I’m generally a fan of Mission Local, so it’s disappointing when even they echo copaganda like “The SFPD staffing crisis is real and costs the city a fortune in overtime.” A staff shortage is SFPD’s opinion, and the linked article itself attributes the overtime cost to “potential abuse.”

At the #muniForever rally @jackiefielder.bsky.social calls on Mayor Lurie to raise the parcel tax cap for skyscrapers from $400k to 800k and eliminate tenant passthroughs. “As Muni goes, so goes the city.” Says if we don’t see movement in negotiations, we’ll be back with more to announce.

At the #muniForever rally @jackiefielder.bsky.social calls on Mayor Lurie to raise the parcel tax cap for skyscrapers from $400k to 800k and eliminate tenant passthroughs. “As Muni goes, so goes the city.” Says if we don’t see movement in negotiations, we’ll be back with more to announce.

Jonathan Hale was arrested by LAPD today for painting a crosswalk, even as the city of Los Angeles funnels more money to LAPD and does gymnastics to avoid implementing HLA. @mayor.lacity.gov, Jonny has made repeated attempts to meet with your office and has been iced out. Angelenos deserve better.

My kid's school has largely stopped using the classroom air purifiers that they bought in 2021, because (I'm told) they have no budget for replacing their air filters. What are we *doing*?

Out of all the ridiculous things AV boosters say, I think "it'll solve congestion because the cars will be able to coordinate with each other" is the stupidest

Rookie mistake. Never allow cats to be at or above the level of the food you're eating.

At SFGH for a candlelight vigil and memorial for Alberto Rangel, the social worker who was killed this week. This was predictable and preventable. It was a failure of systems and could have been any of the thousands of committed workers across DPH. We are all heartbroken.

It seems if you take Muni to BART, then get off BART and transfer back to another Muni line, you don’t get the free Muni to Muni transfer. You get charged another $2.35 for the second Muni ride (ie, only the BART to Muni 50cent discount). I’m salty about this.

Getting word that LAPD & LAFD broke up a #peoplesvisionzero volunteer crosswalk painting in Westwood today - cuffed and ticketed at least one organizer

Just got back from visiting a neighborhood the SF Chronicle called “mostly inaccessible but by car.” I took the bus that runs every 8 minutes all day from BART.

Yesterday was the two year anniversary of our ceasefire resolution, and it’s brought up a lot of thoughts. More than anything, deep appreciation for all those who stood for human rights during that legislative fight and beyond, and deep sadness for the lives lost and the trauma inflicted. 🧵

Join DSA SF and @jackiefielder.bsky.social at city hall Monday at 12 to rally for a Muni measure that grows service while protecting tenants! The MuniForever proposal: - expands service by 10% - prohibits tax pass-throughs to rent-controlled tenants - shifts tax burden onto corporations and mansions

Waymo lied about their robocar killing KitKat and the reality is so much worse. A woman is crouching near the front of the car trying to coax KitKat away. The moment she backs up, the car speeds away. A human driver would not have killed KitKat in this situation!

Many Waymo stans on this website argue it's fine for AVs to do illegal unsafe things as long as they're _less_ unsafe and lawbreaking than human drivers (which is itself asserted without evidence). Wild to see Alphabet itself openly embrace this logic, tho. They think they're above the law.

Eugene joins the growing list of cities that are parting ways with ICE-collaborating Flock Safety at the same time that San Francisco is doubling down.

From “you’re fearmongering! rent-controlled units won’t be demolished” to “it’s good that they’ll be demolished,” in two easy steps!

We’re rallying in front of City Hall on Monday @ 12pm to support the Muni Forever Proposal! Join local advocates and neighbors along with our socialist-in-office Supervisor @jackiefielder.bsky.social to fight for a plan will that protect tenants and fairly fund and improve Muni.

You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social

Here's the link to the online meeting at 10am tomorrow (Friday the 5th) where you can comment in support of the Kirkham neckdown and against removing it: www.sfmta.com/calendar/eng...

Rents rising quickly, but private investors are not interested in building. We need social housing in SF!

The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.

so glad we passed a tax break for office to residential conversions like this and will have less money for social housing

Only 11% affordable units, yet “It would…provide six times more affordable homes than have been built in the Marina District in two decades — only 14 below-market-rate units have been constructed since 2005.”

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.

Much criticism of Prop 13 on here focuses on the unfairness of different effective tax rates for different homeowners/the selfishness of pro–P13 homeowners. This might miss the forest for the trees. P13 for commercial properties is a much bigger problem,

Spotify Wrapped Shows How Many Attack Drones Your Streams Bought: tinyurl.com/3fy2upma

SF's Local Agency Formation Commission "LAFCo" is hiring a policy analyst. This role would be key in the development of a green public bank, which will be on the ballot next year, and potentially in starting a social housing program! careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374...

No other city department gets its own opinion about how much staff it should have constantly laundered through press as fact. Muni, Public Works, Dept. of Public Health, and many others have a much stronger case for *actually* being short-staffed relative to quality of services SFans deserve

Glad to see the interim S.F. police chief acknowledge how “incredible” it is for SFPD to be “short staffed” yet crime drops dramatically. Almost as if there’s more to crime prevention than larger PD budgets sfstandard.com/2025/12/03/s...

Thursday morning will be chilly in San Francisco, in the low 40s throughout much of the city. If the city’s official weather station hits 41 degrees, it would be the coldest temperature measured there in more than 1,000 days. Ideal conditions for cold temperatures: low humidity and calm winds ✅

Starting Dec 10, most Bay Area transit transfers will be free for two hours. If you take AC Transit to BART then transfer to Muni, your fare today is $9.10. With Clipper 2, the free AC and Muni transfers mean your fare will be just $3.90 1/

Thank you Oakland City Council for voting unanimously to approve the construction contract for the Lake Merritt Blvd / Lakeside Dr protected bikeways & bus lanes project (yellow line on the map below), starting in 2026! www.oaklandca.gov/Government/O...

Should be wayless, imo

“They’re bending traffic laws, getting impatient with pedestrians and embracing the idea that when it comes to city driving, politeness doesn’t pay… Waymo has been trying to make its cars “confidently assertive,” says Chris Ludwick, a senior director of product management with Waymo”

In complete violation of the intent of the law, based on a loophole Mayor Lurie and Waymo lobbyists have conspired to exploit.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

The wrong Amazon is burning, the wrong ice is melting, and the wrong Claude has died.

I hope every transit agency doesn't shut up about this for months out there every day putting signs in front of drivers telling them transit just got cheaper so why not take the bus and enjoy not being stuck in traffic this is one of the largest non-capital project changes to transit in decades

“Zoning is not the primary constraint to construction today—not in SF where it costs $800,000 or more to build a unit of housing. Nor is environmental review or planning approvals. If these were the constraints...we wouldn’t have 54,394 already approved market-rate units unable to get financing”

Some very cool and chill people (I assume Matt Dorsey-related) are polling a wish list of fascist law and order measures for San Francisco’s June ballot. Show this to whatever dolt says San Francisco is a progressive city.

Every last one of these cars should be destroyed.

There is a movement to "prove that the datacenter water issues is fake". If you venture into Muskrat's hell site, you can see the community note these people put on this great piece of investigative journalism, accusing them of unfairly implicating datacenters. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator. Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE. Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.

Look at all these cool Muni routes that were eliminated in 2009 budget cuts and didn't come back 😭 Potrero Hill used to have *three* north-south bus routes where now it has one. The 53 Southern Heights was lost in 2009, the 10 Townsend in 2020, and only the 19 Polk is left.

Sharp blade, large basket.

I hadn’t realized until today that this guy posting about straw panel construction took my joke reply seriously and got mad

“strong floor, no ceiling” describes sleeping on the street so I think it’s a pretty good slogan for whats being promised

Muni has come to grips with this idea with free fares for minors, and it’s the main thing that keeps it competitive with a car for family outings.