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The San Francisco public defender's office has stopped taking new cases, saying it is overwhelmed by drug cases it can't handle. 📝: Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez sfstandard.com/2025/05/09/pub…

NEW: It’s nearly a foregone conclusion that Democrats will rally around Kamala Harris as their preferred candidate for California governor in the 2026 election. Here’s why that plan could backfire. sfstandard.com/2025/05/15/kam…

Exclusive: SF mayor Danie Lurie wants to bring pro soccer to the city. The co-owner of the team is a longtime donor to the nonprofit Lurie founded in 2005, giving as much as $324,987. sfstandard.com/2025/05/16/san…

SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has been a vocal critic of local judges she feels are soft on crime. However, a recent lawsuit alleges that she has overstepped her bounds, labeling her behavior "Trump-esque." 📝: Jonah Owen Lamb and Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez sfstandard.com/2025/05/16/bro…

Breaking: A Southern California lawyer who worked on the Republican-led committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attack has been tapped as the next U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. 📝: Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler and Jonah Owen Lamb sfstandard.com/2025/05/16/cra…

Urban Alchemy transformed the Tenderloin. And while Lurie is renewing the nonprofit's contract, its future is looking iffy amid financial problems and changing city policies. 📝: Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez sfstandard.com/2025/05/07/urb…

Dubbed the “geographic equity” law, legislation from Supervisor Bilal Mahmood seeks to alleviate the burden of homeless services shouldered by the Tenderloin, Bayview, and SoMa. But the bill faces one major obstacle: Mayor Daniel Lurie. 📝: Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

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JUST IN: Supervisor Bilal Mahmood is pitching a plan to transform a popular block of Hayes Street into a new entertainment zone and “town square” that — hold on to your britches! — could permanently close the stretch of road to cars. Read all about it 👇 sfstandard.com/2025/05/23/hay…

Super fun article to start your weekend. There's hoe for our youth yet, eh? (And there's a highly personal angle here for me!) A phone-free prom night? These high schoolers asked for it sfstandard.com/2025/05/24/sf-… via The San Francisco Standard

After the mayor's call for 15% budget cuts set off a full-throated backlash from the district attorney and public defender's offices, it appears funding for both departments will be spared. 📝: Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez sfstandard.com/2025/05/27/san…

Despite Mayor Lurie’s warnings that he would have to slash San Francisco’s budget amid a massive deficit, he spared the the DA's and public defender’s offices from massive cuts / ✍️ by Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez sfstandard.com/2025/05/27/san…

BREAKING: Engardio to face recall election. By Han Li 李晗: sfstandard.com/2025/05/29/joe…

ICE asked The San Francisco Standard to blur the faces of agents pictured in a news story about arrests at SF's immigration court. We declined, believing it would set a bad precedent. sfstandard.com/2025/05/29/ice…

Cratered. Decimated. Tanked. Whatever word you use, the reality is the same. San Francisco’s budget is screwed. Here's why: sfstandard.com/2025/05/30/san…

Mayor Lurie’s $15.9B budget just landed. Here’s what to know. w/Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez sfstandard.com/2025/05/30/san…

JUST IN: Mayor Daniel Lurie released his nearly $16-billion budget. He wants to cut $200 million in contracts & nonprofit spending & slash 1,400 jobs — more than 100 of those jobs could be layoffs. Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez & Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler with the story. sfstandard.com/2025/05/30/san…

“SFUSD is a religious institution,” said one parent who noticed that her kid was being taught that Genghis Khan was actually peaceful. “They’re teaching unfalsifiable ideas.” ✍️Ezra Wallach & Anya Kaiser sfstandard.com/2025/05/30/sfu…

ICE detained as many as 15 people — including a 3-year-old girl — during check-in appointments in S.F. on Wednesday, per attorneys George Kelly allaboutgeorge @ sfba.social & bsky Michael McLaughlin Tomo sfstandard.com/2025/06/05/san…

SF nonprofits brace for bloodbath as Lurie slashes grant funding / ✍️ Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez sfstandard.com/2025/06/05/dan…