Category: San Francisco

The Demise of San Francisco Should Concern all Americans

Commentary San Francisco is a dangerous place to live. If in doubt, let me point you in the direction of Darren Mark Stallcup. An artist by day, a fentanyl citizen journalist by night, the young man recently made a shocking video documenting life in San Francisco. A resident of the Tenderloin, a drug-infested neighborhood overrun…


California Reparations Moves Forward. What’s Next? | Tony Hall

“I’ve never seen a more insidious, inane, exploitive, and cruel plan put forth to the American public. You’re asking non-slave owners to pay people who were never slaves $5 million per black guy in San Francisco. The average household is going to have to pay $600,000.” Siyamak sits down with Tony Hall, a former supervisor…


California Legislature Considers Pilot Program to Use Cameras for Traffic Enforcement

A proposed five-year pilot program that calls for using traffic cameras to issue automatic tickets to speeding drivers traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the limit in California is close to approval in the state’s Legislature. Assembly Bill 645 passed a second Senate hearing in the Judiciary Committee July 11 after clearing the…


SFPD Makes Mass Arrest While Shutting Down Dolores Park ‘Hill Bomb’

SAN FRANCISCO—An attempt to shut down an unsanctioned Dolores Park “hill bomb” in San Francisco quickly escalated into vandalism and violence, and the police made a mass arrest on July 8, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) said. According to SFPD Officer Robert Rueca, the incident ended with 32 adults being arrested and booked in…


US Condemns ‘Attempted Arson’ Against Indian Consulate in San Francisco

The Indian Consulate in San Francisco was allegedly set ablaze by Sikh separatists—who sought an independent Sikh homeland called Khalistan in India—on July 2, drawing condemnation from the United States. Diya TV published footage of the incident on Twitter, allegedly released by Khalistan supporters, which shows that a fire had broken out in the building….


San Francisco Is Losing Its Unique Culture to a ‘Vocal, Punitive Minority’: Former Resident

The culture in San Francisco has changed from one of diverse viewpoints and backgrounds to one of oppressive, polarizing politics, according to a former resident who left to raise her family in Denver, Colorado. “It’s hard to describe how much I loved it,” Jennifer Sey, former brand director for Levi’s and longtime resident of San…


Newsom Doubling Number of Officers in San Francisco to Combat Crime, Fentanyl Crisis

With San Francisco plagued by unprecedented levels of crime and drug abuse, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced June 29 that the state will bolster its prior efforts to tackle the fentanyl crisis in the city, with a promise to double the number of California Highway Patrol officers dedicated to crack down on the issue in…


No to San Francisco: Greens Plan Knocked Back as Labor Minister Rejects Rent Controls

The New South Wales (NSW) Housing Minister Rose Jackson has become the first Labor state minister to swat down the left-wing Greens’ campaign for Australia to adopt rent controls to deal with its housing crisis. On June 27, federal Greens housing spokesperson, Max Chandler-Mather, reiterated his party’s position citing San Francisco as an example Australian…


California’s Homelessness Can be Fixed by Changing These 2 Policies: District Attorney

California continues to pour billions of dollars into addressing the state’s burgeoning homeless population, but that won’t solve the problem, according to the district attorney for El Dorado County, located east of Sacramento. The state’s drug and crime policies are mostly to blame, District Attorney Vern Pierson told California Insider in “Why Homelessness is California…


California Hires Recalled SF District Attorney to Train Law Students in Criminal Justice

Commentary California leaders continue to charge ahead in implementing a radical “progressive” (a.k.a. socialist) agenda even when it goes directly against the will of the people. For instance, California voters have twice voted to ban the use of affirmative action in hiring and school admissions. But the state’s leaders continue to implement gender and racial…