Tim Redmond

Opinion: ‘San Fransicko’ gets it upside down: it’s neoliberals who ruin cities

Opinion

Progressives aren’t in charge in SF. It’s the economic policies of Ronald Reagan and mainstream liberals that have produced the crisis in the streets. 

Senior Politics Reporter

Josh Koehn

Politics Reporter

Gabe Greschler

Suspended city official paid $85K to ‘dear friend’ for ‘weird’ trainings

Politics

As director of the Department on the Status of Women, Kimberly Ellis used taxpayer money for a fancy Tahoe retreat — with a close pal at her side.

The Standard Staff

This week in civics: Demand gun safety, walk across town, be SF proud

Culture

Plus, once you’re done keeping your tiny human alive for the day, talk to other moms about how caretaking can be a revolutionary act.

News Reporter

David Sjostedt

3 people die of drug overdoses every week in San Francisco supportive housing

Almost every time Edwin Armando Alvarez overdosed on fentanyl, he said he awoke grateful to be alive. But on March 9, alone in his residential hotel room in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, he didn’t wake up.

Senior Reporter

Jonah Owen Lamb

Is reviving a private police agency in San Francisco the solution to the city’s crime woes?

News

Patrol Specials, a program allowing citizens to pay for a security force overseen by the city, has fizzled in recent years. It could be resuscitated. 

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Opinion: ‘San Fransicko’ gets it upside down: it’s neoliberals who ruin cities

Suspended city official paid $85K to ‘dear friend’ for ‘weird’ trainings

This week in civics: Demand gun safety, walk across town, be SF proud

3 people die of drug overdoses every week in San Francisco supportive housing

Is reviving a private police agency in San Francisco the solution to the city’s crime woes?