SF Sentencing Commission Wants Drug Possession Crimes To Drop From Felony To Misdemeanor

SF Sentencing Commission Wants Drug Possession Crimes To Drop From Felony To Misdemeanor

A sentencing commission created by the city of San Francisco called today for a change in state law to reduce the crime of possessing drugs…

Another Victim Of The BART Strikes? The Tenderloin Drug Trade

Another Victim Of The BART Strikes? The Tenderloin Drug Trade

With BART’s contract with workers in dispute and a third strike still considered a possibility, a less talked about group of Mid-Market entrepreneurs would be…

Drug User Beaten And Shot At By Dealer He Owes

Drug User Beaten And Shot At By Dealer He Owes

A man who said he owed money to drug dealers was shot at but escaped serious injury in San Francisco’s Bayview District on Sunday afternoon,…

Attorney General: 50% Of America’s Federal Prisoners Serving Time For Drug Charges

Attorney General: 50% Of America’s Federal Prisoners Serving Time For Drug Charges

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in San Francisco today announced a change in federal prosecution policy that will reduce lengthy prison sentences for low-level drug…