Recent Streetsblog SF posts about SFPD

Tea Partying and Beanbagging on Shotwell

By Chris Carlsson | Mar 29, 2010 | 57 Comments

24th and Shotwell Tea Party The citywide Stand Against Sit Lie campaign Saturday March 27 was a big success by all accounts. The website claims over 100 events took place on San Francisco sidewalks, and over 1000 people participated. That doesn’t sound overwhelming at first glance, but if you recall that this began as a […]

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SFPD Chief Gascón Rides the Streets of San Francisco on a Bicycle

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 26, 2010 | 1 Comment

Back in the September 2009, when SF Streetsblog editor Bryan Goebel interviewed then-new SFPD Chief George Gascón, he invited him out for a bike ride. Guess what? It really happened. Andy Thornley from the San Francisco Bike Coalition served as our trusty guide, bringing the Chief on a short, breezy excursion through the Marina – […]

Standing Up to Sit-Lie

By Chris Carlsson | Mar 17, 2010 | 64 Comments

Hippies and punks have been sitting on Haight Street for almost a half century. Will they soon be criminals? (Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, via http://foundsf.org) As San Francisco moves closer to a decision on a new sit-lie ordinance that proponents say would facilitate the SFPD’s clearing of unsavory elements off of sidewalks in neighborhoods like […]

Advocates Concerned That Cyclists Are Included in Distracted Driving Bill

By Matthew Roth | Mar 3, 2010 | 73 Comments

Photo: markofphotography A bill introduced last month by State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), who has been a steady advocate for reducing the dangers of distracted driving, would increase first-time and repeat fines for drivers who text while driving or who don’t use hands-free devices, and would extend the prohibition of cell phone use to […]

Reviewing the Policing of Critical Mass

By Chris Carlsson | Feb 8, 2010 | 19 Comments

Now that the new police chief has announced he is going to "review" department procedures with respect to Critical Mass, I think it might be a good time to "review" the history of the relationship between Critical Mass and the police. I have to emphasize that this relationship has evolved in the context of a […]

San Francisco Police Chief to Review Bicycle, Pedestrian Policies

By Matthew Roth | Feb 2, 2010 | 34 Comments

Photo: Troy Holden San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón vowed last week to implement significant crime reducing strategies through his Compstat system and restructured enforcement based on best practices from inside and outside of his department, including two measures that have pedestrian and bicycle advocates astir. At a press conference with Mayor Gavin Newsom Friday, […]

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