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Blueprint Briefing: Week of 10/27/2025

Blueprint Briefing: Week of 10/27/2025

Our Public Defender could let criminals walk free. Plus: Are we finally solving the police staffing shortage?

People charged with committing crime may walk free before going to court.

People charged with committing crime may walk free before going to court.

Our Public Defender is playing dirty politics. And it’s a dereliction of duty.

We’re getting closer to a fully staffed SFPD and Sheriff’s Department.

We’re getting closer to a fully staffed SFPD and Sheriff’s Department.

At a time where local law enforcement matters, the investments we’re making seem to be bearing fruit.

Dream Keeper: How the money moved from one corrupt hand to the next.

Dream Keeper: How the money moved from one corrupt hand to the next.

Inside the insider corruption game at the Dream Keeper Initiative.

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

August 19, 2025

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.

Public transit can’t exist without public safety.

August 19, 2025

Public transit can’t exist without public safety.

A senseless death in Ingleside proves the point: we need to make MUNI safer for our system to work.

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.