Myrna Melgar wants to pull the housing department out of the mayor’s office — as well as kick-start a co-op program and a bike lane rollout.

The election is a mere 88 days away, and filings released last Friday offer a glimpse of the money pouring into the races on the ballot.

At the Mission District and Bayview Grocery Outlet locations, bargain groceries now come with a side of surveillance.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will hammer out the city budget Thursday, likely late into the evening.

But there may be an anti-housing backlash if tall buildings start popping up in District 2, some warned.

An interactive guide to San Francisco's $16 billion budget: how it's spent, where the money comes from and what's at risk as cuts loom.

While the news has raised eyebrows among political insiders, for most locals it does not appear to be a disqualifying factor in the race.

Prosecutor and judge candidate Phoebe Maffei has received support from law enforcement unions, and tech executive Jeremy Liew.

Saikat Chakrabarti’s “Change the Party” rally drew many hundreds of attendees, as well as Hasan Piker, the left-wing political commentator.

Scott Wiener leads direct fundraising with $3.5 million. Connie Chan trails far behind her competitors with $459,000 raised.

Two S.F. billionaires were on opposite sides of 2024 mayor’s race and sought to defeat Daniel Lurie. They’re now bankrolling his agenda.

New data shows at least 539 people were arrested at routine immigration appointments last year in San Francisco.

Unlike other cities, most arrests in San Francisco happened at ICE field offices rather than out in the community.

Candidates Stephen Sherrill and Lori Brooke felt differently about letting homeowners and developers pay a fee instead of planting a tree

Mayor Daniel Lurie's version of events went viral internationally and led to online opprobrium against San Francisco. It was inaccurate.

San Francisco politicians have been voicing support for teachers on strike and urging that a deal get done

The average schoolteacher makes $20K less than the average librarian, and a whole lot less than police, firefighters, leg aides, and nurses.

We'll be listening for the Mayor's signature catchphrase “Let’s go, San Francisco!” and other familiar phrases

San Francisco's elected officials and significant candidates for office are put on the spot and on the record

Mayor Daniel Lurie is against a 25-story waterfront tower in the Marina, one of the city’s toniest enclaves

DoorDash plans to launch a drone testing site on Folsom Street, but the Teamsters Union Local No. 665 is pushing back.

Homicides are their lowest since 1954, robberies since 1985, and smash-and-grabs are down by more than half since 2022.

Mayor Lurie makes a deal with Myrna Melgar, D7 supe who criticized lack of tenant protections in zoning plan.

“I feel strongly that no is not the answer,” said Sherrill, closely echoing remarks made on Monday by Mayor Daniel Lurie.

District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio is facing a recall today — check here for live updates, results, and election analysis.

Mayor Lurie announced at a rally that the transit funding loan pledged by the state and subsequently curtailed is back on the table.

Lurie’s office touted a private philanthropic grant as their doing. In reality, Lurie has declined to renew funding for immigrant defense.

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Several union workers were arrested during a protest at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday at City Hall.

A closer look at budget documents reveals that the true number of consequential eliminated positions is much lower: some 470 positions.

Mayor Daniel Lurie unveiled his long-awaited San Francisco budget proposal on Friday.  The two-year proposed budget preserves (and in some cases,

San Francisco has a $15.9 billion budget. The mayor only controls a fraction of that.

Mayor Daniel Lurie has an audacious goal: standing up 1,500 new shelter and treatment beds in San Francisco. And we are tracking it.

San Francisco is on the eve of $782M in budget cuts. Here's what we’re working with.

Moritz and Larsen, both of whom heavily supported Lurie’s opponents during last year’s election, are backing a new public-private street-cleaning initiative.

Behind the BART plaza on 24th Street, our reviewer espied the familiar, happy red-and-yellow logo of none other than…KRISPY KRUNCHY CHICKEN!

San Francisco health department says 82 residents living at the city’s Behavioral Health Center will be displaced and moved into new homes.

SFPD says its police officers working as security guards are "out in the community" across San Francisco. But mostly, they're downtown.

The uptick is a "direct reflection" of the area being a "major priority" of the SFPD. But experts question the impact beyond the BART plaza.

The Civic Center Inn in the Tenderloin has long been a blight in the neighborhood, but since it closed, neighbors say it's even worse.