represent the hotly contested southwestern district.

State Sen. Scott Wiener hatched a secret plan to catch NIMBYs off guard and reshape San Francisco’s housing rules.

Pedestrians, cyclists, cars: It’s a constant battle on San Francisco’s streets. Can anyone make it safer — and less politically charged?