

Tenderloin emergency operations continue
Ongoing operations to continue in the Tenderloin to build on the progress that has been made, with an additional 20 officers from the San Francisco Police Department assigned to the area this week Following the […]

Board of Supervisors approves plan to forgive $26 million loan to school district
Loan originally made in 2019 helped cover educator wages during litigation will be forgiven as part of long-term financial stabilization plan The Board of Supervisors voted today to approve a plan introduced by Mayor London […]

Three new school board members take oath
Three public school parents bring a mix of professional expertise, history of volunteerism and engagement in schools, and community advocacy Today, San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed appointed three new members to the San Francisco […]


BART looks to bolster number of police on trains by approving significant pay increase to help recruit officers
June 21, 2023 – The BART Board of Directors has unanimously approved a new agreement that will increase police officer salaries to put the BART Police Department’s (BPD) pay on par with other Bay Area […]

BART sees a bulge in ridership during San Francisco Pride
June 26, 2023 – BART on Sunday, June 25th carried 140,006 trips as riders took advantage of BART’s expanded Sunday service. That’s about 6,000 more riders than took BART for Pride ’22 and 117% of […]

Safety improvements coming to Jack London Square rail corridor
The California Transportation Commission approved on Wednesday a $30.2 million Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP) grant for the City of Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT) to deliver long-anticipated improvements to the Embarcadero West Rail Corridor […]






NIJMEH: “NAFTA renewal talks must include Indian Country”
BY CHARLENE NIJMEH When President Donald J. Trump insisted that the ‘New NAFTA’ require renewal talks every six-years, he may not have realized how profoundly he changed the governing structure of North American trade. The […]

Feinstein, Padilla support U.S.-Taiwan joint investment in California chip research
June 29, 2023 — Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.) today applauded a new partnership between the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan (NSTC) that […]

Muwekma Ohlone chairwoman delivers relief supplies to earthquake-stricken region of Turkey
(March 23, 2023) — Charlene Nijmeh, the founder and chairwoman of the Green Education Foundation — a leading California-based textile recycler that diverts more than 50 million pounds from landfills annually — is in Turkey […]