2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (115+ words) The new laws build on California's earlier 2025 tech package. Hoodline previously reported that Newsom signed Assembly Bill 243 in October 2025, requiring companion chatbot platforms to establish procedures for detecting and managing user expressions of self-harm. While California pressed ahead, Congress continued…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (188+ words) Chris Larsen, the Ripple co-founder who has backed San Francisco's police surveillance buildout, is facing scrutiny over support for surveillance technology like Flock Safety's automated license-plate readers. Larsen has praised San Francisco's approach of deploying drones only when there is…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (145+ words) Nick Conti told the outlet that licensed wineries now have more direct access to consumers under the expanded rules. The bill's sponsors, Family Winemakers of California and the California Association of Winegrape Growers, have pushed for the change as part…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (345+ words) San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has struck an early agreement with 10 city unions representing 24,000 municipal employees, offering a 12% wage increase between 2027 and 2031 along with a guarantee against layoffs through June 30, 2029. The four-year deal, still pending ratification by union members, arrives…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (250+ words) The city plans to reissue more than $500 million in annual grants and contracts, with an emphasis on outcomes. From 2019 to 2024, the San Francisco homeless population grew 3.5% even as the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing’s budget more than…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1184+ words) San Francisco's Democratic Party refused to endorse a one-time wealth tax on billionaires, creating a rare public split with the state party and exposing tensions between the party's moderate and DSA-aligned wings. SAN FRANCISCO—The dominant party in America's most…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (117+ words) Some people in San Francisco are spending Labor Day calling for better wages and decrying what they say is "rising authoritarianism" in the United States. The rally at the federal courthouse is part of a renewed push to embrace the…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (220+ words) Marin County Superintendent of Schools John Carroll said districts across the county have adopted a range of responses to the Supreme Court ruling, and that San Rafael falls in the middle of that range. Carroll noted that school districts are…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (175+ words) The event, held this year on September 6, is hosted by Anthony Tordillos, Peter Ortiz and the United Lowrider Council of San Jose, according to San José Spotlight. The San Jose City Council repealed the city's cruising ban in 2022, and the…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (651+ words) Tiny cabins that were purchased using about $7 million of taxpayers' money in a bid to ease San Francisco's homelessness crisis are still not being used more than a year later. The 60 sheds, which were bought by Democrat former mayor London…...