Huge crackdown on parking in San Francisco is about to begin


by SFGate

SFGate— San Francisco officials acknowledge that traffic-related injuries and fatalities are far too common. And now they believe a crackdown on drivers parking illegally is one way to make the city’s streets safer. At Tuesday’s San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency meeting, SFMTA director Jeffrey Tumlin announced a plan to massively increase the number of citations that officers issue starting this month. The effort will happen in weeklong surges of “intensive enforcement” in the different...

SFGate—Adam Schiff's bags stolen from parked car in San Francisco. California Rep. Adam Schiff’s luggage was stolen from his car as it sat in a downtown San Francisco parking garage on Thursday, according to multiple news outlets. The theft, first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, meant that the Democrat, and the likeliest candidate to become California’s next senator, spoke at swanky dinner party dressed in the only clothes he had: a navy long-sleeve shirt, an olive vest and a pair of gray pants (The Chronicle and SFGATE are both owned by Hearst but...

ABC7 San Francisco—Rep. Adam Schiff's car broken into at San Francisco parking garage, luggage stolen. California Senate candidate Adam Schiff had to wear his hiking vest and casual attire to an upscale dinner party Thursday night after thieves stole his suitcase.

The Independent—They say don't leave valuables in parked cars in San Francisco. Rep. Adam Schiff didn't listen. San Francisco has an unwelcome reputation for car burglaries and visitors are warned not to leave valuables in their vehicles