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We finally have a chance to enact meaningful Commission Reform.

We finally have a chance to enact meaningful Commission Reform.

Now is the time to build a San Francisco that actually works.

Blueprint Briefing: Week of 8/04/2025

Blueprint Briefing: Week of 8/04/2025

We’re making progress on crime. But we still have a disorder problem. Plus: The City needs to be doing more to address homelessness.

Crime is falling in San Francisco. Now we must tackle disorder.

Crime is falling in San Francisco. Now we must tackle disorder.

We need to expand our response to addiction, mental health crises, and homelessness.

The City should do even more on Homelessness.

The City should do even more on Homelessness.

We can’t let obstructionist organizations and waste get in the way of progress.

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Parent confidence is low in SFUSD. But we think it’s fixable.

Parent confidence is low in SFUSD. But we think it’s fixable.

A new poll shows there is deep dissatisfaction with the direction of the school district, especially among current public school parents. Read more to find out why.

When will we say enough with corrupt commissioners?

When will we say enough with corrupt commissioners?

Planning Commissioner Kathrin Moore received a warning from the City Attorney about her conflicts of interest over a decade ago - and still approved projects from a company that was paying her.

Blueprint Brief: Week of 7/07/2025

Blueprint Brief: Week of 7/07/2025

The city used tax dollars to pay someone known for…bashing the city. Plus - we need more locked treatment beds for those in crisis.

A 4am last call is good for the economy.

A 4am last call is good for the economy.

Assemblymember Matt Haney has gotten a landmark piece of legislation extending bar hours to 4am all the way to the finish line. But now a rogue Senator is trying to kill it.

Supervisor Mandelman wants more locked treatment beds, faster.

Supervisor Mandelman wants more locked treatment beds, faster.

We could be getting more locked treatment beds - what our most mentally ill folks need - a lot faster. But unions are opposing them.

Ethnic Studies is yet another disastrous misstep for our public school district.

Ethnic Studies is yet another disastrous misstep for our public school district.

While SFUSD students fall behind, district leadership is prioritizing controversial classes that don’t actually help our students succeed. And that’s wrong.