Alice Griffith $9M Settlement
ON-THE-SPOT REPORTER Malik voices his opinion on the settlement and putting large sums of money in the hands of McCormack Baron Salazar and John Stewart Company when they have known about the habitability issues, yet chose to ignore them. Malik Washington asks the question: Is it a good idea to put this money in their […]
THE PRICE OF BEING POOR — PART 12: THE DAY THE CITY ANSWERED
Mayor Lurie and City Attorney Chiu Deliver a First-of-Its-Kind Reckoning for Alice Griffith — and the Community That Refused to Be Silenced Made It Happen SAN FRANCISCO — Some days, the story you have spent a year writing turns a corner you did not know was coming. Today is one of those days. For eleven […]
A Tale of Two Standards
Lurie’s Cleanliness Crackdown on Nonprofits — While Publicly Subsidized Housing Tenants Keep Living With Sewage, Garbage, Mold, Broken Elevators, and Rats!! Special Investigative Commentary San Francisco is preparing to hold hundreds of City-funded service providers to a new neighborhood-cleanliness standard. The question is whether City Hall will show the same urgency and accountability when low-income […]
THE PRICE OF BEING POOR REACHES PINOLE
A Single Mother Beat the John Stewart Company. Then, the Same Day She Settled, They Moved to Evict Her Again. Journalistic Note: Lynette Moore with the help of a private attorney and another attorney from Bay Area Legal has confronted John Stewart Property Management. At this time in her struggle, she feels overwhelmed and in […]
BUILT ON PROMISES, MANAGED BY CONTRADICTIONS
Price of Being Poor – Part 9 A federally subsidized “showpiece” of San Francisco redevelopment is telling its residents that mold, roaches, ventilation failures and a reported cluster of deaths are their problem – and that their overdue rent is the city’s. Before pouring billions more into Candlestick Point, the City and County of San […]
AFTER MOTHER’S DAY, THE MOTHERS STILL MARCH:
Honoring Sharen Hewitt and Marie Harrison Through the Living Work of Dede Hewitt and Arieann Harrison In San Francisco, Black mothers do not die when they leave this earth.They remain in the struggle, in the daughters they raised, in the people they taught to fight and in every room where somebody still has the courage […]
THE PRICE OF BEING POOR – PART 8
“The Moment the Room Saw It: Evidence, Exposure, and the Question the City Can No Longer Avoid” The room changed the moment the video was shown. It wasn’t loud. There was no chaos. No one needed to shout. Because once it appeared—once the image settled into view—there was no longer anything to debate. A rat.Inside […]
THE PRICE OF BEING POOR – PART 7
“Built on Promises, Standing on Questions: What Is Really Happening Inside Alice Griffith Apartments?”A MALIK WASHINGTON INVESTIGATION Photo Credits:Bottom: https://www.kqed.org/news/38840/feds-award-30m-to-remake-sf-housing-projectTop: https://tyrafennell.wordpress.com/tag/double-rock/Background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Kg077PO80 background The land was studied. The risks were known. The mitigation was required. So why are residents now asking whether the system designed to protect them is failing in real time? THE BODIES […]
FUND THE OVERSIGHT — OR ANSWER THE QUESTION
Part 2 of San Francisco’s 23-Year Reckoning Photo Credits:Top left: https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/bayview-hunters.htmlTop right: https://www.canwelive.org/environmental-justiceBottom left: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/environmental-law-clinic/lawsuit-filed-over-radioactive-waste-at-hunters-point-naval-shipyard/Bottom right: https://extinctionrebellionsfbay.org/announcements/2022/04/ally-event-peoples-earth-day-2022/ In Part One of this investigation, we established a documented timeline. The question before the City is not whether pollution burden exists.The question is whether oversight capacity will be strengthened — or reduced — at precisely the moment […]
**OPEN LETTER TO CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTA:WHEN SLUMLORDS ARE REWARDED AND TENANTS ARE ABANDONED**
Attorney General Rob Bonta, This is not a sudden crisis. It is a documented one. For decades, tenants in San Francisco’s most historically Black and working-class neighborhoods—the Fillmore, Bayview–Hunters Point, Sunnydale, and beyond—have endured unsafe housing conditions, prolonged neglect, and retaliation after speaking out, while the City of San Francisco continues to do business with […]