Mayor Daniel Lurie says San Francisco will expand free and subsidized child care to cover more middle-class families, with free care for many households up to 150% of AMI and 50% subsidies extending higher. The key question: can the city scale supply and administration fast enough to match the new eligibility?

Weeks after the Dec. 20 Mission substation fire that knocked out power for up to 130,000 customers, San Franciscans in multiple neighborhoods were still dealing with repeat outages—while PG&E’s shifting rate structure makes paying for backup power feel less like an “investment” and more like self-insurance.