Friendlier prison guards? Why Gavin Newsom’s advisers want them at San Quentin

News

California correctional officers train like ‘they are going to war’ to work in state prisons. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to transform San Quentin could require a kinder approach.

The Standard Staff

Can CHP help tackle San Francisco’s drug crisis? Calls grow for state police intervention

Politics

The requests come as Gov. Gavin Newsom made a surprise visit to the Tenderloin Wednesday.

News Reporter

David Sjostedt

Safe drug use sites: Anxiety grows as controversial bill sits on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk

Scott Wiener, Matt Dorsey and other leaders join forces to urge Newsom to sign legislation authorizing safe drug use sites.

Deputy Politics Editor

Hannah Wiley

‘Gavin got his groove back.’ How Newsom’s fight with Trump broke his moderate mirage

In his latest fight with the president, the governor reverted back to a Democratic firebrand. 

Politics Reporter

Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

Daniel Lurie’s arrival marks the end of the Willie Brown dynasty

Brown helped the careers of Gavin Newsom, Ed Lee, and London Breed before they became mayor. 

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Friendlier prison guards? Why Gavin Newsom’s advisers want them at San Quentin

Can CHP help tackle San Francisco’s drug crisis? Calls grow for state police intervention

Safe drug use sites: Anxiety grows as controversial bill sits on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk

‘Gavin got his groove back.’ How Newsom’s fight with Trump broke his moderate mirage

Daniel Lurie’s arrival marks the end of the Willie Brown dynasty