Over the summer, the board of trustees approved multi-year contracts for two new security companies to operate across the district.

Florida-based private prison operators GEO Group were called to answer to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for alleged sexual violence, carceral conditions, and the death of former San Francisco resident Melvin Bulauan while under their care at their Taylor Street reentry facility -- a building historic for housing the one of the earliest recorded transgender riots against police brutality in the nation.

Four long-awaited construction projects commenced at Laney College on Tuesday.

Over the summer, Bay Area medical centers and clinics Stanford Medical and Kaiser Permanente paused gender affirming surgeries for youth under 19 years old. Now, parents of transgender kids are facing some new, hard decisions. Some are even making plans to leave the Bay Area, which is known for its vibrant queer community.