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San Francisco mayor delivers pro-police, anti-drug address

San Francisco Mayor London Breed is pushing back on critics who say the city is dead or dying

The Independent UK

Gallery owner arrested after being filmed hosing homeless woman

Collier Gwin faces up to six months in prison and a $2,000 fine if convicted

The Independent UK

Federal judge says San Francisco can't clear homeless camps

A federal judge has temporarily banned San Francisco from clearing homeless encampments, saying the city is violating its own policies

The Independent UK

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George Skelton: If Karen Bass succeeds as LA mayor, she could have a shot at making historic firsts as California governor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has had 40 governors in its 172 years as a state. And not one has been a woman. Nor a Black person. Or a Los Angeles mayor.

Los Angeles Times

Brickbat: It Doesn't Add Up

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and other elected officials have criticized the city Election Commission's decision not to renew the contract of Elections Director John Arntz. By their account, he took over a troubled department 20 years ago and turned it around, running smooth and fair elections. Even the commissioners…

Reason

San Francisco mayor apologizes for saying 'a lot of' drug dealers are Honduran

San Francisco Mayor London Breed issued an apology Thursday for comments she made that linked Honduran immigrants to drug dealing in the city, which drew condemnation from Bay Area Latino organizations and community members.

Los Angeles Times

San Francisco mayor pledges again a crackdown on drug sales

A grim Mayor London Breed pledged for the second time in a year a serious crackdown on open air opioid drug sales and rampant public drug use that she says is destroying San Francisco

The Independent UK

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Lawsuit demands San Francisco stop homeless camp sweeps

Homeless people and their advocates sued the city of San Francisco in federal court on Tuesday

The Independent UK

As California Embraces Development, San Francisco Mayor Vetoes Fake Housing Reform Bill

The proposed policy was offensive to property rights and disincentivized construction. The mayor's rejection of it shows the state's increasing interest in allowing more building.

Reason

The mayor of San Francisco’s long fight to get her brother out of jail over armed robbery that turned fatal

High-profile case touches on issues including the politics of crime-fighting, state law – and one family’s journey between poverty and power. Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

New York raises monkeypox alarm, San Francisco declares emergency

Authorities say the declarations will help the government to mobilise resources.

Al Jazeera

Police Can Access Your Ring Camera Footage Without a Warrant

After Amazon admitted it gives Ring footage to police departments upon "emergency" request, San Francisco Mayor London Breed wants cops to be able to access any camera at any time.

Reason

San Francisco Mayor Slaps Down Clever Plot To Make Housing Crisis Worse

The mayor vetoed a controversial ordinance that would have legalized more types of housing on paper while making it harder to build in practice.

Reason

San Francisco’s new DA says she can ‘restore order’ while pressing reform. Critics aren’t so sure

After a tumultuous and expensive recall effort that ousted Chesa Boudin last month, San Francisco has a new district attorney — a prosecutor who quit Boudin’s office to join the campaign against him.

Los Angeles Times

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The Independent UK

Chesa Boudin critic to replace him as San Francisco DA

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has picked a vocal critic of District Attorney Chesa Boudin to replace him in office after he was recalled in a special election last month

Los Angeles Times

Erika D. Smith: Why LA, not San Francisco, could become the most progressive city in California

In an election year supposedly defined by the public's anxiety over rising crime and diminishing law enforcement, Los Angeles is on the verge of electing its first abolitionist City Council member.

Reason

Labyrinthine Zoning Rules Restricted Homeless Shelters During the Pandemic

As COVID-19 spread across the country, complex rules around land use and building permits made housing the poor and vulnerable effectively impossible.

Los Angeles Times

Fear over crime and homelessness in California paid off in some primaries. Will it carry over to November?

Less than three years after earning a major win for a national movement seeking to elect progressive prosecutors, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was recalled from office Tuesday night.

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The Guardian - US

Where did it go wrong for Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s ousted progressive DA?

The former public defender, who instituted many criminal justice reform policies, was recalled after less than three years in office

Ballotpedia

San Francisco voters recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin

San Francisco voters recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin on June 7, 2022. Mayor London Breed will appoint a temporary replacement, who will serve until voters elect a permanent district attorney in November.

Axios

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin recalled

Mayor London Breed will appoint a temporary replacement who will serve until a November election.

The Guardian - US

San Francisco recalls DA Chesa Boudin in blow to criminal justice reform

Gavin Newsom easily advances to November election as Karen Bass and Rick Caruso head to mayoral runoff in Los Angeles

Reason

San Francisco Recalls Progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin

Mayor London Breed, who has herself recently pivoted away from criminal justice reforms, will select Boudin's successor.

Los Angeles Times

San Francisco’s bitter DA recall could set back national justice reform movement

SAN FRANCISCO — Hours after winning election as San Francisco district attorney in 2019, Chesa Boudin stood, beaming, inside a packed dive bar in the Mission District.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chesa Boudin, San Francisco prosecutor raised by radicals in Hyde Park, facing a recall vote Tuesday

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said she and other “progressive prosecutors” have been “reelected even in these challenging times of rising violence,”

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