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On April 25, to mark the end of Earth Day week, the Jefferson Square Park neighbors gathered at the park with their District 2 and 5 Supervisors, Stephen Sherrill and Bilal Mahmood, who share jurisdiction over the park, to pick<br> Read More »

Shifting Away from Permanent Supportive Housing San Francisco will soon announce plans to “decommission” four city-funded permanent supportive housing sites. The city plans to reveal specifics by April 30 but it appears the Lurie Administration is more focused on scaling<br> Read More »

San Francisco Already Has A Strong Mayor Willie Brown brought great times to San Francisco during his 1996-2003 stint as mayor. Nobody suggested Brown lacked sufficient power. Yet many of San Francisco’s current political leaders and major campaign donors claim<br> Read More »

Ignacio Dzul, the homeless man who has been the subject of numerous complaints and restraining orders due to his violent and disruptive behavior near Jefferson Square Park, including accusations of threatening residents with a machete, was arrested again at the<br> Read More »

Initiatives Have Primarily Helped Tenants SF also requires by far the lowest amount of signatures for measures to qualify for the ballot. This incentivizes politicians and special interests to overload the ballot with poorly conceived, divisive, and often contradictory measures.<br> Read More »

Parking Barriers Deter Drug Activities Open-air drug markets still afflict multiple San Francisco neighborhoods. The police clearly need help. While the city supplements SFPD officers with ambassadors and Sheriff’s staff, an unlikely agency could potentially make a big difference: SFMTA.<br> Read More »

Shifting District Preferences Since district elections resumed in 2000, only three districts have voted with ideological consistency: Districts 1 and 9 have always backed progressives, while moderates have controlled D2. That’s why the outcome of races in D4, 8 and<br> Read More »

February 26 marked the first anniversary of the high-profile drug raid at Jefferson Square Park. In response to many community complaints of criminal and drug-related activity in Jefferson Square Park, the San Francisco Police Department led an enforcement operation on<br> Read More »