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Improved public safety means streamlined public safety commissions.

Improved public safety means streamlined public safety commissions.

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Blueprint Briefing: Week of 8/18/2025

Blueprint Briefing: Week of 8/18/2025

Why are we allowing known criminals to walk free? Plus: Public transit will never work if we don't fix the disorder at our transit stops.

The Miscreant of the Mission struck again.

The Miscreant of the Mission struck again.

How a failed system has enabled a repeat offender to continually terrorize a neighborhood.

Enough politics and virtue signaling - it’s time to get rid of inactive commissions.

Enough politics and virtue signaling - it’s time to get rid of inactive commissions.

We cannot allow bureaucratic inertia to get in the way of a well-run city.

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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.

A major player in the homelessness industrial complex just walked off with $2.8M of taxpayer dollars.

A major player in the homelessness industrial complex just walked off with $2.8M of taxpayer dollars.

The Coalition on Homelessness - no stranger to controversy - filed a frivolous lawsuit against the City; it's walking away with $2.8M to show for it.

Blueprint Brief: Week of 7/21/2025

Blueprint Brief: Week of 7/21/2025

We take a look at Mayor Lurie’s latest poll results; the new Mayor is ultra-popular, but a few civic issues could spoil the honeymoon. In other news, we have a new poll about SFUSD and how parents are feeling about the school district’s performance. And, city money sure goes to some interesting people…

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.