A top local transportation leader renewed calls for the California Public Utilities Commission to release information on collisions and assaults involving Uber and Lyft ride-hailing trips, following a Public Press investigation.
Category: Public Safety
Posted inImmigration, Public Safety, Social Services
This Domestic Violence Shelter Was Told It No Longer Aligns With the Trump Administration’s Priorities
Trump’s war on ‘gender ideology’ and diversity is hurting San Francisco Asian Women’s Shelter’s ability to help victims — many of whom can’t get help anywhere else. It’s already cost them nearly $500,000.
Posted inCalifornia, Public Safety, Ride-Hailing’s Dark Data, Transportation
California Regulators Voted to Release Ride-Hailing Safety Reports. Then They Didn’t.
California’s ride-hailing regulator has repeatedly promised to release safety data on Uber and Lyft — most recently voting last August to do so. It still hasn’t, leaving the public in the dark about the scope of driver assaults and whether the agency has done its job.
Posted inCity Hall, Community, Economy & Business, Elections, Government & Politics, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Immigration, Neighborhoods, Public Safety, Social Justice, Social Services, Transportation
San Franciscans Speak Out on the Top Issues Facing Their Neighborhoods
In this street interview series taken during the “No Kings” protest in March, people across the city spoke candidly about what matters most where they live, and what they want local leaders to pay attention to.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Health, Law & Justice, Public Safety
Trauma Inside San Francisco’s Women’s Jail
Women held in San Francisco’s county jail said they were forced to strip naked while deputies filmed them and male officers watched and laughed — allegations that have triggered lawsuits, multiple investigations and renewed scrutiny of how the jail system treats women with histories of trauma, mental illness and abuse.
Posted inElections, Government & Politics, Public Safety
Proposition A Would Fix Decades of Deferred Maintenance in Earthquake Safety System
Proposition A, the Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Bond, would raise $535 million over 30 years.