Supervisor Alan Wong is crowdsourcing the city’s most outdated and burdensome rules through a new “dumb laws” contest—an effort that could feed real municipal code cleanup if City Hall turns submissions into concrete repeal and streamlining legislation.

Mayor Daniel Lurie has directed SF departments to cut $100M in personnel costs—about 500 positions—with plans due March 12. The right approach is to protect core services while shrinking bureaucracy and demanding measurable results.

SFPD is cutting station overtime hours by 22% as City Hall seeks $100 million in personnel savings. Overtime has doubled in recent years, but the city is also already pursuing hiring/civilianization and tighter overtime tracking—so the test now is whether leaders can cut costs without quietly shrinking proactive policing, and whether they’ll publish clear monthly metrics to prove it.

Mayor Daniel Lurie and Board President Rafael Mandelman are proposing three major Charter reform buckets—contracting, ballot rules, and executive accountability—in a March 5, 2026 letter to Controller Greg Wagner. GrowSF strongly supports the package; Steven Bacio and Sachin Agarwal participated in the working group discussions and we’re encouraged by where the reforms are headed.

Two forged “press releases” using San Francisco letterhead and the City seal impersonated District 2 Supervisor Stephen Sherrill ahead of the June 2, 2026 special election. Beyond the politics, it’s a basic trust-and-accountability problem City Hall should treat seriously.