SFPD is making good progress on reforms. But a call to arbitrarily cut beat officers will not make San Francisco’s police department better or residents safer. We still need police to protect the public and we can’t forget about victims of crime. Sign the petition to stop further cuts to SFPD staffing.
Read MoreSan Francisco has separate police and fire training centers that are inadequate and need replacing. What if we built a combined public safety facility? It would be cost-effective and efficient. We can’t stop investing if we want to recruit and train better police. And there’s a perfect location for it on the westside.
Read MoreThe Neighborhood News Network interviews Joel Engardio about what City Hall must do to maintain open space in San Francisco
Read MoreWhen we’re forced to work and attend school from our kitchen tables, a shaky internet connection at home is as frustrating as driving down a bumpy road. City Hall is supposed to fill potholes. Perhaps it’s time to add fiber infrastructure to the list of essential municipal services. Fiber in every home would benefit everyone and give our local economy a boost in a post-pandemic world.
Read MoreThe Neighborhood News Network interviews Joel Engardio about what City Hall must do to save small businesses in San Francisco.
Read MoreTriangle Park and many more forgotten mini-parks like it throughout our city have a new relevance in the pandemic era. That’s why now is the time to get the Triangle Parks of San Francisco into shape.
Read MoreI didn’t have a dad growing up, but now I have a father-in-law and I can recognize good fathers when I see one.
Read MorePolice 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.
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