SF Politics Supervisor Safai’s ‘Cop Tax’ Headed for the March 5 Ballot, But Would Fund More Than Just Cops SF Supervisor and mayoral candidate Ahsha Safai may have won the first battle in the war of the 2024 SF elections with a new ballot measure tying police staffing to tax revenue, though a colleague called it “the worst-written piece of legislation I think I’ve seen.”
SF Politics SF Supervisors Dorsey and Safai In Twitter Spat Over Funding Dorsey’s Police Staffing Plan Supervisor Matt Dorsey is dumping his own plan to bolster SFPD staffing after Supervisor Ahsha Safai inserted a so-called “poison pill” to the measure, so the two supes duked it out on Twitter and at a supervisors’ committee meeting that got personal.
SF News Day Around the Bay: CHP Nabs Marin Driver With Mannequin Carpool Pal SF Sup. Matt Dorsey has irked progressive colleagues with a proposal about those 'wellness hubs'; there was an incident involving a stalled Waymo One taxi on Valencia on Sunday; and CHP officers caught a guy using the old mannequin trick to ride in the carpool lane on 101 in Marin.
SF Politics Gay Shame Pillories London Breed, Gay SF Supervisors in Pride Month Installation at ATA The queer activist collective Gay Shame is at it again, this time with a Pride Month installation at Valencia Street’s ATA that delivers satirical mockeries of Mayor Breed, and Supervisors Rafael Mandelman and Matt Dorsey.
SF Politics DA Jenkins and Supervisor Dorsey Both Seek Carve-Outs To SF Sanctuary City Policies San Francisco’s sanctuary city policy may become a hot potato again, this time in local politics, as DA Jenkins seeks an exception for two suspects abroad, and Sup. Dorsey wants an exception for fentanyl dealers.
SF Politics Mayoral Appointees Brooke Jenkins and Matt Dorsey Hold Leads as Ranked-Choice Results Are Tabulated Two closely watched city races, the District 6 supervisor race and the district attorney's race, do not yet have final results — but both Brooke Jenkins and Matt Dorsey appear to hold solid leads.
SF Politics In Yet Another Declared Drug Crackdown, DA Jenkins Says ‘This is a War on Fentanyl’ DA Brooke Jenkins tried to send a strong message to drug dealers, but got her message mixed with Supervisor Matt Dorsey, with him saying it’s “not the War on Drugs,” and her saying “it is a war on fentanyl.”
SF Politics Supervisor Dorsey’s First Big Legislative Move Is Call for ‘Drug Enforcement Priority Zones’ New Breed-appointed District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey introduced his first high-profile bill, a ‘Right to Recovery’ measure, establishing areas near drug recovery facilities as ‘designated priorities’ for law enforcement.
SF Politics Honey Mahogany Officially Declares She’s Running for District 6 Supervisor It was an open secret that SF Democratic Party Chair and prominent local drag figure Honey Mahogany would pursue the District 6 supervisor seat, and that’s now official, setting up what will surely be November’s most interesting local race.
SF Politics In Completely Foregone Conclusion, New Supe Dorsey Endorses Recall of DA Boudin The new supervisor who was on the SFPD payroll up until last month has, very unsurprisingly, endorsed the recall of the district attorney whom the SFPD hates with a white-hot passion.
SF Politics Matt Dorsey’s Appointment to D6 Supervisor Throws More Gas On Blazing Debate Over Crime and Cops Mayor Breed’s appointment of SFPD PR guy Matt Dorsey is being seen as a favor to the police department and Recall Chesa Boudin movement, but while Dorsey is well-respected at City Hall, the oppo research on him is already starting to emerge.
SF Politics Breed's Pick for D6 Supervisor Is Matt Dorsey, Longtime Politico, Advisor to City Attorney, PR Guy for the Cops Mayor London Breed is set today to swear in her appointment to the Board of Supervisors to fill the District 6 seat vacated by Matt Haney, and it's another Matt who has been roaming the halls of City Hall for a couple of decades.
