News Reporter

David Sjostedt

‘Like quicksand’: Tenderloin residents worry that emergency order is just shifting problems around

News

The first 90-day period of the Mayor’s emergency declaration is set to expire, bringing with it an expectation of permanence. But many are questioning what it really means for the city’s future. 

Kunal Modi

Opinion: SF doesn’t need a magic number of homeless beds. It needs the right beds

Opinion

The mayor’s homelessness czar explains why the Lurie administration is walking back a campaign promise to deliver 1,500 emergency shelter beds in six months.

The city claims the Tenderloin is much nicer now. Residents of this street say otherwise

Culture

Even as the city’s leaders tout progress in the Tenderloin, residents of this street say the crackdown has intensified their issues.

Ben Christopher at CalMatters

Newsom announces $350M to battle ‘organized retail theft,’ like Union Square smash-and-grabs

Responding to a raft of high profile flash mob shoplifting events, the governor sought to ‘recognize people’s fears and anxieties’ around crime.

Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

San Francisco has effectively decriminalized magic mushrooms. Now what?

In September, the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution decriminalizing many plant-based psychedelics. But that doesn’t mean mushroom edibles are coming to SF dispensaries.

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‘Like quicksand’: Tenderloin residents worry that emergency order is just shifting problems around

Opinion: SF doesn’t need a magic number of homeless beds. It needs the right beds

The city claims the Tenderloin is much nicer now. Residents of this street say otherwise

Newsom announces $350M to battle ‘organized retail theft,’ like Union Square smash-and-grabs

San Francisco has effectively decriminalized magic mushrooms. Now what?