Watching · updated September 3, 2026
The DA's crime claims
Violent offenses fell about 18% from 2021 to 2025 - but not steadily, and not in every category. The DA's 'steadily dropped' line skips 2022.
Watched items
The running files. Same characters, new episode each cycle, receipts attached every time.
Watching · updated September 3, 2026
The nonprofit contracts audit
A city audit sampled 25 nonprofit contracts worth about $30 million. Nineteen missed their performance targets. They were paid in full anyway.
No track laid · updated September 3, 2026
Project Connect
Voters approved 20 miles of light rail in 2020. The line in federal review is 9.8 miles at roughly three times the cost per mile, and no federal money is awarded yet.
Contract ended Sept. 30, 2025 · updated September 3, 2026
Urban Alchemy's shelter contracts
The city ended Urban Alchemy's contract for the ARCH and a second downtown shelter after staff misrepresented homeless-data-system records. The money has to go somewhere next.