Another troubling week for Asian Americans. The discrimination of the past century is a direct line to modern San Francisco, where violence against Asian residents was a problem long before the politics of a pandemic scapegoated Asian Americans. We must prosecute crimes and support victims.

A TV news crew reporting on increased crime is robbed of their camera at gunpoint. Before expressing outrage over this ironic property crime, we can’t ignore the violent and senseless killings in San Francisco recently — especially the numerous attacks on Asian seniors.

Public safety was ignored on every level in our nation’s capital at the cost of jeopardizing our very democracy. The perpetrators and enablers must all be held accountable.

District Attorney Chesa Boudin won his election promising bold criminal justice reforms. Yet accountability must accompany reform. Given the failures in the New Year’s Eve case that led to the death of two women, we must hold Chesa Boudin accountable for his pledge to “protect public safety in San Francisco.”

Crime rates in San Francisco continue to rise for the fourth month in a row. We can’t forget the victims of the burglaries, arsons and stolen cars that we’ve seen more of this year.

San Francisco has separate police and fire training centers that are inadequate and need replacing. What if we built a combined public safety facility? It would be cost-effective and efficient. We can’t stop investing if we want to recruit and train better police. And there’s a perfect location for it on the westside.

Stop Crime SF urges our state representatives to enact a statewide ban on carotid artery restraints. We also ask you to support continued funding of charter schools for the incarcerated.

Investment is the most effective pathway to the community-orientated policing everyone deserves. Police departments must make structural changes to eradicate systemic racism. They must implement rigorous training and hiring to fill the ranks with officers truly committed to protecting and serving all people. Defunding or abolishing the SFPD would be reckless. This is the time to remake, reimagine and reinvest in a police department that keeps everyone safe.

The murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis demands condemnation, outrage, and justice. We must acknowledge there is much more work to be done to repair the trust that has been broken between law enforcement and communities of color. Common trust is essential for everyone’s safety and livelihood.

More than 200 people joined our petition asking the Board of Supervisors to not interfere with Sheriff Paul Miyamoto’s ability to keep jail inmates and the general public safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Our voices were heard and Miyamoto was able to get amendments added to legislation he initially said was “a threat to public safety” because it wouldn’t allow him to add beds to remaining jails upon the closure of an old jail. But why did we have to send letters asking supervisors to let the sheriff do his job in the middle of a pandemic?

Supervisors want to speed up the previously scheduled closure of County Jail No. 4. But sheriff Paul Miyamoto has publicly said parts of the legislation are “irresponsible” and “a threat to public safety.” We support closing the dilapidated and seismically unfit jail. So does the sheriff. The problem with the proposed legislation is that it takes away the sheriff’s ability to add new beds to the remaining jails if he needs them for unforeseen circumstances. Click to read more details and send a letter to City Hall.

Less than 48 hours on the job, San Francisco’s new district attorney fired some of the department’s most experienced prosecutors.

Most voters have no clue who the judicial candidates are on the March 3rd ballot. But if you care about crime and criminal justice, you need to know who you're putting on the bench. This post compares the professional and personal background of all six judicial candidates. It even includes a section about why we vote for judges in California and how our process compares to other states.

An open letter to Chesa Boudin, the public defender who will be San Francisco's next district attorney and top prosecutor.

It’s easy to get away with car burglary in San Francisco because of a loophole in state law. Car break-ins can’t be charged as felony theft unless it can be proven that the door was locked. Smart criminals simply unlock the door after smashing the window. No wonder San Francisco’s epidemic of auto burglary has resulted in so few convictions. Yet a bill to fix the loophole has failed twice in Sacramento. It defies explanation why California’s legislature would encourage crime.

Stop Crime SF Board Member Nancy Tung caught a hit and run driver trying to flee the scene of a traffic accident that left people injured. Tung chased the suspect down the street and held the Muni train he boarded in his attempt to escape. Read Tung’s account of what happened.

The brazen and violent attack of a young woman in San Francisco and a judge’s refusal to hold the suspect in custody became a highly publicized case that poses some important questions: How many crime victims without a Twitter account suffer in silence? How do we know which judges care more about the rights of the accused than the victim? And is there anything we can do to get better judges?

Video of San Francisco District Attorney debate sponsored by Stop Crime SF and moderated by Joel Engardio. Featuring candidates Chesa Boudin, Leif Dautch, Suzy Loftus and Nancy Tung. Be an informed voter and learn where they stand. The stakes are high. San Francisco ranks #1 in property crime among large U.S. cities. The district attorney sets the agenda for what crimes will and won't be prosecuted.

A former member of the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury takes a second look at the 2016 report on auto burglary to see if we have followed its recommendations.

In the wake of a series of brutal attacks on Chinese seniors in the Visitacion Valley and Chinatown neighborhoods, concerned residents and community leaders formed a group called Communities As One to recommend actions City Hall must take to keep San Francisco’s Chinese-American population safe.