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    May 4, 2012

    Sixty Ways to Celebrate Mayor Ed Lee's 60th Birthday

    Tomorrow is Mayor Ed Lee's 60th birthday. And, in lieu of a politician's traditional birthday celebration -- a cake, served discreetly in an envelope left beneath the table -- Lee's staff has come up with a novel concept. They have created a website listing 60 things you and I can do to help Lee hel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    SFPD, On Hook to Release Marijuana Arrest Stats to City Hall, Fails to Do So

    Another anonymous, unknown statistic​Running a city is not easy. We get it. It'd be foolish to expect a place as complex and sometimes-provincial as San Francisco to always-smoothly operate, yet occasionally there's a municipal breakdown that defies easy explanation. And, it's quite possible, city ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Greg Suhr: Was the New Police Chief a Bargaining Chip?

    Suhr was worth millions​Mayor Ed Lee has finally chosen Greg Suhr, a veteran cop long attached to the good ol' boy network, as San Francisco's next chief of police. And why wouldn't he pick Suhr? That's who the San Francisco police union wanted. Not to say that Suhr is the wrong choice. On the con ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2011

    Double Drain: Program Pays Cops Pensions While Still on the Force

    Suhr was worth millions​Mayor Ed Lee has finally chosen Greg Suhr, a veteran cop long attached to the good ol' boy network, as San Francisco's next chief of police. And why wouldn't he pick Suhr? That's who the San Francisco police union wanted. Not to say that Suhr is the wrong choice. On the con ... More >>

  • News

    March 16, 2011

    U-Visa: Illegal Immigrants Become Legal Residents Via Crime Victimization

    Suhr was worth millions​Mayor Ed Lee has finally chosen Greg Suhr, a veteran cop long attached to the good ol' boy network, as San Francisco's next chief of police. And why wouldn't he pick Suhr? That's who the San Francisco police union wanted. Not to say that Suhr is the wrong choice. On the con ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2011

    Bait Car Pays SFPD to Entice Drivers to Steal Cars

    Suhr was worth millions​Mayor Ed Lee has finally chosen Greg Suhr, a veteran cop long attached to the good ol' boy network, as San Francisco's next chief of police. And why wouldn't he pick Suhr? That's who the San Francisco police union wanted. Not to say that Suhr is the wrong choice. On the con ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Let It Bleed

    The city is awash in red ink, thanks to billion-dollar benefit giveaways and our politicians' lack of will.

  • News

    February 10, 2010

    Legal Weapon

    Don Cameron trains cops in how to use force, and then defends them in court when they're accused of going too far.

  • News

    October 21, 2009

    Transblazer

    She just became the city's first transgender department head, but Theresa Sparks is already setting her sights on becoming the city's first transgender supervisor.

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Police Chief Gascon To VideoGate Cop: No Gun For You!

    Officer Andrew Cohen -- seen here gracing the cover of his musical venture. No, really. ​Misunderstood filmmaker Officer Andrew Cohen had hoped to get off on the good foot with new Police Chief George Gascon. But his attempt is going down the crapper, and Gascon's statements in the Chron ... More >>

  • News

    July 22, 2009

    The Outsider

    George Gascon is S.F.'s first police chief in 30 years who wasn't homegrown — and he's promising big changes. Criminals and lazy cops, you have been warned.

  • News

    July 8, 2009

    For Entertainment Purposes Only

    The Entertainment Commission is supposed to regulate S.F. nightclubs, but it won't — and often can't — punish scofflaws. The results are sometimes tragic.

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Police, Muni Alter Time and Space: 24 Hours Becomes One Month In Quantifying How Cops Bill Transit System

    But can he make the buses run on time? Albert Einstein's famous -- and famously dumbed down -- explanation of his Theory of Relativity was "If you sit on a stove for a minute, it feels like an hour. If you sit next to a pretty girl for an hour, it feels like a minute." It warrants mentioning that, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    S.F. Ticketing Program Could Open Costly Pandora's Box For City

    Joe EskenaziFormer SPOT director Pat Tobin lectures a mover during a hearing. Contractors claim such hearings denied them their right to due process -- and members of the Police Commission worry this could be true.Wednesday night's hearing regarding a controversial police ticketing program was not n ... More >>

  • News

    October 10, 2007

    Tricky Treat

    Joe EskenaziFormer SPOT director Pat Tobin lectures a mover during a hearing. Contractors claim such hearings denied them their right to due process -- and members of the Police Commission worry this could be true.Wednesday night's hearing regarding a controversial police ticketing program was not n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2007

    Halloween In Fallujah: Castro Cops Promise Barricades, Ambulances ... Possibly Chaos

    Joe EskenaziFormer SPOT director Pat Tobin lectures a mover during a hearing. Contractors claim such hearings denied them their right to due process -- and members of the Police Commission worry this could be true.Wednesday night's hearing regarding a controversial police ticketing program was not n ... More >>

  • News

    April 6, 2005

    Fajita the Night

    Were the cops really innocent of assault, or is our DA's Office just lame?

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    San Francisco Dog Court

    Due process, under the law, for every canine

  • News

    September 8, 2004

    Lap Victory

    How a DA's decision to drop prostitution charges against lap dancers will change the sexual culture of S.F. -- and, perhaps, the country

  • News

    November 12, 2003

    Toothless Wonder

    Why S.F.'s police watchdog agency has never been effective - and why Prop. H won't change that

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