Special from missionlocal.org

Want one of San Francisco’s new City-issued ID cards?  You’ll have to wait until July—or perhaps longer by the time you read this.

In the last two years murder rates have increased in San Francisco, while clearance rates have declined.  Last year the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) solved only roughly one-third of homicide cases.   As the City searches for a new police chief, a pressing concern is how the murder clearance rate - the percentage of homicide cases closed - can be improved.  “Twenty, 20, and even 40 percent [clearance rate] is not acceptable,” said Theresa Sparks, San Francisco Police Commission president.

San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is turning the old saying “there’s no free lunch” on its head.  As a result of activist principals, parents and students, and with support from federally-mandated programs, SFUSD now serves some of the healthiest, freshest, tastiest and perhaps happiest meals in town, at low- and sometimes, no-cost.  SFUSD provides meals to students at 34 preschools, 102 elementary, middle, and high schools, eight county/court schools and nine charter schools.