Fraudenbach: How the Coalition on Homelessness is holding San Francisco hostage
When CNN announced that former Bay Area reporter Sara Sidner would be coming to delve into San Francisco’s lethal cocktail of fentanyl and homelessness, I […]
Cover Stories
Former SFPUC boss Harlan Kelly heads to court
There’s a certain irony in the fact Harlan Kelly Jr., former general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, headed to court on corruption […]
San Francisco’s only human trafficking case involves a nanny, not a drug dealer
“These people are victims of labor trafficking. They are told there are construction jobs in the U.S., then they are trapped and told if they […]
‘They all knew’
When images of a transient trio allegedly involved in the brutal, near-fatal beating of former fire commissioner Don Carmignani began circulating on social media, I […]
Ronen’s thin blue lie
“I’ve been begging this department to give the Mission what it deserves in terms of police presence all year long … In the Mission people are getting […]
Ramsey the ringer
On Jan. 29, 2020, I awoke to texts, emails, and calls from workers, City Hall insiders, and loyal readers of this column. Just 10 months […]
Business owner hosing homeless woman highlights city’s failures
“My office is well acquainted w/the victim + have been trying for many months to get her support from @SF_DPH”— Aaron Peskin, five-term member and […]
A word to San Francisco’s newly elected supervisors, and the inaugural Hypocrite Hill Awards
“‘Housing First’ isn’t dead yet, but it’ll be in an induced coma for the foreseeable future — because neither permanent supportive housing nor an unenforceable […]
The grift that keeps on giving
“Eisen visibly bristles when people, even in jest, refer to the organization as an ‘empire,’ but acknowledges that her vision all along has been to […]
Is John Hamasaki fit to serve as San Francisco’s top cop?
“That ‘if’ is doing a lot of work. Just pay some damn taxes, bro.”— District attorney candidate John Hamasaki to Elon Musk in a since-deleted […]