One city supervisor is calling for more information about San Francisco’s Patrol Special, a little known subset of the police department that makes armed security officers available for hire.

While Muni has increased the number of inspectors over the past year in an effort to crack down on freeloading transit users who cost The City millions in unpaid fares, none of those charged with checking for tickets and passes are deployed on The City’s buses — where, critics complain, they are needed most.

The City is slated to dole out a record $5.1 million as a result of a medical malpractice lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court regarding care provided by San Francisco General Hospital.

The City is facing the prospect of millions of dollars in payouts to dozens of residents and businesses after a judge ruled that it’s liable for property damage caused by diluted sewage that brimmed out of its sewer system in 2004.

Four local principals were honored Friday as the first recipients of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Principal of the Year awards.

A new Tenderloin-based court proposed by the mayor to handle drug users and those with behavioral health needs could cost up to $2.8 million annually and face challenges of duplicating already existing programs, according to a Controller’s Office report released Thursday.