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Muni’s fare revenue collapse is partly a policy choice and partly a compliance problem. Muni must make stigmatize stealing fares, normalize paying, and reliably catch offenders.

San Francisco secured roughly $100 million in new Prop 1 funding for psychiatric beds, Treasure Island treatment capacity, and a sobering center.

Bay Area school leaders are right to press Sacramento for a more realistic funding formula. Let's learn from other big states, not pretend we're unique.

Mayor Lurie has shaken up the Mayor’s Office of Innovation just as the department expands with new Bloomberg funding. The move puts more pressure on City Hall to prove its permitting, contracting, and modernization efforts can still deliver results.

A judge fined Public Defender Mano Raju $26,000 after his office refused 26 felony appointments. Raju says he's understaffed, but defendants are being denied their constitutional rights.

Austin added housing at scale, paired it with affordable-housing subsidies, and rents came down. San Francisco should treat this as a case study in why supply, streamlined permitting, and simpler rules matter.