The first alliance between two San Francisco mayoral candidates has formed as they look for any advantage they can get in the tight race for the city's top office.

Juliette Goodrich reports candidates Mark Farrell and Ahsha Safaí forming a ranked-choice alliance in the race for San Francisco mayor.

Former San Francisco Supervisor Mark Farrell and Supervisor Ahsha Safaí jolted the tightly contested San Francisco mayoral race Wednesday by forming the campaign’s first ranked-choice alliance. Both Farrell and Safaí will spend the remainder of the campaign asking their supporters to rank them first and second in the city’s ranked choice — or instant runoff — system,

A program that the San Francisco sheriff says has been helpful in easing jail overcrowding is being suspended.