San Francisco Politics and Urbanism Daily

SF Reform Meets Its Friction Points: SFPD and Landmarks

Thursday, July 2, 2026 · 4 min

San Francisco Politics and Urbanism Daily cover art

San Francisco’s reform fights move from City Hall theory to street-level tradeoffs: Supervisor Jackie Fielder wants answers on SFPD’s Pride response, while a landmarking surge could undercut new housing capacity opened by family zoning.

Listen

Listen to the audio episode

Read the episode transcript

Show notes

San Francisco’s reform fights move from City Hall theory to street-level tradeoffs: Supervisor Jackie Fielder wants answers on SFPD’s Pride response, while a landmarking surge could undercut new housing capacity opened by family zoning.

In this episode

  1. After viral videos, supervisor questions SFPD’s show of force during Pride — The San Francisco Standard

    # After viral videos, supervisor questions SFPD’s show of force during Pride Published: 2026-06-30T15:55:00-07:00 Source: sfstandard.com (sfstandard.com) Language: en ## Story ADVERTISEMENT Skip to main content Open search bar and full menu [The San Francisco Standard](https://sfstandard.com/) Sign in - [Latest](https://sfstandard.com/latest/) - [News](https://sfstandard.com/news/) -…

  2. What’s Driving San Francisco’s New Landmark Frenzy — The Frisc

    What’s Driving San Francisco’s New Landmark Frenzy Green, yellow, red: Of the 75 sites up for historic preservation in SF's new landmarking flurry, some are well-deserved. Others, not so much. (Photos: Alex Lash) In September 1776, Spanish colonizers built San Francisco’s first Presidio. Within a few years, most of the buildings were in ruins. It turns out adobe wasn’t the ideal material for…