Good morning!
In a new payroll problem, the SF school district failed to send this week’s check to hundreds of its lowest-paid workers. Lunch ladies, janitors, and clerks instead got an email saying they’d be paid later in the month. “I was counting on this money,” says a clerk. โIโm just sick of all this.โย
The racial disparities in police use of force skyrocketed in the last quarter of 2022, when cops used force against Black people 25 times more than they did against white people. But when the SFPD made its quarterly report to the Police Commission, the department didn’t mention this fact.
If you missed it, read our live coverage of public comment at the Police Commission meeting about the mass arrests of teenagers at the “hill bomb” skateboarding event last week. “I’m embarrassed for our city,โ a commissioner said.
And finally, raise a toast to Anchor Brewing, which is closing. The great steam beer, writes Joe Eskenazi in his eulogy, “wasnโt just madeย inย San Francisco. It was madeย byย San Francisco.“
More soon,
Sara
The Latest News
SFPD use-of-force racial disparities skyrocket
In the last quarter of 2022, SFPD used force on Black people 25 times more than than on white.
SF school district misses payday for 815 of its lowest-paid workers
“I am definitely 100% accustomed to being stiffed by the district.”
Teens, parents, commissioners blast SFPD for Dolores โhill bombโ arrests
“When you showed up with riot gear, you made the weather.”
Last call: Anchor Brewing bids adieu, and another piece of San Francisco dies
“At the end of the day, it’s the intangibles that made Anchor special.”
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