Recent Streetsblog SF posts about George Gascon

Commentary: Dangerous, Impatient Driving Is Reckless Driving

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 1, 2012 | 22 Comments

It’s a common sight in downtown San Francisco: drivers line up on a bustling street, waiting to make a turn, and one or two impatient motorists can’t seem to believe that pedestrians are crossing in front of the queue. When the queue moves, if that driver reaches the crosswalk and then runs over a pedestrian, should he […]

After Outcry, SFPD to Cite Driver Who Ran Over Man in Tenderloin

By Aaron Bialick | Feb 24, 2012 | 17 Comments

It took a show of public outrage, but the SFPD has reversed course and decided to issue a traffic citation to the paratransit van driver who was videotaped running over a man who had the right of way at Leavenworth and Eddy Streets last week. The driver will be cited for failing to yield to […]

Will DA Gascón Reform the Double Standard for Drivers Who Kill?

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 20, 2011 | 12 Comments

At least 13 pedestrians have been killed on San Francisco streets this year, all but one of them by motor vehicle drivers. The toll is all too typical for the city, as is the fact that most of those drivers won’t face prosecution. Last month, District Attorney George Gascón seemed to employ a tough new […]

Report: SFPD’s New Approach to Crime on Muni “Promising”

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 15, 2010 | 5 Comments

The Ingleside station district saw the greatest spike in Muni crime of any police station district in the city during the last several years. Image: City Controller’s office. Until a year ago, there was no written agreement between Muni and the city’s police department specifying what services Muni was paying for and how much, despite […]

Streetscast: An Interview with San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 8, 2009 | 8 Comments

Police Chief George Gascón. Photo: Michael Rhodes San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón is considering forming a task force to deal with bicycle and pedestrian issues, and "is very much in favor" of appointing a liaison to the bicycling community, as he begins to weigh a pressing number of livable streets concerns in the city. […]

Chief Gascón Addresses Driver Accountability at Swearing-In Presser

By Matthew Roth | Aug 7, 2009 | 5 Comments

SFPD Chief Gascón. Photo: Matthew Roth At a press conference today immediately after Mayor Gavin Newsom swore in SFPD’s new police Chief George Gascón, the city’s top cop, responding to a question from Streetsblog, addressed a number of issues central to his command, including, notably, how driver behavior can endanger certain neighborhoods as much or […]