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 […]
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 […]
THE PRICE OF BEING POOR — PART 6: The Legal Reckoning Begins
SAN FRANCISCO — It lasted one hour on Friday, April 10, 2026, but the impact may last much longer. In a tightly focused, one-hour virtual meeting moderated by this journalist, tenants from across San Francisco delivered direct testimony to Special Assistant Attorney General Alex Fisch of the California Department of Justice. What unfolded was not […]
THE PRICE OF BEING POOR — PART 3: Silence Is a Choice
The Case Against City Attorney David Chiu and Mayor Daniel Lurie A Special Investigation by Journalist Malik WashingtonDestination Freedom Media Group & The Davis Vanguard SAN FRANCISCO — Let me be direct. This is not a matter of policy disagreement. This is a matter of enforceable law, documented violations, and the deliberate non-use of government […]
WHEN SPEAKING BECOMES THE VIOLATION: HOW RELATED APPEARS TO RETALIATE AGAINST A TENANT ADVOCATE—AND WHY SAN FRANCISCO MUST NOT LOOK AWAY DURING SUPER BOWL LX
By Malik Washington – Destination Freedom Media Group | Davis Vanguard Retaliation rarely announces itself with a raised fist. It arrives quietly—wrapped in “process,” sanitized by bureaucracy, and justified by paperwork. It comes as an email framed as concern. A security report elevated without verification. A lease violation taped to a tenant’s door. This is […]