John Cote

San Francisco’s mayor has told department heads they cannot investigate the possible ties of city contractors to the National Rifle Association, prompting the gun-rights group to declare victory in its ongoing fight with the city.

A nonprofit that advocates for more open and accountable government sued San Francisco Mayor London Breed and city police on Tuesday after failing to get access to records about a controversial police raid on freelance journalist Bryan Carmody.

The First Amendment Coalition has filed a lawsuit against the San Francisco Police Department and Mayor London Breed’s office for public documents related to the police raid of freelance journalist Bryan Carmody’s home. Jean Elle reports.

A sexual assault survivor announced Wednesday that she is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court over allegations that the San Francisco Police Department systematically failed to investigate rape, including her own assault in 2010.

The San Francisco police chief said Tuesday that he respects the news media but a freelance journalist whose home and office were raided by officers had “crossed the line” by joining a conspiracy to steal a confidential report.

The San Francisco Police Department reportedly raided the home of a journalist Friday after a police report on the death of Public Defender Jeff Adachi ended up in the hands of various news outlets.

The city of San Francisco on Tuesday reached a financial settlement of an undisclosed amount with the mother of a man fatally shot by five police officers in the city’s Bayview District in 2015.

A federal appeals court has blocked a San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda and other sugary drinks in a victory for beverage and retail groups that sued to block the ordinance.

A federal appeals court has blocked a San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda and other sugary drinks in a victory for beverage and retail groups that sued to block the ordinance.

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the city of San Francisco to return a towed car to a homeless man who couldn’t afford to pay the parking tickets he received while working as a food delivery driver.

San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday approved a $14.5 million settlement with a woman who was left partially paralyzed after a falling tree struck her in 2016.

A credit union that helped the city of San Francisco sell taxicmedallions has sued a city agency over financial losses caused by the collapse in value of the medallions amid the rise of ride-booking services such as Uber and Lyft.

A state agency has sued the city of San Francisco for allegedly discriminating against a transgender woman by preventing her from using a women’s restroom in a city building.

About 40 people rallied this morning outside San Francisco City Hall to support a transgender woman who was allegedly called a “f—ing freak” and a “f—ing man” by a city employee in 2016 when she tried to use a public woman’s restroom, the woman said today.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked a San Francisco law requiring a health warning on soda ads, saying the measure was misleading and would suppress free speech.

The city of San Francisco has agreed to pay $375,000 to settle sexual harassment charges lodged by a fire department administrative analyst against a commander who was demoted and ultimately resigned last year.

In extraordinary legal claims filed Tuesday, Millennium Tower owners accuse officials with the San Francisco building inspection department and the next-door Transbay Transit Terminal of conspiring with the high-rise’s developer to hide evidence that the building was sinking.