The San Francisco Standard was originally Here/Say Media, a project of Civic Action Labs, a 501(c)4 nonprofit.

[5] In December 2021, the Standard partnered with ABC 7 to cover the 2022 California's 17th State Assembly district special election.

Instead, Boudin's office emphasized convictions for a different crime which would not penalize foreign nationals with deportation or threats to naturalization.

[8] The story generated secondary coverage in the National Review,[9] Washington Monthly,[10] and Courthouse News Service.

[11] In October 2022, editor-in-chief Jonathan Weber resigned, citing differences with chief executive Griffin Gaffney.