So you think crime is bad now? San Francisco’s epidemic of car break-ins and home burglaries could get worse after the June 5 election — if voters approve a judicial coup attempt by four criminal defense attorneys. They want to “change our justice system from the inside out,” and not for the better if you are a potential victim. San Francisco's courts are already too soft. Retain the incumbent judges if you don't want to see even more property crimes.
Read MoreDistrict Attorney George Gascon and police Captain Robert Yick discuss the property crime epidemic in San Francisco with Stop Crime SF vice president Joel Engardio on a public safety panel. Solving this complex problem will require every part of the criminal justice system working hard together. Gascon answered many engaging questions from the Westside audience.
Read MoreAn open letter to the supervisors on City Hall's Budget and Finance Committee requesting support for Police Chief Bill Scott's 2018-19 budget.
Read MoreOpen letter to Mayor Farrell — San Franciscans need you to address the daily nightmare we face with record-high property crime and car-break ins. As you determine the city's budget, please fund our police department for success. Community policing alone is not the solution. Please remember the need for centralized investigative capability when funding the SFPD.
Read MoreMarsy’s Law contains 17 rights that victims have in the criminal justice system — one of them is the right to be informed of all of these rights. Too often, this never happens. That’s why Stop Crime SF wants all victims to know their rights.
Read MoreStop Crime SF supports Proposition H on the June 2018 ballot. This practical Taser policy takes the politics out of neighborhood safety.
Read MoreSan Francisco District Attorney George Gascon is asking for an additional $1 million to fight an epidemic of car break-ins. Would this be money well spent?
Read MoreOur community meeting led the local TV news on ABC. The epidemic of car break-ins was the topic and state assemblymember Phil Ting spoke about legislative solutions. Stop Crime SF is a group of San Franciscans working together to reduce and prevent crime in our neighborhoods while holding public officials and the criminal justice system accountable.
Read MoreSunset Beacon coverage of Stop Crime SF community meeting with former San Francisco police chief Tony Ribera. February 2018.
Read MoreWestside Observer coverage of Stop Crime SF community meeting with former San Francisco police chief Tony Ribera. February 2018.
Read MoreStop Crime SF applauds Police Chief Bill Scott’s announcement to assign officers in San Francisco neighborhoods dedicated to car break-ins. Our members spoke at City Hall to express the frustration and fear we feel in the neighborhoods. Stop Crime SF supports a focused strategy to fight property crime that has reached epidemic proportions.
Read MoreStop Crime SF supports a practical, easy-to-understand taser policy that saves lives and protects suspects, officers and their respective families from trauma due to unnecessary officer-involved shootings.
Read MoreThe quiet Duboce Triangle neighborhood was hit with two homicides and a series of severe assaults in recent years — even as violent crime in San Francisco has gone down. But information about solving the Duboce Triangle crimes has been hard to come by. Guest post by Erik Honda, vice president of the Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association.
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Stop Crime SF wrote a letter to Assemblymember Phil Ting, asking him to support legislation that will close loopholes in California crime statutes. Many Stop Crime SF members live on San Francisco's westside, which has seen a marked rise in car break-ins and property crime. Ting represents the western half of San Francisco in the state assembly. We are asking Ting to support some much-needed changes to state law that will modernize the penal code and make it harder for criminals to get away with car break-ins that have become all too common in San Francisco.
Read MoreStop Crime SF was instrumental in the passage of two public safety ordinances at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in the fall of 2017. We focused on our city's epidemic of burglarized cars and broken windows — the highest in the nation.
Read MoreSupport our legislation to prevent rental car burglary. Tourist attractions like Twin Peaks and the 16th Avenue Stairs have become crime hot spots where windows of rental cars are regularly smashed — 97% of crime in District 7 on the westside was due to car break-ins, and 67% of those were to rental cars. Our legislation will remove advertising, bar codes and other visible markings that let criminals know a car is a rental.
Read MoreLearn what it takes to be a court watch volunteer and help ensure the San Francisco judicial system takes crime seriously. Join us in court to monitor the trials of defendants charged with burglaries in our neighborhoods.
Read MoreSheriff Vicki Hennessy was the special guest at a July 26 neighborhood meeting in Golden Gate Heights hosted by the Criminal Justice Accountability Coalition. Sheriff Hennessy is the first woman to hold the position of sheriff in San Francisco history. She is also the only elected law enforcement official in San Francisco (the police chief is appointed by the mayor). Sheriff Hennessy talked about her background and gave us insightful information about our jails, the criminal justice system and neighborhood crime.
Read MoreWe’re proud to announce that Westside residents in District 7 have won a $23,000 grant to acquire surveillance and crime prevention equipment to help stop home burglaries.
Read MoreWe've been busy our first year. Here's what Stop Crime SF and the Criminal Justice Accountability Coalition has accomplished so far:
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