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Last year the Board of Supervisors approved funding to establish @SFPD's Real Time Investigations Center (RTIC). This week I visited the Center and saw both crimes being addressed in real-time, as well as individuals being exonerated for crimes they did not commit. When an active crime is occurring after receiving a call for service, SFPD uses RTIC to launch drones to investigate the crime scene. In one case, we saw a woman who's phone was stolen, and within 15 minutes SFPD was able to both apprehend the suspect, find the fencer who was sold the phone, and return the phone to the victim. In another case, we saw a man who was thought to be a suspect matching an active gun violence incident. But through the use of camera and drone footage in real-time, were able to identify that the wrong suspect had been apprehended and was released immediately. These scenarios are representative of the hundreds of active crime scenes that have been resolved within 24 hours of them occurring in San Francisco since the establishment of RTIC. This responsible utilization of technology and innovation in SFPD is what is helping us address crimes faster over the last year, and I will be looking into further ways to supplement the efforts in the year ahead, particulalry as they affect our open air drug markets.
NEW: The tobacco company Reynolds American donated $5M to the Trump-backed super PAC MAGA Inc. on 4/30/2026. 8 days later, the Trump administration rolled out a new policy that could be lucrative for Reynolds by allowing it to begin selling flavored vapes nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/…
SKILLS THAT PAY OFF.
The sugar industry’s bitter legacy, built on slavery, exploitation and environmental damage, is still resonating today. Watch the film, Blood, Sweat and Sugar: aje.news/sugar
Ex-employees of OpenGov, the company hired for the project, said the firm knew it would miss deadlines. Current city workers say the software lacks important features. 📝: @ggreschler sfstandard.com/2026/05/13/dan…
Mayor Daniel Lurie touted the latest official tally of San Francisco’s homeless population on Tuesday, arguing it shows a steep decline in the number of people living outside — but there’s a catch. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/lur…
San Francisco’s mayor is still overwhelmingly popular with voters, a new Chronicle poll found — but he still has weak spots. sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…
