Sewage Floods in San Francisco Jail Spur Lawsuit
Inmates at a San Francisco jail must endure almost daily floods of raw sewage with feces floating on the floor of cells where they eat and sleep, three prisoners claim in a new lawsuit.
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SF Plastics Ban
San Francisco city leaders inched closer to banning all small plastic items Tuesday, with a plan to outlaw plastic straws, food containers and wrappers by July 2019 headed toward a final reading next week.
Read moreAppeals Court Rejects Effort to Drain Yosemite Reservoir
A conservation group can’t force San Francisco and other cities to stop taking water from a glacial reservoir in Yosemite National Park that serves 2.6 million Bay Area residents, a state appeals court ruled Monday.
Read moreFormer Police Chief’s Testimony Sought in Wrongful Death Suit
A federal judge on Thursday refused to rule out making San Francisco’s former police chief testify in a wrongful death suit that accuses the police department of breeding a culture of racial bias and excessive force.
Read moreSan Francisco Says Polluters Are Pulling a Fast One
San Francisco and Santa Clara County sued Sherwin-Williams and ConAgra Grocery Products Co. on Tuesday, seeking “to invalidate a highly deceptive and unconstitutional ballot initiative” the companies filed to try to duck a court judgment for hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up toxic lead paint.
Read moreSan Francisco OKs Project on Site of Toxic Cleanup Fraud
Despite recent findings of possible widespread fraud in the $1 billion cleanup of the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco city officials on Tuesday approved moving forward with plans to build more than 10,000 homes on the potentially contaminated 400-acre site.
Read moreSan Francisco Delays Approval of ‘Gentrifying’ Housing Complex
Siding with anti-gentrification activists, San Francisco officials on Tuesday delayed the construction of an eight-story housing development in a historically Latino neighborhood, a move some critics say will exacerbate the city’s housing crisis.
Read moreFitbit Employees Charged With Having Stolen Trade Secrets
U.S. prosecutors have charged six current and former employees of San Francisco-based Fitbit, Inc. with possessing trade secrets stolen from rival company Jawbone.
Read moreSan Francisco Elects First African-American Woman as Mayor
San Francisco Supervisor London Breed emerged victorious Wednesday to become the city’s first African-American woman mayor after narrowly defeating a rival who was seeking to become the first openly gay man in the position.
Read morePlayground to Dump Anti-Chinese Politician’s Name
In its latest effort to reckon with its past, the city of San Francisco will change the name of a public playground that honors a former congressman who pushed to extend the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Read moreAppeals Court: Police Can Be Disciplined for Racist Texts
A California appellate court ruled Wednesday that the San Francisco Police Commission can bring disciplinary charges against nine police officers who sent homophobic and racist text messages discovered during a federal police misconduct investigation.
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A homeless transgender woman brought a federal complaint against permit requirements she faces to protest on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco.
Read moreSan Francisco Officers Off the Hook in High-Profile Shootings
San Francisco won’t charge the officers who killed two men of color in separate high-profile police shootings because the officers may have been defending themselves and the public.
Read moreSan Francisco Launches First-in-Nation Program to Combat Heroin Use
San Francisco on Thursday became the first city in the nation to adopt a promising new treatment for heroin addiction that city officials say could save lives and cut down on drug use on the streets.
Read moreNinth Circuit OKs Wrongly Convicted Man’s Bid to Sue Officer
A man who spent 20 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit can sue a retired police commander who allegedly falsified evidence to frame him for murder, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Friday.
Read morePoster Child for Bail Reform Remains Jailed Despite Appeals Win
A man whose $350,000 bail on a charge of robbing his neighbor of $7 became a rallying cry for the bail system’s critics, will remain in jail for now until the neighbor has a chance to speak in court.
Read moreSan Francisco Approves New Rules for Power Scooters
Amid an onslaught of motor scooters zooming down sidewalks and cluttering walkways, San Francisco legislators on Tuesday voted unanimously to start regulating the latest gadget in transportation sharing technology.
Read moreJustice Department Fights Scope of Sanctuary Cut Injunction
A Justice Department lawyer on Wednesday urged a Ninth Circuit panel to tailor a nationwide block on “sanctuary city” funding cuts so it applies to just two jurisdictions in California.
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