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The November Supervisor Races — Moderates vs. Progressives for the City's Direction • Featured
active • Governance, Elections, and Civic Process
Last activity: May 27, 2026
The 2026 San Francisco Supervisor elections are among the most consequential local races anywhere in California. Five Supervisor races will be on the November ballot — and whether moderates can maintain their slim Board majority, won in the…
The Overpaid CEO Tax & November's Battle Over Business Taxation • Featured
active • Economy & Community
Last activity: May 27, 2026
San Francisco faces a high-stakes November 2026 ballot showdown over how to tax the city's wealthiest companies. Measure D — the "Overpaid CEO Tax" — on the June 2, 2026 ballot aims to increase the tax on large businesses whose highest-paid…
Charter Reform — Efficiency or Power Grab?
active • Governance
Last activity: May 27, 2026
One of the most politically charged debates of 2026 is whether San Francisco should fundamentally reform its 500-page City Charter. Mayor Lurie and his moderate allies argue that charter reform is necessary to clear out the bureaucratic com…
Housing Production — 82,000 Units Needed, Thousands Entitled but Unbuilt • Featured
active • Housing Affordability
Last activity: May 27, 2026
San Francisco has a state-mandated RHNA obligation of 82,069 new units by 2031 — the largest allocation in the city's history. Progress has been deeply uneven: in 2024, nearly two-thirds of SF's housing production was affordable — but the a…
Federal Funding & the Sanctuary City Standoff • Featured
active • Immigration
Last activity: May 27, 2026
San Francisco is at the front lines of the national battle over sanctuary city policies and federal funding. Federal funding accounted for 6% of San Francisco's general fund for the last full fiscal year ending June 2025 — nearly $1 billion…
Muni & Transit — A $307 Million Fiscal Cliff Barely Averted • Featured
active • Transit
Last activity: May 27, 2026
San Francisco's Muni system is in the worst financial crisis in its history, and the approved budget is a triage measure, not a recovery. The SFMTA Board in April 2026 unanimously approved a balanced two-year operating budget of $1.5 billio…
Downtown & Office Vacancy — A 30% Vacancy Rate That Defines the "Doom Loop" • Featured
active • Downtown revitalization
Last activity: May 27, 2026
San Francisco's downtown office vacancy problem is the worst of any major American city — and it drives everything from Muni's financial crisis to retail closures to the city's tax revenue shortfall. The city's office vacancy rate has hover…
Homelessness — A Policy Impasse at Scale
active • Homelessness
Last activity: May 27, 2026
San Francisco's homelessness crisis is one of the most expensive and intractable in the nation. The city spends more per homeless resident than virtually any city in America, yet the fundamental outcomes — people housed, people off the stre…
Fentanyl & Open-Air Drug Markets — The Defining Visual of SF's Crisis • Featured
active • Crime and Public Safety
Last activity: May 27, 2026
Despite years of enforcement operations, open-air drug use remains the most visible symbol of San Francisco's urban crisis. After a record 806 overdose deaths in 2023, deaths declined 21% in 2024 to 635 — but rates began rising again in 202…
The $642 Million Budget Deficit — Painful Cuts Ahead • Featured
active • Budget priorities
Last activity: May 27, 2026
San Francisco's fiscal crisis looms over every other issue in the city. The city's projected two-year General Fund shortfall for FY 2026–27 and FY 2027–28 stands at $642.8 million — an improvement from a prior projection of $817.5 million, …