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Jonathan Hofer » Commentary Articles

S.F. Proposition B’s ‘Cop Tax’ Would Increase Budget Uncertainty without Guaranteeing Better Policing
March 1, 2024

Proposition E Is a Step Backward for San Francisco’s Crime Woes
February 29, 2024

Beware the Rise of Esports Washing
October 3, 2023

Why Police License Plate Readers Might be Illegal
May 23, 2023

Three Banks Just Failed—Fear of Contagion Looms Amid Silicon Valley Bank Troubles
March 21, 2023

Digital License Plates: Will This New Way to Track Vehicles Enhance or Undermine Privacy?
February 9, 2023

No on Prop. 31: Big Police Can Be Worse than Big Tobacco
October 28, 2022

Reducing the Harm in San Francisco’s Harm Reduction Program
January 13, 2022

The Rest of America Should Learn from California’s Smart-City Missteps
November 9, 2021

Northern California Hurt When Wildfire Efforts Are Undermined by Federal Action
July 25, 2021

Emergency Reforms Worth Keeping
July 23, 2021

How to Make the COVID Vaccine Fast-Track the New Standard
June 14, 2021

Massive School Data Breach Shows We Need Better Privacy Policies
April 30, 2021

Copyright Bots Powered by a 1998 Law Threaten the Public’s Right to Know
March 31, 2021

Remote Learning Companies Are Endangering Student Privacy
December 24, 2020

California’s Proposition 24 Fails Students’ Privacy
October 30, 2020

Proposition 24 Would Weaken Consumer Data Privacy
October 8, 2020

Online Learning Hiccups Lead to Civil Liberty Threats
July 8, 2020

Ethical Hurdles to Combating Racially Biased Police Algorithms
February 19, 2020



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