San Francisco on HotAir

San Francisco

May 2019

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…”

Forget those other countries. It’s San Francisco that’s turning into a s***hole

Jazz Shaw Jul 16, 2018 7:21 PM

Good luck, Mayor

Major medical convention abandons San Francisco citing street safety

John Sexton Jul 03, 2018 3:01 PM

“I come from a third world county and it is not as bad as this.”

Jun 2018

San Francisco mayoral candidate pushing to repeal sanctuary city policy?

Jazz Shaw Jun 05, 2018 10:41 AM

Maybe not as crazy as it sounds

Apr 2018

Drug users shoot up in San Francisco BART tunnels while commuters walk past

John Sexton Apr 27, 2018 3:21 PM

“…unconscious men and women, and piles of vomit on either side of the hallways.”

Blue city exodus could accelerate because of the GOP tax cut

John Sexton Apr 24, 2018 9:21 PM

“In 2016 the Golden State lost almost 143,000 net residents to other states…”

San Francisco Mayor promises crackdown on homeless camps

John Sexton Apr 23, 2018 7:21 PM

“We have moved as a city from a position of compassion to enabling (unacceptable) street behavior…”

Mar 2018

San Francisco’s fur ban is stupid, but probably constitutional

Jazz Shaw Mar 25, 2018 9:31 AM

State and local governments are allowed to hurt their own retailers

The sights and smells of San Francisco

John Sexton Mar 16, 2018 3:21 PM

“I actually think it’s the worst it’s ever been.”

Feb 2018

NBC: They’re not leaving hearts in San Francisco

Ed Morrissey Feb 20, 2018 8:01 PM

“The contamination is … much greater than communities in Brazil or Kenya or India.”