Senior Politics Reporter

Josh Koehn

In his bid to become San Francisco’s mayor a second time, Farrell is embracing aggressive positions on crime and homelessness.

Mayor Daniel Lurie responded that crime in the city has been falling for years. But that didn't save Washington D.C.

SFPD has spent wastefully on overtime, overlooking possible fraud, to the detriment of crime reduction, a city report says. 

The Standard’s mayoral election quiz will tell you which candidates agree with you on housing, crime and other issues.

The outcome of these races may reveal the true depths of people’s animosity toward crime, homelessness, fentanyl, and the state of downtown.