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BREAKING: Building owners turned down multi-million dollar lease buyout from Walgreens, refuse to sell to new housing developers, and intend to collect $60,000 a month on empty and fenced off building on Divisadero St. until 2033. ⁦@scsherrill
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SF Mayor Daniel Lurie has revised residency requirements for public assistance to curb misuse and ensure aid reaches genuine city residents. This likely has the leadership at the Coalition on Homelessness spinning in their chairs. Here's why. thevoicesf.org/coalition-on-…
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BREAKING: Jennifer Friedenbach, founder of @TheCoalitionSF — who has led City Hall’s homeless narrative for nearly three decades and doled out the billions she lobbied for in Prop. C funds, is off the OCOH committee.
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Tensions are rising in two high-profile San Francisco cases: one involving the trial of an 88-year-old victim and a self-represented defendant, and another over a proposed pretrial diversion that sparked public outrage. Read the full story: thevoicesf.org/tensions-rise…
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“Asian Americans didn’t grow up dreaming of protests or recalls. But when you stab our elders, when you punish our children for succeeding, when you treat our right to build wealth like a threat instead of a legacy, we organize.” ⁦⁦— @garrytanthevoicesf.org/asian-america…
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BREAKING: Walgreens looters from Noe Valley match looters from Marina last night. The model of shoe is the same grey New Balance 9060. The dark puffy jacket is the same. The mask is the same. The white hoodie is the same, including the emblem on top of the hoodie. 👇
BREAKING:  Driver of MUNI 22 confirms Chestnut Walgreens looters got on the bus at Fillmore and Lombard at 8:18pm last night and got off at Mission and 16th. Also, photo analysis reveals one of the Marina Walgreens looters matches the Noe Valley Walgreens looter from this video.
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Secret recording shows head of @SF_DPH behavioral health and nonprofits funded by taxpayers “strategizing” on how to keep the money flowing to harm reduction, which they say is the only option until San Francisco has “safe consumption sites.” thevoicesf.org/exclusive-s-f…
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NEW on ⁦@TheVOSF⁩ — my interview with a former colleague of Jennifer Friedenbach: “There is, however, one bypass for getting SSI without actual proof of residency: a letter from the Coalition on Homelessness written by Friedenbach.” thevoicesf.org/colleague-on-…
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Here is the framework for Barbara Lee’s $63 million in federal contracts with her company W.C. Parish. 👇
EXCLUSIVE by ⁦@SusanDReynolds⁩ 👇 Barbara Lee company tied to 287 federal contract actions worth over $63 million, many while she was in political office. According to the Federal Procurement Data System, over $44 million went to guard services. thevoicesf.org/the-63-millio…
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“Just as Washington’s soldiers crossed the Delaware, Asian immigrants crossed oceans and continents, risking everything for the same dream: a chance at something better.” Part 2 in our series on Asian American Voices. thevoicesf.org/family-values…
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EXCLUSIVE: We cracked the code on Dream Keeper Initiative — here's every grantee and how much they got. Not surprisingly, most of the millions trace directly back to Mayor Breed, Supervisor Walton, and their cronies, dialing for Dream Keeper dollars 💸👇 thevoicesf.org/exclusive-we-…
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They are keeping Walgreens locked into their lease.
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BREAKING: Julie Kirschbaum sent out an email today at 5:50 p.m. announcing that 12 people had been "released" from managerial roles at SFMTA. She has not named the managers, nor their specific roles.
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BREAKING: Despite a pending lawsuit and numerous deaths at their facilities, today’s Budget and Finance Committee agenda includes an amendment to extend a contract with harm reduction group @HealthRIGHT360 (of Linkage Center fame) for three years at $141 million.
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As reporters we should not have to jump through hoops to get mugshots as I did to get the mugshots of Ed French’s now-convicted killers below, @DanielLurie so make sure the next chief understands that — and make sure @SFPDCommission does, too. thevoicesf.org/justice-is-fi…
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'Even in a city renowned for its bleeding heart, there is a breaking point, a collective exasperation with those who weaponize our compassion to fuel a crisis that claims lives young and old, drawn to our streets by cheap drugs and lax enforcement' thevoicesf.org/san-francisco…
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My latest Reynolds Rap: In Nov. 2023, I called the Dream Keeper Initiative a “pre-reparations vehicle for grift and cronyism.” A year later, it’s yet another corruption scandal for Mayor London Breed — and, it turns out, she and Sheryl Davis go way back. thevoicesf.org/broken-dreams…
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Jon Jacobo, on “house arrest” for alleged serial rapes, is out at the boxing gym with his friends. @SFDAOffice do the terms of his house arrest include leaving the house?
Hmmmm. At least we got in b4 he blocked his threads account. Did he get his house arrest loosened after all? To watch boxing?
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BREAKING:  Driver of MUNI 22 confirms Chestnut Walgreens looters got on the bus at Fillmore and Lombard at 8:18pm last night and got off at Mission and 16th. Also, photo analysis reveals one of the Marina Walgreens looters matches the Noe Valley Walgreens looter from this video.
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RUMOR HAS IT: SFPD sources tell The Voice Assistant Chief of Police David Lazar will be stepping down at the end of May after Mayor Daniel Lurie let him know there was no path for him to become the next chief. Lazard has aspired to the role of chief for years.
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Guest op-ed: “SFMTA is determined to control you. Their Bike & Roll plan, which conveniently won’t be voted on until after the election, would close hundreds of miles of roads in San Francisco — is this really what we want?“ thevoicesf.org/op-ed-no-on-p…
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“Our undercover reporter witnessed a desk employee handing a brown paper bag to a client; video shows that client pull a brand-new pipe from the bag, place aluminum foil in her lap, and prepare drugs for smoking.” The space is next to an elementary school. thevoicesf.org/videos-show-d…
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Not a single leader from the top 5 permanent supportive housing providers answered our email asking whether they knew how many people died of drug overdoses in their buildings since 2020. We know 👇
On August 21, ⁦@TheVOSF⁩ reached out to the leaders at all five top permanent supportive housing providers to ask if they knew how many deaths had occurred in their locations over five years. As of press time, not a single one had responded. thevoicesf.org/housing-first…
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We crunched the data — SF is 52 out of 56 in case clearance between the public defender pushing for delays and judges who are mostly former public defenders and allow the delays.
🚨 SF courts operate in the shadows — and it’s by design. Lack of transparency lets powerful players dodge accountability while blaming others for a broken system. 📝 @thevoicesf investigates: thevoicesf.org/san-francisco… #CourtWatch #JusticeReform #SFPolitics #AccountabilityNow
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NEW from ⁦@JaredKlickstein⁩ 👇 “I used to dig through a garbage can and find a half-eaten burrito to get a piece of tin foil. Now it gets delivered to your tent by a kid with an art history degree and funded by tax dollars.” thevoicesf.org/2024/04/22/wh…
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Just an FYI: stealing political materials like signs is illegal.
Yet another political sign-thief caught red-handed this morning in the Richmond District at Geary and Park Presidio. This guy thought it was his right to take down signs that had just been set up by a campaign worker who opposes Prop K. I don’t care what side of an issue or candidate you support. Stealing signs is not only NOT OKAY, it’s illegal. Someone out there knows this guy. (I took this picture myself and I made him put the signs back.) @VoteandChangeSF @whentoletgo @MarjanPhilhour @TSFAction @MatthewRhoa @Soar_D1 @GrowSF @TSFAction @Twolfrecovery @garrytan @uniteddemclubsf @incitafusio @SusanDReynolds @openthegreathwy @MylesPynchon @96hoya @CDilligaff @bettersoma @alanburradell
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Handing out paraphernalia by a school, brought to you by the San Francisco Department of Public Health and Dr. Hillary Kunins — remember on the secret recording obtained by The Voice when she said, “Public drug use is really a problem for other people”? thevoicesf.org/exclusive-s-f…
🎥 September 3 2025 11:45am Location Rec & Park on Folsom between 6th & 7th Lately I have been asking people not to use drugs at this park. Now I find out Harm Reduction invites People that use drugs to congregate here. And it’s school hours with a school directly across the street.
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Non-profit contracts are constantly approved with little or no pushback. This week alone, the BOS is set to approve $72M to Episcopal Community Services which runs shelters that have had 139 OD deaths in their facilities in 4 years.
Replying to @MHurabiell
Non-profit contracts are constantly approved with little or no pushback. This week alone, the BOS is set to approve $72M to Episcopal Community Services which runs shelters that have had 139 OD deaths in their facilities in 4 years. What's the metric behind this contract? 5/
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With the election heating up, disinformation is rampant. The #RadicalLeft is so afraid of @SusanDReynolds they fantasized she was dead. If you want to support independent, investigative, unbiased, pull-no-punches journalism, subscribe and donate today: thevoicesf.org/support-our-p…
If @twitter is serious about avoiding the spread of misinformation they need to take this account down or force them to add the word Parody at the start of their name so it’s clear this person is a DSA militant, not our District Attorney
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NEW: “As Lurie and his team obsess over Farrell and spend millions on a 24/7 advertising assault, they haven’t mentioned the gargantuan grift and cronyism that Breed and her fellow City Family cronies have perpetrated, been complicit in, or overlooked.” thevoicesf.org/lurie-runs-no…
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Bridge blockers on the #GoldenGateBridge take a Starbucks break.
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In our first year The Voice of San Francisco took home two awards at the California Journalism Awards tonight in L.A. @Jerold_Chinn won first place in transportation reporting, and @SusanDReynolds took fourth place for in-depth reporting, both in the professional category.
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“According to the DA and the police, there was no evidence a hatred for Asians was part of the motivations for Michelle’s murder. However, I know this for a fact: when that man pushed my daughter, he knew that she was Asian. That fact was very clear.” thevoicesf.org/remembering-m…
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NEW: “Working in Wine Country would teach the homeless a skill, help them earn an honest wage, remove the temptation of drugs on every corner, and provide housing that, while certainly not ideal, couldn’t be worse than a tent on a Tenderloin sidewalk.” thevoicesf.org/what-to-do-ab…
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San Francisco’s diversion programs — including for felonies — are failing. Data shows that defendants diverted have higher or comparable recidivism rates to those not diverted. Reformers say diversion isn’t the fix it was sold to be. 👉 Read more: thevoicesf.org/diversions-di…
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NEW from ⁦@EricaJSandberg⁩ 👇“Here’s the core problem with the moderates,” says Looijen. “They look at the numbers. They don’t know that elections aren’t won in the spreadsheets — they’re won in voters’ hearts.” thevoicesf.org/growsf-asks-d…
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San Francisco's Superior Court faces criticism for inefficiencies, including opaque procedures and low case clearance rates compared to Alameda County. Efforts are underway to enhance transparency and accountability within the judiciary.​ thevoicesf.org/san-francisco…
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My latest #ReynoldsRap 👇 “Lurie is running a nonstop negative Mark Farrell campaign while ignoring incumbent London Breed’s long history with corruption, including the current Dream Keeper scandal.” Part 1 of two-part series on #VOSF. thevoicesf.org/could-daniel-…
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“Elders shouldn’t fear stepping outside. Parents shouldn’t worry whether their child will make it home while they’re out earning a living. Asian families don’t ask for much — just a safe place to live, raise kids, and care for elders.“ thevoicesf.org/family-values…
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Rank choice voting needs to be reconsidered in future elections with John Rothmann | Voice of San Francisco thevoicesf.podbean.com/e/ran…
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Parishioner stabbed by a homeless man outside North Beach church. Just prior to the incident, a different homeless man stumbled down the aisles with a bottle of wine, setting churchgoers on edge. nbcbayarea.app.link/ygHFT9QK…
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“Asian Americans make up a majority of the licensed massage workforce in this state. And yet, they are consistently underrepresented on the council’s board, over-scrutinized in the certification process, and denied a meaningful voice in decision-making.” thevoicesf.org/how-the-calif…
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Sanctuary city folie à deux: “You would think the Steinle case would be a wake-up call for City Hall, but it appears Kate’s heartbreaking death was in vain,” I wrote in 2015, but clearly our leaders have learned nothing, including the new mayor. thevoicesf.org/the-good-the-…
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“Its owners are undoubtedly grateful to enjoy the patronage of Aaron Peskin, an insider able to help them navigate the complexities of City Hall. But you wonder if they realize that he’s the one who made life so complicated for them in the first place.” 🤔 sfstandard.com/opinion/2024/…
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BREAKING: London Breed skipping KCBS debate tonight to attend ⁦@NoeValleyDems⁩ member meeting.
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“Crime is down? True, if you don’t count narco-trafficking, public intoxication, retail theft, receiving and selling stolen goods, vandalism, and prostitution — all of which take place on more than a dozen downtown blocks, from dusk to dawn.” thevoicesf.org/all-rise-san-…
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“Today, The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) announced the launch of Asian American Voices in San Francisco, a $1 million-plus effort to unlock and invest resources into San Francisco’s grassroots Asian American nonprofits.” thevoicesf.org/san-francisco…
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New poll shows ⁦@MarkFarrellSF⁩ winning the mayoral election in a ranked choice setting. Farrell leads by a solid margin after a ranked-choice simulation (57% Farrell / 43% Breed). According to this poll, Farrell is currently ahead at 23%. Peskin is at just 17%. Safai 4%.
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If you want to support our work, make a tax deductible donation for a subscription to @TheVOSF newsletter. Our goal is to get 2,000 people to subscribe at $10 a month. Help us meet our April 15th 1-year anniversary goal here 👇 thevoicesf.org/support-our-p…
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The @TheVOSF is set to launch later TODAY. We have a daily podcast from San Francisco political historian @johnrothmann and his first is on #RankedChoiceVoting When it comes out @garrytan spread it far and wide — I learned more about RCV in that 5 minutes than I ever knew.
My friends disagree on whether Breed or Farrell would be better for the city. We all agree that Peskin would be an unmitigated disaster. Seems like as long as we have ranked choice voting we need to use it.
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CONFIRMED BY THE VOICE: SFPD Assistant Chief David Lazar will step down on May 29th. @MikeEge
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Student protester: “I know we are on an Ivy League campus but do they want us to starve and die of dehydration?” Reporter: “You want to be revolutionaries but you want them to bring you food and water?” Reporter: “So they’re stopping food and water?” Student: “Ummm…”
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“In Feb. 2018, my mother, Jennifer Chang, experienced firsthand how dangerous riding MUNI could be. She almost lost her life at the Castro and Market station when a man suddenly and violently pushed her toward the tracks in front of an approaching train.” thevoicesf.org/why-safety-ma…
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VOSF is proud to introduce our new editor in chief, Mike Ege! Read his message about our plans for the future under his editorial leadership in his introduction. Be sure to follow him on X at @MikeEge⁩ — and thanks to all of YOU for supporting VOSF! thevoicesf.org/a-message-fro…
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NEW from ⁦@SusanDReynolds⁩ ⬇️ “According to S.F. Planning Dept. records, the green highlights all of the housing units produced in Peskin’s area since 2005 — just two six-story buildings, neither of which block Peskin’s panoramic views.” thevoicesf.org/2024/05/21/th…
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They’ve offered it
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This is why citizens aren’t journalists. The complex had been sitting empty due to legal troubles and the Nuru/DBI corruption scandal involving its owner, Chinese firm Z&L Properties, and founder Zhang Li. It was recently purchased and the new owner will make them rental units.
Since 2020 the 109 luxury condos at 1554 Market Street have sat empty. Thank you YIMBY movement
Community note
The building has been empty because the original property owner has been embroiled in a corruption scandal. The new owner of the property recently announced plans to move forward with offering the units as rental apartments. hoodline.com/2023/12/abando
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We will at The Voice of San Francisco. We are building a team and have already started looking into the grifters in SF — in fact, we were digging into @HomeRiseSF months before the audit.
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NEW: If you’re running as a City Hall outsider, don’t have ultimate insider Dwayne Jones on speed dial or take his advice. But that’s exactly what Daniel Lurie did. He also worked closely with Ed Lee on Super Bowl 50, which stoked the encampment crisis. thevoicesf.org/mayoral-candi…
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“Sean Kennedy, the agency’s chief planning officer, said the potential cuts would be ‘impactful’ to passengers compared to the service reductions being made in February.”Sean, how about: cutting management and stopping non-MUNI related projects? thevoicesf.org/muni-riders-f…
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VOSF Sunday Brunch Space: The Asian Voice of SF, Great Highway, future of SFMTA and more nitter.app/i/spaces/1ZkJzYzYXOgGv
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We profile SF10X and their vision for a San Francisco "restored but reimagined," with ubiquitous transit and truly affordable housing, and "streets so clean that children could walk barefoot," governed by a "lean, meritocratic" City Hall. thevoicesf.org/sf10x-a-risin…
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John Rothmann welcomes Marjan Philhour, candidate for Supervisor of District 1 (July 11, 2024) | Voice of San Francisco thevoicesf.podbean.com/e/joh…
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