SF News Supervisors Give Breed Her Tenderloin Emergency Declaration in Late-Night 12:30 a.m. Christmas Eve Vote London Breed got her Tenderloin ‘State of Emergency’ declaration approved by the Board of Supervisors, in a contentious ten-and-a-half hour meeting that stretched into the early hours of Christmas Eve.
Arts & Entertainment Mayor London Breed Has a Cameo in ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Keep an eye out for SF mayor London Breed making a brief appearance near the end of ‘The Matrix Resurrections,’ and yes, she is wearing goth black leather and high-fashion sunglasses.
SF Politics DA Boudin, Unsurprisingly, Not a Fan of Breed’s Proposed Tenderloin Crime Crackdown It’s not a shocker that progressive district attorney Chesa Boudin has come out against mayor Breed’s plan to stack the Tenderloin with more law enforcement, but board president Shamann Walton is opposing it too, which could derail the mayor's plan.
SF News Breed Declares ‘State of Emergency’ in the Tenderloin Over ‘Nasty Streets’ An unusual declaration of emergency in the Tenderloin over opiate use may win praise for adding more cops and treatment options, but Breed might get pushback for the enhanced surveillance, and who knows
SF Politics Breed Announces Another Tenderloin Crime Crackdown; This Time She Must Be Serious Because She Said ‘Bulls**t’ The mayor of SF announced Tuesday her intention to stack the Tenderloin with more cops, with “more aggressive with law enforcement” to end “all the bullshit that has destroyed our city.”
SF Politics Recall SF School Board Movement Sues Over Democratic Party Opposing Recall; Breed Proposes New Board Oversight The war over the SF Board of Education ramped up Monday as Mayor London Breed proposed a charter amendment that would limit the power of the board, and the recall movement is suing to halt a negative endorsement by the local Democratic Party.
SF Politics Breed Picks Fight With Chronicle Over Alleged ‘Misinformation’ in Shared Spaces Red Tape Exposé After the Chronicle ran a report noting that 90% of the city’s Shared Spaces parklets “will need to be removed or significantly changed” under new regulations, Breed ran to rant on Medium and called the report “misinformation.”
SF News Breed, Colfax Say No New Restrictions Because of Omicron Variant, While Heckler Tries to Steal the Show Mayor Breed and Dr. Grant Colfax urged San Franciscans to “get your booster,” but announced no new restrictions in response to the Omicron variant arriving here, as a heckler tried to shout them down.
SF News SF Mayor London Breed Again Seen Partying Maskless at Nightclub, Again Says She Did Nothing Wrong Some finger-wagging is going on over at the Chronicle once more after a new video surfaced of SF Mayor London Breed dancing and cavorting with friends without a mask on at a nightclub on Thanksgiving night.
Arts & Entertainment Mayor Breed Shows Up for Premiere of ‘Dear San Francisco,’ Cracks Jokes About Going Maskless The new show in the former ‘Beach Blanket Babylon’ venue opened at long last Tuesday night, with cameos from Breed and Sup. Aaron Peskin, both of whom brought their senses of humor.
SF Politics David Chiu Likely to Be SF's Next City Attorney, Setting Up Race For His Assembly Seat The winds of San Francisco politics are going to strengthen in the coming weeks, with potential shakeups that will likely bring us a new assemblymember in Sacramento, and potentially a shift in power on the Board of Supervisors.
Arts & Entertainment Trevor Noah Goes Off on Mayor Breed and Her Maskless Club Appearance ‘The Daily Show’ did a bit on Breed’s maskless Nicki Minaj turn to rejecting public health guidelines, and her preference for defensive ass-covering over face coverings.
SF Politics London Breed Going Maskless at Club Became a National Story; Should It Have? Should Mayor London Breed have been called out and excoriated for not having her mask on while out at a music venue with friends last week? Discuss.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mayor London Breed Loves Pancho Villa's Burritos; Soleil Ho Rates Her Favorites Pancho Villa Taqueria is a perfectly respectable choice when discussing San Francisco's much lauded burrito scene, and that's what Mayor London Breed's immediate choice was when the Chronicle asked her for her go-to burrito place.
SF Politics SF Ethics Commission Fines Mayor London Breed Nearly $23,000 For Violations Including Gift From Nuru Mayor London Breed agreed on Monday to pay a nearly $23,000 fine issued by the San Francisco Ethics Commission, which includes individual fine amounts stemming from several ethics violation during her mayoral term to date.
SF News More Vaxx Mandates: Newsom Requires All State Employees to be Vaccinated, Breed Expands Mandate California will be the first state to require all state employees to be vaccinated, while Mayor London Breed doubles down and expands the SF vaxx mandate, and you see where this is all going.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Some Muni Lines May Not Return After Pandemic Mayor Breed’s comments have some Muni riders suspicious that certain bus lines might never return, the 49ers add an Antioch native to the roster, and the Castro Street Fair is back on for 2021.
SF News Breed Says '10 Groups' Responsible for 1,000 Burglaries and Car Break-Ins Each Month, and Arrests Have Been Made San Francisco Mayor London Breed and SFPD Chief Bill Scott gave their first "CompStat" press conference of the year Monday and they took the opportunity to try to counter the much-repeated narrative about how much crime has been plaguing San Francisco.
SF Politics SF Mayor, Board of Supervisors Reach Deal On Budget One Day Before Fiscal Year Begins SF Mayor London Breed and the Board of Supervisors announced Wednesday that they had reached a deal on a $13 billion budget for the new fiscal year which begins Thursday, July 1 — and it includes another $32 million for the city's rent-relief program.
SF News Listen: ‘Celebrity Muni Announcements’ From London Breed, Renel, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Here’s audio of the new Muni ‘celebrity’ transit announcements, though Mayor Breed’s is drawing some heckles from the social media peanut gallery.
SF Politics Peskin Apology Adds to Already Dramatic Board of Supervisors Meeting as Tensions Mount With Mayor Supervisor Aaron Peskin appeared at his first public meeting Tuesday afternoon since announcing last week that he would be seeking professional treatment for alcohol abuse. But that wasn't the only drama.
Arts & Entertainment Pink Triangle Lighting Ceremony Was Shrouded In Fog, But Pelosi Showed Up Tuesday night's ceremonial lighting of the newly electrified pink triangle on Twin Peaks was — sort of predictably — inundated by Karla the Fog. But it was attended by activists and dignitaries alike, and an LGBTQ marching band.
SF Politics Breed’s New Budget Commits $1 Billion to Fighting Homlesseness Amidst Unexpected Surplus Mayor Breed announced her $13 billion budget Tuesday, with a surprise $157 million surplus, and a billion-dollar pledge to housing the homeless population.
SF Politics Breed Says She'll Veto Free Muni In a rare use of the mayoral veto, Mayor London Breed said late Tuesday that she would not sign off on Supervisor Dean Preston's pilot project to offer free Muni rides for three months.
SF News As Drug Overdoses Hit All-Time High, Mayor Breed Proposes New Street Response Team San Francisco has seen drug overdoses skyrocket over the past year — a statistic only made worse by the pandemic. To address the crisis, Mayor Breed announced plans to create a new Street Overdose Response Team (SORT) to mitigate the number of future drug-related deaths.
