San Francisco on HotAir

San Francisco

Jul 2019

Amid homelessness crisis, SF residents sue to block new shelter

Jazz Shaw Jul 14, 2019 9:31 AM

NIMBY

Don’t look now, but the San Francisco homeless challenge just went up again

Jazz Shaw Jul 10, 2019 6:31 PM

Not good

Nothing says 4th of July like painting over a mural of George Washington

Jazz Shaw Jul 05, 2019 11:01 AM

San Francisco, of course

Jun 2019

Violent crime up sharply in San Francisco BART stations

John Sexton Jun 25, 2019 6:41 PM

“Robberies and aggravated assaults combined jumped nearly 16% from 2017 to 2018 alone…”

San Francisco PD sued for discrimination… against white men

Jazz Shaw Jun 17, 2019 2:31 PM

Never ends well

San Francisco approves forced treatment for homeless who are mentally ill

John Sexton Jun 06, 2019 6:41 PM

The change may apply to as few as five people.

Protester storms CA stage, silences Kamala Harris during Dem event

Karen Townsend Jun 02, 2019 9:31 AM

Husband comes to the rescue.

May 2019

Here we go again. Another California judge blocks border wall construction

Jazz Shaw May 25, 2019 4:31 PM

Here we go again

He used to be homeless, now he’s documenting homelessness in San Francisco

John Sexton May 24, 2019 5:21 PM

“…there was no exposure of what was really going on in San Francisco.”

Homelessness up 17% in San Francisco, 43% in Alameda County

John Sexton May 16, 2019 8:41 PM

“The number of people living in cars, RVs and other vehicles has risen by 45%…”

San Francisco to vote on banning facial recognition tech

John Sexton May 13, 2019 1:01 PM

“Face recognition is one of those technologies that people get how creepy it is…”

San Francisco preparing another blow to their own police

Jazz Shaw May 08, 2019 12:31 PM

Why make it easier to enforce the law?

San Francisco school may destroy George Washington murals for “traumatizing” students

Allahpundit May 03, 2019 8:01 PM

Woke.

San Francisco will spend $72 million on street cleaning this year, but it won’t be enough

John Sexton May 02, 2019 2:41 PM

“Cleaning the same area three, four, five times a day is not the best use of our money…”

Apr 2019

This San Francisco public pooping map is gross and also fascinating

John Sexton Apr 16, 2019 9:21 PM

“Since 2011, there have been at least 118,352 reported instances…”

No, Trump wasn’t kidding about shipping illegals to sanctuary cities

Jazz Shaw Apr 16, 2019 8:01 AM

Load up the buses

Mar 2019

Kate Steinle’s parents’ lawsuit dismissed by Ninth Circuit

Jazz Shaw Mar 27, 2019 12:31 PM

Wrong jurisdiction for justice

Poll: 72% of San Francisco residents say Bay Area quality of life has declined

John Sexton Mar 25, 2019 7:21 PM

“about 44 percent say they are likely to move out of the Bay Area in the next few years…”

In an effort to clean up the streets, San Francisco is installing 1,000 trash can sensors

John Sexton Mar 08, 2019 5:21 PM

“…they’ve discussed that it’s going to be cleaned up, but it hasn’t been.”

Plan to turn San Francisco public school into homeless shelter deemed an expensive failure

John Sexton Mar 04, 2019 9:21 PM

“The city has been paying…$40,000 per month to manage the shelter…”

Feb 2019

Another DNA cold case arrest

Jazz Shaw Feb 13, 2019 6:41 PM

Authorities still processing years worth of rape kits

Green monster: California abandons high-speed rail line between LA and San Francisco

Allahpundit Feb 12, 2019 4:01 PM

Rail line to nowhere.

San Francisco has more drug users than high school students

John Sexton Feb 04, 2019 5:01 PM

“There are about 24,500 injection drug users in San Francisco…”

Jan 2019

Willie Brown: Yeah, I once dated Kamala Harris and may have helped her career. What about it?

Allahpundit Jan 28, 2019 10:01 PM

“I may have influenced her career by appointing her to two state commissions…”

Another day, another head-stomping on the streets of San Francisco

John Sexton Jan 07, 2019 7:21 PM

“…arguing over the rights to a Bluetooth speaker they stole from someone”

Dec 2018

Documenting San Francisco’s homeless problem one tweet at a time

John Sexton Dec 27, 2018 7:01 PM

“…residents say the situation has gotten worse in recent years.”

San Francisco business owner: ‘We live in a pretty f**ked up city’

John Sexton Dec 21, 2018 6:41 PM

“But no one really talks about it.”

Spotify gives up San Francisco headquarters (and tax breaks) over safety concerns

John Sexton Dec 11, 2018 9:21 PM

“…a female Spotify employee was slapped in the face by a homeless woman”

San Francisco now a leader in ‘porch piracy’

John Sexton Dec 06, 2018 6:41 PM

“Anything that doesn’t fit in the mail slot, we’ve had it stolen.”

Nov 2018

Did San Francisco pass a tax to raise money for the homeless? The answer is yes and also maybe

John Sexton Nov 12, 2018 9:21 PM

“…passing a new tax measure where the proceeds are used for specific purposes has required a two-thirds majority.”

San Francisco shuts down “illegal Airbnb ‘Hotel Chain’”

Jazz Shaw Nov 08, 2018 12:31 PM

Because Big Brother knows what you should do with your property

Oct 2018

What a deal! San Jose to pay homeless to clean up their mess

Jazz Shaw Oct 29, 2018 4:31 PM

What could possibly go wrong?

San Francisco is considering a revenue tax to fight homelessness

John Sexton Oct 15, 2018 1:01 PM

“There is a limit to what we should — and can — spend.”

What it’s like living on the dirtiest street in San Francisco

John Sexton Oct 10, 2018 5:01 PM

“It’s like the land of the living dead.”

San Francisco: Parts of the city have become ‘an open-air narcotics market’

John Sexton Oct 08, 2018 5:01 PM

“It’s almost impossible to get convicted in this city.”

Sep 2018

In San Francisco, car owners now begging ‘smash and grab’ thieves to find another target

John Sexton Sep 17, 2018 5:01 PM

“Of the more than 81,000 online reports of auto break-ins that victims filed in San Francisco over the past seven years, a mere 13 cases resulted in arrests…”

Aug 2018

In San Francisco, you can make a pretty good living cleaning up other people’s poop

John Sexton Aug 23, 2018 9:21 PM

“We’re spending a lot of money to address this problem.”

San Francisco launching ‘Poop Patrol’ to combat crappy streets

John Sexton Aug 15, 2018 3:21 PM

“We’re actually out there looking for it.”

San Francisco getting 78 calls a day about human feces in the street

John Sexton Aug 08, 2018 9:21 PM

“since April janitors have cleaned up more than 13,000 dirty needles…”

Illegal immigrants not exactly flocking to register to vote in San Francisco

Jazz Shaw Aug 05, 2018 2:01 PM

No takers?

Jul 2018

Sanctuary cities win a temporary victory in Chicago

Jazz Shaw Jul 29, 2018 3:31 PM

At least for now

Rasmussen: Majority of Democrats support letting illegal immigrants vote

Allahpundit Jul 27, 2018 4:01 PM

Change.

San Francisco may ban free employer lunches to save restaurants

Jazz Shaw Jul 26, 2018 9:21 AM

Big Brother, table for two…

Portland Police Association President: ‘Our city has become a cesspool’

John Sexton Jul 24, 2018 3:01 PM

“Livability that once made Portland a unique and vibrant city is now replaced with human feces in businesses doorways…”