Police departments must implement rigorous training and only hire police officers who will serve everybody at the highest standard. This requires investment. San Francisco's police department has put a lot of work into reforms in recent years and has made much progress. That's why defunding or disbanding SFPD would be reckless. This is the time to remake, reimagine and reinvest in policing that keeps everyone safe.
Read More我們市的經濟及高危群體正面臨真正的挑戰。現有暗淡的數據，並未完全顯示我們將會受到的損失程度。我們的儲備是不足夠幫我們渡過難關。因此市政廳必須作出一些艱難的決定及犧牲，以制定一個疫情預算案。這是唯一辦法，可以保證疫情過後，美好日子會再來。
Read MoreSan Francisco has been good at flattening the coronavirus curve. But will City Hall make the tough decisions to flatten a devastating economic curve? Our $13 billion budget was racking up debt in boom times. Now, the projected deficits are staggering. There are no shortcuts to survive the coming recession. We must enact a "pandemic-era" budget of shared sacrifice.
Read MoreThe murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis demands condemnation, outrage, and justice. We must acknowledge there is much more work to be done to repair the trust that has been broken between law enforcement and communities of color. Common trust is essential for everyone’s safety and livelihood.
Read MoreThere’s no escaping all the change brought by the coronavirus pandemic. But as we regain our balance and move forward, there is one thing we can control: our approach.
Read MoreA radical change in our attitude toward business is needed if we want local merchants to survive beyond coronavirus — and keep our city from spiraling into irrelevance. Small businesses were going extinct in San Francisco long before the pandemic turned everything upside down. City Hall’s excessive fees, regulations and bureaucracy are to blame.
Read MoreVideo series that features Joel Engardio interviewing community members and leaders in San Francisco about how they are handling sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreMore than 200 people joined our petition asking the Board of Supervisors to not interfere with Sheriff Paul Miyamoto’s ability to keep jail inmates and the general public safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Our voices were heard and Miyamoto was able to get amendments added to legislation he initially said was “a threat to public safety” because it wouldn’t allow him to add beds to remaining jails upon the closure of an old jail. But why did we have to send letters asking supervisors to let the sheriff do his job in the middle of a pandemic?
Read MoreSupervisors want to speed up the previously scheduled closure of County Jail No. 4. But sheriff Paul Miyamoto has publicly said parts of the legislation are “irresponsible” and “a threat to public safety.” I support closing the dilapidated and seismically unfit jail. So does the sheriff. The problem with the proposed legislation is that it takes away the sheriff’s ability to add new beds to the remaining jails if he needs them for unforeseen circumstances. Click to read more details and sign the petition to oppose this legislation and let the sheriff do his job.
Read MoreHundreds of San Franciscans signed our petition asking Stonestown Mall to offer its parking lot as a coronavirus testing site. Their voices were heard and we’re continuing the petition to advocate for even more expanded testing.
Read MoreMany middle-income homeowners who lost their jobs during the coronavirus shutdown faced a giant tax bill on April 10 they couldn’t pay. They begged for relief and the deadline was eventually extended to May 4. But it wasn’t easy getting politicians to take up the cause of struggling homeowners.
Read MoreTranscript: San Francisco Board of Supervisors on property tax relief, March 31, 2020.
Read MoreWe need to ramp up coronavirus testing. We need a safe place to get tested while practicing social distancing. What if we turned the giant — and mostly empty — parking lot at Stonestown Mall into a drive-thru testing site? Sign the petition to make it happen.
Read MoreA letter and petition to California Governor Gavin Newsom from more than 400 homeowners experiencing hardship from the coronavirus pandemic shutdown. They are asking for the property tax payment to be moved from April to July, when state income taxes are now due.
Read MoreA looming San Francisco property tax bill will be hard to pay for homeowners during the coronavirus pandemic shut down. City Hall should tell the state to postpone the property tax due date from April until July, just like the federal government already has for individual taxes.
Read MoreCoronavirus pandemic information about shelter in place order for San Francisco residents.
Read MoreSan Francisco must do all it can to protect our seniors, children, and small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. We're taking important steps and we can learn from other countries. We must follow Taiwan — not Italy — and heed this quote: “Everything we do before a pandemic will seem alarmist. Everything we do after a pandemic will seem inadequate.”
Read More我配偶的家人很喜歡來舊金山探訪，但現在他們常聽見市民被襲擊的事件，不明白發生什麼事。我們需要增加警方資源以便抑制及調查罪案。並一定要檢控落網的犯罪份子。
Read MoreMy husband’s family loves visiting San Francisco, but now they are hearing about the attacks on our residents and wonder what’s going on. We need increased police resources to deter and investigate crime. And we must prosecute the criminals when they are caught.
Read MoreLess than 48 hours on the job, San Francisco’s new district attorney fired some of the department’s most experienced prosecutors.
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