“And because things escalated … there were now two helicopters flying above my house. There was now the bomb squad, the FBI, the San Francisco Police Department.” The last thing Zach Vorhies expected when he landed his dream job as a YouTube senior software engineer was to eventually be besieged in his own apartment by…
Under Police Siege for Leaking ‘Sensitive’ In-house Documents—Zach Vorhies
San Francisco Becomes First Major US City to Mandate Vaccination for All Indoor Entertainment, Including Restaurants
August 13, 2021
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San Francisco on Aug.12 became the first major U.S. city requiring full vaccination for patrons and employees to enter restaurants, gyms, bars, and entertainment venues. The new order (pdf), announced by Mayor London Breed and Director of Health Dr. Grant Colfax on Thursday, takes effect Aug. 20 for customers and Oct. 13 for staff and prevents residents from submitting negative…
Hundreds of San Francisco Bars to Require Proof of Vaccination or Negative COVID-19 Test
July 27, 2021
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A group representing nearly 500 bars in San Francisco has said that patrons who want to drink inside will have to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. The San Francisco Bar Owner Alliance told NBC News that its members will begin implementing the rule on July 29. The group polled its members…
Future of San Francisco’s Great Highway in Jeopardy
Commentary John Adams observed: “Public business must always be done by somebody. It will be done by somebody or other: If wise men decline it, others will not; if honest men refuse it, others will not.” Someone else proclaimed: “Nothing intoxicates some people like a sip of authority.” That’s currently the problem affecting residents and…
California is Experiencing a Crime ‘Tsunami,’ DA Says
July 24, 2021
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California is experiencing a wave of crime despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claims of a decrease during the past three decades, officials say. “You’ve got violent crime off the charts,” Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert told The Epoch Times. “You’ve got this tsunami of things that are happening. Violent crime, illegal guns, [and] rampant…
California is Experiencing a Crime ‘Tsunami’: Sacramento DA
July 24, 2021
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California is experiencing a wave of crime despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claims of a decrease during the past three decades, officials say. “You’ve got violent crime off the charts,” Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert told The Epoch Times. “You’ve got this tsunami of things that are happening. Violent crime, illegal guns, [and] rampant…
A Tale of Two Cities
Commentary We hear much about individual “rights” these days, but very little about personal responsibilities. That’s untenable. Our freedom to exercise the former cannot long exist without accepting our duty to fulfill the latter. Yes, failing to enforce rights leads to despotism. But the opposite can be almost as bad. Allowing people to openly shirk…
In Not-So-Brilliant Move, San Francisco Spends Over $60,000 Per Homeless Tent
July 2, 2021
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Commentary San Francisco supervisors are all shook up! They just learned that they are spending about $61,000 per year to put a tent over a homeless person’s head, and they are not going to be reimbursed by the federal government (FEMA) for their foolish experiment because the tent encampments are considered group shelters. The minds…
Supreme Court Reverses 9th Circuit, Orders Courts To Hear Landlord Rights Case From San Francisco
A unanimous Supreme Court held the courts must hear a challenge to a San Francisco ordinance forcing land owners to provide lifetime leases to tenants, overturning a ruling by the often-reversed U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. The case, Pakdel v. City and County of San Francisco, court file 20-1212, was disposed of without oral arguments on June 28 in an…
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Mayor’s Spin on Crime is Confusing, Contradictory, and Misleading
Commentary SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—San Francisco’s mayor and police chief held a joint press conference July 12 to share mid-year crime statistics for the city by the bay. Having worked as an administrator with the city during six different mayoral administrations, I can attest to the fact that each and every mayor used such an occasion…