Senior Investigations Reporter

Michael Barba

The city attorney told the mayor that the letters were legal, but likely unenforceable in court.

A new city ordinance will require greater oversight of the billions in grants that San Francisco departments award each year. 

Public Works says it needs an enhanced budget for sanitation as it faces a costly, voter-mandated spinoff into a new sanitation department.


State officials accused the company of covering up key details after a Cruise vehicle struck and dragged a woman in San Francisco on Oct. 2.

Asian American advocates reflect on Thursday’s Supreme Court case, recalling when the affirmative action debate had very different contours.