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SF Civil Grand Jury finds part of 'Vision Zero' failure due to lack police traffic enforcement
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Eight pedestrians have been killed on San Francisco streets this year. The goal was to have zero by 2024.
Despite all the protections and interventions the city has put in place to keep people safe, a Civil Grand Jury report found the main culprit is the lack of enforcement by police.
Last year, ABC7 news reported that “No Turn on Red” signs were going up in the downtown area. This week, we went looking for them and found many of them, shiny and very visible. Except that the streets didn’t really seem much safer, especially when some drivers just ignore the sign.
Here’s what we saw: an impatient driver who turned right on red with only eight seconds left on the crossing signal. By the way, a driver has to wait only 30 seconds for that light to change. We also saw a delivery motor bike not even pretending to stop before making that right-hand turn on red.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has spent millions of dollars trying to protect both bicyclists and pedestrians.
SFMTA delays vote on banning right turns at red lights anywhere in SF
More than 10 years ago, the city’s Vision Zero plan had a goal: to eliminate traffic deaths by 2024. Yet 2024 marked the deadliest year since 2007.
So when you see a U.S. Postal truck driver not obeying the rules, it begs the question, “Where are the police officers?”
In March 2024, San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman warned us.
“If there’s no enforcement, you can change all the rules you want to and no one will take them seriously,” he said.
San Francisco’s Tenderloin District has 50 intersections with “No Right Turn on Red” or “No Left Turn on Red” signs. SFMTA told us last year that 92% of drivers were complying with the law.
MORE: SF transportation agency wants to expand ‘No Turn On Red’ restrictions in city
But this week, we saw multiple cars disobeying the law and no one was holding them accountable.
Here’s what SFPD told us: “Keeping people alive and safe is the San Francisco Police Department’s No. 1 priority, and we are using the personnel available to have the maximum impact.”
Let’s go back to that line “the personnel available,” because SFPD continues to blame the lack of traffic enforcement on its ongoing staffing shortage.
“I don’t think it’s an issue of staffing as much as it is an issue of prioritizing,” said Katherine Blumberg who served on a Civil Grand Jury investigating the causes of a failed Vision Zero, which found that “there’s a sense of lawlessness on the city streets, due to the almost complete lack of enforcement in recent years.”
“There’s a lot of reckless driving on the streets, and we’re seeing a complete drop off in enforcement,” Blumberg said.
MORE: Why do we have right-on-red, and is it time to get rid of it?
The report found that the number of traffic citations dropped by 95% in the 10 years since Vision Zero was first adopted in 2014. 2016 saw the first big drop in citations, even though that same year police staffing increased by 6%.
“It was a drop off in citations while police officer staffing was increasing and at the same time collisions were increasing, so this just has not been a priority for the SFPD,” Blumberg said.
SFPD told us that it has increased traffic enforcement in the last year and that’s true. The Civil Grand Jury report acknowledges that in 2024 there were 15,500 citations, the most significant increase since 2020.
ABC7’s data team also found that traffic stops for running a red light or making that right on red, increased from 19 stops in 2023 to 61 in 2024.
In the report, the Civil Grand Jury calls for “a renewed commitment to traffic enforcement from SFPD” and that SFMTA start “building community trust.”
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50 Beagles Rescued From Wisconsin Lab Arrive in Bay Area, SF Activist Faces Felony Charges
Animal rescue groups persuaded a Wisconsin breeding lab to sell 1,500 beagles after activists worked for a decade to free them, and 50 of the dogs arrived in the Bay Area Sunday. Meanwhile, an SF activist faces 12 years in prison for rescuing some of them prior to the deal.
Last month, several animal rights activists attempted to free 1,500 beagles at Wisconsin-based Ridglan Farms, the second-largest breeder of beagles for laboratories in the US, as KGO reported last week. Four activists, including Dean Guzman Wyrzykowski of San Francisco, were arrested during the rescue operation and charged with felonies, with up to 12 years in prison, according to a post by Wyrzykowski on social media.
“There are thousands of dogs just like her in laboratories across the country,” says Wyrzykowski, while holding the dog he’s accused of stealing.
Last week, animal rights group Big Dog Ranch Rescue, which is based in Florida, and DC-based Center for a Humane Economy made a confidential agreement with the lab to purchase the animals to be adopted out by rescue groups. Per KGO, well-known Berkeley activist Zoe Rosenberg, who brought one beagle named Chester home with her, was among the volunteers helping the dogs in Wisconsin after they were rescued.
As KGO reports, the Northern California Beagle Rescue Group brought 50 beagles to the Bay Area via school bus Sunday, and they’ll be adopting them out to homes in San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, and nearby cities once they’ve received veterinary care.
The dogs had likely never touched grass until after leaving the lab, and they’ve been slowly acclimating to their new lives. Some were reportedly malnourished and most had bad teeth and were in need of dental work.
“It was very emotional,” says Wendy Lansdon, a volunteer with Northern California Beagle Rescue, speaking to KGO about when the bus full of dogs first arrived in the Bay Area. “Some of them were really quiet when we got in there, some of them were happy, and the other ones were terrified.”
Prior to the dogs’ arrival, the Northern California Beagle Rescue Group announced on social media it was seeking foster home volunteers in Fremont, San Jose, and Sacramento — near where the beagles will be receiving veterinary care. The group is also requesting donations to help fund the dogs’ vet care.
According to the site Save the Dogs, activists had been pushing for the closure of Ridglan Farms for almost 10 years, as investigators, whistleblowers, veterinarians, and others worked to spread the word about the inhumane conditions of the lab, which stayed in operation for decades, despite being hit with hundreds of state-level cruelty violations.
“The dogs born there were treated as inventory: bred, confined, sold to research, disposed of,” says Save the Dogs.
Save the Dogs notes that activists are now targeting Marshall BioResources, the largest breeder of dogs for laboratories in the country, which has operations in New York and the United Kingdom.
Image: Northern California Beagle Rescue/Facebook
Division-leading Dodgers aim to snap home losing trend as they open series against the Giants in a matchup of NL West foes
After dropping their second straight home series over the weekend, the Los Angeles Dodgers head into Monday night’s series opener against the San Francisco Giants sitting atop the National League West Division standings, aiming to avenge a series loss to the Giants from two weeks ago. San Francisco has lost nine of its last 12 games overall and have dropped seven in a row on the road as they begin a 10-game road trip that will keep them away from home until Memorial Day Weekend. The Giants will start Trevor McDonald (1-0, 1.29 ERA) in his fourth start in the Majors while the Dodgers will counter with second-year Japanese import Roki Sasaki (1-3, 5.97 ERA) who has given up a home run in five consecutive outings.
How to Watch San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers:
Date: May 11, 2026
Time: 10:00 p.m. ET
TV Channel: MLB Network
Location: Dodgers Stadium
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Dodger center fielder Andy Pages, who has helped Los Angeles claim World Series titles in each of his first two years in the Majors, leads the team this season hitting .333, ranking the 25-year-old Cuban third among all hitters in MLB. Pages is hitting .371 so far in May with five extra base hits and 10 RBIs and has successfully reached base in 13 of his last 14 games.
With nine hits in seven games so far this month, Giants second baseman Luis Arraez is hitting a team-leading .310 at the plate in 2026 and is on pace for his eighth career 100-hit campaign. Arraez is one of only two active players with a career batting average above .300, hitting .316 for his career and leads Houston’s Jose Altuve by 15 points.
What time is Giants vs Dodgers?
Coverage of the San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers starts Monday, May 11, at 10:00 p.m ET. Tune in to see if the Dodgers can beat the Giants for the fifth time in the last six games at Dodger Stadium or if San Francisco can beat LA for the fourth time in the last five head-to-head matchups.
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the McCoven who hopefully have better things to do than watch this dreadful baseball team. But if this is your chosen way of spending the day, then welcome, and may the Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the series for you.
Right-hander Tyler Mahle takes the mound for the Giants, as the veteran makes his eighth start of the year. He’s 1-4 on the season, with a 5.00 ERA, a 4.91 FIP, and 34 strikeouts to 18 walks in 36 innings. He was very strong his last time out, pitching 5.1 shutout innings against the Tampa Bay Rays.
For the Pirates, it’s right-hander Bubba Chandler, a 23-year old in his second season. In seven starts this year, Chandler is 1-4 with a 4.76 ERA, a 5.60 FIP, and 31 strikeouts to 26 walks in 34 innings. Chandler gave up two runs in five innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks in his last game. He has issued the most walks in the Major Leagues, so he’s probably foaming at the mouth to face the Giants, who apparently believe that drawing walks is a sin on par with murder.
Enjoy the game, everyone. Go Giants! Go moms!
Who: San Francisco Giants (15-24) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (22-18)
Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM
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