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, focused on SF’s homeless crisis. One of those East Coast transplants, by way of Boston. Also makes cocktails.

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Apr 26, 2022

🚨TODAY a year-long investigation by

@JoaquinPalomino

and I publishes:We examined San Francisco's long practice of housing thousands of its most vulnerable homeless in run-down, century-old hotels called SROs In many cases, we found disastrous results sfchronicle.com/projects/2022/ 1/

S.F. has spent millions to shelter the homeless in run-down hotels. These are the disastrous results

Thousands of people have been left to languish and at times die in hotel rooms overseen by a San Francisco agency that reports to Mayor London Breed. With little oversight or support, these so-called...

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Jennifer Angel, the owner of a cherished Oakland bakery who was severely injured in a robbery on Monday, died Thursday afternoon, according to an online post from her family and friends.

Oakland baker dies after brutal car break-in

The owner of an Oakland bakery who was severely injured in a robbery has died. She was...

Feb 9

"The situation, however, highlights the challenge of rejuvenating the plaza, which has been a troubled spot for decades with drug use and dealing out in the open as city workers look on." sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl via

and photos by

@gabriellelurie

‘It has not worked’: S.F.’s crackdown on street vending under fire as inspectors get attacked

Nearly five months after the city vowed to fully carry out a new law banning illegal...

Feb 9

"Ortiz said he tested the decibel level inside the neighbors’ condos with their permission at 11 p.m. on a Saturday in November and found they were at a humdrum 40 decibels. The 14 Mission buses barreling past were louder." sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/hea via

@hknightsf

‘They want the Mission to die’: Neighbors keep fighting beloved S.F. restaurant

Marco Senghor ran the adored Bissap Baobab restaurant and club in the Mission for...

NEW:Breed promised $5M last year to make repairs to SF’s crumbling homeless housing, following our investigation into the conditions Nonprofits requested $21M worth of repairs—more than 4x what’s available. Still, we found none of the $ has been spent yet

S.F. Mayor Breed promised $5 million to fix crumbling homeless housing. Nothing has been spent so...

The outsize requests provide a window into the decrepit conditions in buildings that house...

Matt Dorsey

@mattdorsey

My letter of inquiry to S.F.’s Chief Medical Examiner seeks to ensure that #SFOCME has everything it needs to monitor for deadly new drugs like xylazine, tranq, ISO and others, and I look forward to working with

@Ahsha_Safai

and other colleagues on that. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl

'Tiny homes' for homeless may not come to Mission after all

“You’re all using the school as an excuse this time,” said Ronen, who was clearly exasperated by the night’s meeting. If it wasn’t the school, “you find something else next to it, and point to that. It is something of a NIMBY thing." missionlocal.org/2023/02/tiny-h

@AnnikaHom

missionlocal.org

Following objections at a community meeting, Supervisor Hillary Ronen said 'tiny homes' may be off the table.

The Valencia spot where the Slanted Door once reigned reports another closure

This is such a prime location - I'm surprised that businesses have had a hard time thriving here "The space at 548 Valencia St. has not had a winner since 2002 when ... Slanted Door thrived in the location until neighbors objected to an expansion."

missionlocal.org

The space at 548 Valencia St. has not had a winner since 2002 when Charles Phan’s Slanted Door thrived in the location.

Heather Knight

@hknightsf

San Francisco Mayor London Breed last year pledged $5 million to address horrific conditions in Single Room Occupancy hotels, a problem exposed in a Chronicle investigation by

and

@JoaquinPalomino

. She still hasn't spent any of it.

S.F. Mayor Breed promised $5 million to fix crumbling homeless housing. Nothing has been spent so...

The outsize requests provide a window into the decrepit conditions in buildings that house...

Nuala Bishari

@NualaBishari

“This is such an embarrassment to the city and such an embarrassment to the state that we still have people in such decrepit conditions.”

S.F. Mayor Breed promised $5 million to fix crumbling homeless housing. Nothing has been spent so...

The outsize requests provide a window into the decrepit conditions in buildings that house...

Ali Breland

@alibreland

The Astonishing Transformation of Austin

not the biggest deal but i feel like we should be more proactive in exploring how and why one industry has culturally decimated multiple cities and if we want that keep happening

newyorker.com

My town, once celebrated for its laid-back weirdness, is now a turbocharged tech megalopolis being shaped by exiles from places like Silicon Valley.

Demian Bulwa

@demianbulwa

San Francisco Mayor London Breed promised $5 million to fix crumbling housing for the homeless. Yet nothing has been spent so far. By

and

@JoaquinPalomino

S.F. Mayor Breed promised $5 million to fix crumbling homeless housing. Nothing has been spent so...

The outsize requests provide a window into the decrepit conditions in buildings that house...

S.F. Mayor Breed promised $5 million to fix crumbling homeless housing. Nothing has been spent so...

The outsize requests provide a window into the decrepit conditions in buildings that house...

Mallory Moench

@mallorymoench

Feb 6

New: Data shows that a program in S.F. to mandate more homeless people struggling with addiction and mental illness into treatment has largely failed. Here's why:

S.F. hoped to mandate treatment for up to 100 more mentally ill homeless people. Years later, no...

Three and a half years after San Francisco started a pilot program to mandate treatment...

Kamala Harris Is Trying to Define Her Vice Presidency. Even Her Allies Are Tired of Waiting.

Zolan Kanno-Youngs

@KannoYoungs

Feb 6

NEW Harris's aides want her to liberate herself from the teleprompter & lean in during possibly the most consequential period of the vice presidency. She must confront concern among Dems she will be a political liability for the Biden ticket

nytimes.com

Ms. Harris is struggling to carve out a lane for herself in what may be one of the most consequential periods in the vice presidency.

We Should All Be More Afraid of Driving

Joshua Sharpe

@JoshuaWSharpe

Feb 2

Five years ago today, I broke both legs in a wreck and had to learn to walk again. Still walking. Here's something I wrote about driving:

theatlantic.com

Two terrifying car accidents taught me that, despite what we like to believe, we can’t control what happens on the road.

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Some pharmacies in Mexico passing off fentanyl, meth as legitimate pharmaceuticals

For my first story

, I went to Mexico and got drugs. Specifically,

@ConnorASheets

and I went to pharmacies, got pills & tested them. Turns out, some are selling oxy & Adderall over the counter – but the pills are actually fentanyl & meth.

latimes.com

Pharmacies in several Mexican cities are selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl and meth and passing them off as legitimate pharmaceuticals.

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My brother planned a trip from New York to Austin with

@united

, and they just changed the flight and gave him this itinerary 🤣🤣🤣

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Fatal Overdoses Raise New Questions About City-Funded Drug Rehab

String of Fatal Overdoses Raises New Questions About Embattled Drug Rehab Nonprofit sfstandard.com/public-health/ via

@davidfortheppl

sfstandard.com

Clients of the nonprofit Baker Places say rampant drug dealing and use at their facilities leaves them vulnerable to relapse and death.

In light of our investigation last year, officials made many promises to improve the current stock. Critically, they improved salaries for onsite support staff. But months later, several other promises they made have yet to come to fruition. Background: sfchronicle.com/projects/2022/

SF's new housing for the homeless at 1064 Mission St,, is sleek, thoughtful and bright. But it stands in stark contrast to much of the city’s long-troubled permanent supportive housing, which city officials have long neglected allowed to deteriorate.

‘Game changer’: New S.F. homeless housing gives hope, but thousands still live in dilapidated hotels

The sleek design, abundant outdoor space and on-site services at 1064 Mission illustrate...

S. Mitra Kalita

@mitrakalita

If it feels like everyone in your feeds is a Washington Post superstar summer intern, I am here to tell you it’s ok if you didn’t get selected. Just get any internship where you can write/shoot/produce/DO a lot and you are gonna be all good. Also stay in touch with your editors.

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SF Twitter: I'm moving out of my Very Cute studio in the Mission, and looking for someone to take it over. mid-Feb Great price (by SF standards), great location and great landlord. DM me if interested!!

Jan 31

Yikes: "SF firefighters were battling a two-alarm apartment blaze on the corner of Hayes and Divisadero streets during a recent Sunday morning when a driverless Cruise car entered the active firefighting scene and nearly ran over fire hoses on the street."

Self-driving cars are causing mayhem on S.F. streets, officials say. Will their expansion be...

San Francisco officials documented at least 92 incidents where Waymo, Cruise and other self-driving cars created mayhem on city streets.

Jan 30

NOOO!

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Janelle Bitker

@JanelleBitker

Jan 30

RIP Hawker Fare sfchronicle.com/food/restauran

Jan 24

Something good I wanted to share: The Chronicle now has an in-house therapist, a big step for a newsroom. Thankful our bosses have recognized the toll of our jobs, and have taken real steps to address it. The importance of these convos among journalists can't be overstated.

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Bobby Allyn

@BobbyAllyn

Jan 23

Rather than write a book, I focus on being a heavy presence in all my groups chats

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Danielle Ohl

@DTOhl

Jan 23

Hello twitter, I want to talk today about the state of the press relations in the United States. You may or may not know, but it is increasingly rare for your local journalist to be able to simply call an official to ask questions.

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A powerful nonprofit owns apartments for poor tenants. Why are some tenants trapped in their rooms?

Liam Dillon

@dillonliam

Jan 20

I was just in court for a hearing in a lawsuit against the AIDS Healthcare Foundation over elevator problems at a building they own in Skid Row when a foundation attorney brought up what he called a “serious issue" — today's

@latimes

story on the case

latimes.com

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has spent tens of millions on pro-tenant causes. Yet elderly and disabled tenants at one of its buildings complain they have spent months at a time without a function...

Eric Kingsbury

@ericmkingsbury

Jan 20

It’s rare to see someone with two bylines above the fold but the drug crisis in our city is just that important and

owns that beat.

Noah Arroyo

@noah_arroyo

My latest — On #SF's laws that require affordable housing in conventional projects, and why experts are considering **weakening** them. (

@sfnext

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Affordable-housing quotas imperil new S.F. building projects, study says

Real estate experts say developers can’t make economics work without changes

Sara Gaiser

@akrazia

San Francisco’s sewer system — created for both sewage and rainwater — makes it uniquely vulnerable to flooding. But residents and legislators say officials have dragged their feet on making much-needed upgrades. Instead, the city has largely relied on costly interim solutions.

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Recent heavy rains’ impact on the region has brought into focus the challenge San Francisco and its residents and business owners face with future storms. trib.al/ADywJh2

J.D. Morris

@thejdmorris

San Francisco estimates that the recent rain and winds caused $46M in damages to homes, businesses and city-owned property. but is the city prepared for future storms that could be even worse? w/

‘We can’t depend on the city’: Why was S.F. so unprepared for the recent storms?

Recent heavy rains’ impact on the region has brought into sharp relief the challenge the...

NEW: S.F. storm damages from the past few weeks could top $46 million. Is San Francisco prepared to deal with such climate driven disasters, or are these costly fallouts just going to be part of our future?

@thejdmorris

‘We can’t depend on the city’: Why was S.F. so unprepared for the recent storms?

Recent heavy rains’ impact on the region has brought into sharp relief the challenge the...

St. John Barned-Smith

NEW: S.F. storm damages could top $46 million. How will city prepare for more climate-driven devastation? sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sto w/

@thejdmorris

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‘We can’t depend on the city’: Why was S.F. so unprepared for the recent storms?

Recent heavy rains’ impact on the region has brought into sharp relief the challenge the...

NEW: Mayor Breed wants to open a safe consumption site, but also wants to separate the city from any financial or legal liability. Today she signaled that nonprofits should move forward and open such a site — but on their own.

Breed: Nonprofits should move forward with supervised drug use site — on their own

San Francisco’s mayor is now putting the onus on the nonprofits to move ahead with...

Heather Knight

@hknightsf

Here’s our story on today’s grim overdose death numbers from

. “We are not anywhere close to being out of the woods,” said Daniel Ciccarone, a professor of family community medicine at UCSF. “Fentanyl is a historic foe.”

‘Fentanyl is a historic foe’: New data on S.F. fatal drug overdoses suggests where epidemic is...

The drug epidemic took 620 lives in 2022, according to new figures released Wednesday by...

San Francisco Chronicle

The drug epidemic took 620 lives in 2022, according to new figures released Wednesday by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. That’s only a slight dip from the year prior.

‘Fentanyl is a historic foe’: New data on S.F. fatal drug overdoses suggests where epidemic is...

The drug epidemic took 620 lives in 2022, according to new figures released Wednesday by...

NEW: San Francisco’s drug crisis shows no sign of abating, with 2022 nearly as deadly as the prior year, new data reveals. Fatal overdoses fell by nearly 12% from a peak in 2020 to 2021; but between 2021 and 2022 they only dipped slightly, by 3%.

‘Fentanyl is a historic foe’: New data on S.F. fatal drug overdoses suggests where epidemic is...

The drug epidemic took 620 lives in 2022, according to new figures released Wednesday by...