by Tyler | Sep 2, 2020 | Andrew Cuomo, coronavirus, Health, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, San Francisco, Trending
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visited a San Francisco hair salon for a wash and blowout despite local coronavirus restrictions — a move the salon owner called a “slap in the face.”
by Tyler | Sep 2, 2020 | Drug Overdose, Fentanyl, Health, Nancy Pelosi, Narcan, Politics, San Francisco, Trending
The California Department of Public Health released a report that showed deaths from drug overdoses increased 70% in San Francisco last year.
by Tyler | Aug 9, 2020 | California, coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief Fund, eminent domain, Health, homeless, hotels, Politics, San Francisco, Social Justice, Trending
San Francisco is using $100 million of the $550 million CA got from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund to put homeless people in hotels.
by Tyler | Jul 19, 2020 | Bay Area, Crime, Homicides, Politics, protests, San Francisco, Social Justice, systemic racism, Trending
In the San Francisco Bay Area, where protesters are calling for defunding the police, the homicide rate has risen 14 percent so far in 2020.
by Tyler | Jul 9, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Crime, George Floyd, Politics, racism, San Francisco, Swatting, Trending
San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Shamann Walton introduced municipal legislation on Tuesday called the “CAREN Act,” which would outlaw racist 911 calls but uses a term some regard as a racial slur against white women.
by Tyler | May 20, 2020 | California, Economy, Eric Garcetti, Gavin Newsom, Health, homeless, homelessness, Los Angeles, NIMBY, Politics, San Francisco, Trending
Half of the 15,000 hotel rooms leased under Operation Roomkey, California’s program to provide emergency housing to the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic, are empty.