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Politics · April 2026 · 287 stories

The Governor's Race Just Got Interesting: Becerra Surges as Swalwell Fades to Irrelevance

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Eric Swalwell's gubernatorial campaign is over, and if you blinked, you might have missed it entirely.

April 16, 2026

$5 Million and Counting: Saikat Chakrabarti Is Buying the Most Expensive House Seat You've Never Heard Of

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Saikat Chakrabarti — the tech millionaire, former chief of staff to AOC, and self-described progressive — has already…

April 16, 2026

Great Highway Opponents Go Full CEQA: The Appeal That Won't Die

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You have to admire the persistence, if not the strategy.

Outer SunsetApril 16, 2026

The $5 Million Question: When Did Buying a Congressional Seat Become Normal?

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San Francisco's political class is in rare form this cycle, and your wallet should be nervous.

April 16, 2026

SFUSD Promised a Reading Revolution. Kids Are Still Falling Behind.

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San Francisco Unified School District made big promises about fixing how it teaches kids to read.

April 16, 2026

California's Budget Plan: Pray for Tech IPOs

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Here's the state of fiscal governance in California: Sacramento has spent itself into a roughly $70 billion deficit…

April 16, 2026

SF Teens Hit the Streets Over Internship Cuts — But Who's Really to Blame?

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More than 320 paid city internships for low-income high schoolers are on the chopping block in San Francisco, and the…

April 16, 2026

A 2-Year-Old Is Dead From Fentanyl. Her Parents Have Been Charged With Murder.

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There is no gentle way to write this story.

Mission DoloresApril 15, 2026

The City Is About to Pocket $240 Million That Might Be Yours

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Here's a fun one: San Francisco is sitting on roughly $240 million in healthcare funds that belong to workers — and if…

April 15, 2026

Molotov Cocktails Aren't a Mental Health Strategy

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Someone firebombed Sam Altman's San Francisco home.

April 15, 2026

Someone Mapped Every Flock Surveillance Camera in SF — And It's Everywhere

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If you've driven around San Francisco lately, you've probably been photographed more times than a Dolores Park…

April 15, 2026

SF School Board Candidates Face the One Question That Actually Matters: Will You Raid the Piggy Bank?

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The San Francisco school board race is heating up, and amid the usual parade of endorsements and platitudes, one…

April 15, 2026

Oakland Can't Even Enforce Its Own Tree Laws — And the Excuse Is Absolutely Wild

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Across the bay, Oakland's city council is providing yet another masterclass in how not to govern.

April 15, 2026

SF Finally Wants to Grade Its Own Homework on Police Oversight

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Here's a novel concept for San Francisco government: actually evaluating whether the people in charge are doing their…

April 15, 2026

San Francisco Wants to Ban Smoking on Outdoor Patios, Because Obviously

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Just when you thought San Francisco had regulated every conceivable human behavior, a supervisor has found one more…

April 15, 2026

San Jose Drivers Fight Back Against Nearly 500 Surveillance Cameras Tracking Their Every Move

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Here's a question that shouldn't be controversial: Should the government be able to track where you drive, when you…

April 15, 2026

SFUSD's Bold New Strategy for Failing Students: Just Move the Deadline

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If you've ever asked your boss for an extension on a project you barely started, congratulations — you have something…

April 15, 2026

Weekend Gunfire Tears Through SF — And City Hall's Silence Is Deafening

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San Francisco police are investigating a burst of weekend gunfire that damaged cars and homes — and if that sentence…

Western AdditionApril 15, 2026

Lurie's Layoffs Hurt — But Decades of Bloat Hurt More

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Mayor Daniel Lurie stood before the Board of Supervisors this week and called his decision to lay off hundreds of city…

April 15, 2026

California's Abortion Fund Is Going Broke — And Nobody Seems to Have a Plan

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California's Uncompensated Care Grant Program — the state fund created in 2022 to cover abortion costs for low-income…

April 15, 2026

A Pedestrian Is Dead, a Mercedes Driver Is in Custody, and SF Needs Answers

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A San Francisco pedestrian is dead after being struck and killed in what police are calling a hit and run — though…

April 14, 2026

eBay Bails on SF — And Honestly, Did You Even Know They Were Here?

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eBay is shutting down its San Francisco office and shipping 198 employees south to its San Jose headquarters.

April 14, 2026

A Mercedes, a Murder, and the Question Nobody Wants to Answer

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Video has surfaced of the fatal hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian in San Francisco — and let's stop sugarcoating…

April 14, 2026

San Francisco Pays $750K Because Someone Lost a Skull and Then Punished the Person Who Noticed

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You Can't Make This Up San Francisco is paying $750,000 to settle a whistleblower case involving — and we genuinely…

April 14, 2026