In just three months under Mayor Daniel Lurie’s leadership, San Francisco has seen a 50% spike in overdose deaths, with 192 lives lost in early 2025 alone. That’s nearly two people dying daily from preventable causes. We’re seeing too much of the same failed War on Drugs and governing by press release that we saw with the last administration.

This week’s hearing on police overtime abuse was a turning point. For the first time in recent history, all major media outlets covered the issue, and even the pro-police spending conservatives admitted that SFPD needs to rein in its spending. Supervisors Walton and Fielder deserve enormous credit for sponsoring this hearing, which may be the first real step toward breaking San Francisco’s addiction to wasteful police spending.

As the City faces a massive deficit, an explosive audit revealed that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) broke laws and policies related to overtime spending while failing to provide oversight on overtime usage and approvals.

The 21 Hayes has served residents and visitors for over a century. Before the pandemic, the 21 logged over 7,000 rides a day. After the line was suspended during the pandemic, it was brought back at a fraction of the frequency and with a shortened route. Because of that, ridership is now down to about 1,300 a day. Rather than rebuild the line and its ridership, MTA is slashing service again, eliminating half the 21 Hayes route. Ridership will drop further, and then MTA will use the low ridership to justify fully eliminating the line. This is how public transit dies.

If you believe Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” is about effective government, or that Trump University was about educating people, I’ve got an Abundant Network to sell you.