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A new policy, set to start on June 1, will no longer require the San Francisco County Jail to detain illegal immigrants who have been arrested for petty crimes (i.e. shoplifting, disorderly conduct, drunk in public) until U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials come to take custody of them.

San Francisco will be the first county in California to implement this type of policy.

No laws are being broken with this policy as there are no requirements for local jails to hold illegal immigrants. Rather, it will be reinforcing San Francisco’s sanctuary ordinance, which does not allow local officials to assist ICE unless Read more »

On Sunday, George Gascon, now former Chief for the San Francisco Police Department, has been named the new District Attorney and is responsible for carrying out the rest of Kamala Harris’s term, as she has now been named California’s attorney general.

George Gascon will be the first Latino to be working as San Francisco’s head prosecutor.

Gascon, a former high-ranking official from the LAPD said, “I’m very honored for the opportunity to serve the people of San Francisco in this new role and look forward to continuing to work together with our community and the other partners in the criminal justice system to make San Francisco the safest large city in the U.S.”

According to an interview with Mayor Gavin Newsom, he said after speaking with Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO — The views must be breathtaking from atop the bay cities highest buildings. But I wouldn’t scale the outside of one just to find out.

However, that’s exactly what veteran “skyscraper climber” Dan Goodwin did. Using no ropes (just suction cups), he reached the top of the Millennium Tower right before 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The 645 foot building took about 3 hours to climb.

He ignored Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO — Sewer flooding on the second and third floors of the Bryant Street Court building Friday caused more than just a stink. Court Judges had to ‘double up’ and hear their cases during scheduled breaks.

All of the mess was caused by inmates flushing the toilets of  the Bryant Street jail. It caused more than 2 inches of raw sewage to seep out, flooding five courtrooms at the San Francisco Hall of Justice.

They called out a plumber who detected Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO — The venerable Hall of Justice is a landmark, but its pre-earthquake code architecture has also made it a target for earthquake damage.  This news has prompted the local government to put a bond measure on the ballot that seeks funding for building upgrades, which voters have to approve. If the bond passes, design on a new Sixth Street jail could begin this year as part of a larger effort to replace the Hall.

As reported in the San Francisco Examiner, the measure will be on a June 8 ballot, and according to a draft of The City’s capital plan, will take 10 years to build. The remainder of the $435 million project would be funded with certificates of participation.

The two jails slated for replacement house Read more »

The Dhaliwal brothers have a track record of drug use, DUI’s, high speed chase, and false identification in their town of San Jose. The two were made famous when they visited the San Francisco Zoo and were attacked a little after the Zoo’s closing time by a tiger on the loose. San Francisco Police arrived quickly and ended up shooting and killing Tatiana the tiger. Kulbir and Armitpal ended up getting a settlement of $900K for the zoo incident.

But the real story is about the brothers who appear to be just plain bad news… Read more »