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Handling neighbor complaints; assigned a plainclothes officer
San Francisco supervisors voted Oct. 20 to let the city auction the tax-defaulted Sea Cliff house at 250 32nd Ave., where neighbors say two people used forged deeds to take over a home worth about $4 million. The city listed a minimum bid of $500,000 in September, and the treasurer's office says it expects bidding this year.
Updated Yesterday
Operates drone program under Prop E
The San Francisco Police Commission voted 5-1 on Oct. 14 to advance its first drone policy since voters legalized police drone use in 2024. The rules allow drones for public safety responses, bar general surveillance and monitoring protests, and require a warrant before a drone peers into a home or enclosed yard.
Updated 3 days ago
Under new data retention and search oversight rules
San Francisco police will remove license plate data from Flock's platform 30 days after capture, down from 12 months, while keeping their own copy for up to a year. The Electronic Frontier Foundation calls the rule weak: "moving data is not deleting it."
Updated 5 days ago
Investigated the murder; case unsolved
Eight years after Brian Egg's dismembered body was found there, the SoMa house at 224-228 Clara Street sold at auction for $980,000 on October 8. The site is marketed with approved plans for nine condos.
Updated Oct 12
Subject of reform commitments
San Francisco police leaders committed Thursday to overhauling how the department investigates sexual assault, three months after a news report found the SFPD cleared just 14% of rape cases in 2025 — half the national average and the lowest among large California counties over five years.
Updated Oct 9
Deploying BriefCam in Real Time Crime Center
The San Francisco Police Department has deployed BriefCam, an AI video analysis platform developed by an Israeli tech firm. Israeli authorities used the same tool to monitor Palestinians in East Jerusalem. The $198,000, three-year contract, funded by federal grants, supports the department's Real Time Crime Center.
Updated Oct 6
Short about 500 officers; reassigning investigators to events
San Francisco's burglary and robbery detectives are being pulled off their cases to staff parades, protests, and tech conferences. The police department, short about 500 officers, has moved Investigations Bureau inspectors onto a "platoon schedule" that covers special events.
Updated Sep 28
Leading enforcement at the plazas
On Sept. 24, the city released a public dashboard tracking conditions at the 16th and 24th Street BART plazas. It shows ambassadors have collected 1,390 needles and reversed 15 overdoses since January, but 911 calls for drug activity have not fallen consistently.
Updated Sep 25
Expanding enforcement under Mayor Lurie
San Francisco's jails are emptying. In March 2025, more than 1,300 people were locked up, pushing the county past its 1,236-bed capacity for the first time since 2003. By September 2026, the population had fallen to its lowest level since the pandemic.
Updated Sep 8
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