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 […]
REPARATIONS ON TRIAL: PART 3
The People Begin to Awaken A courtroom setback for reparations opponents has not ended the fight. It has clarified it: the real battle now is whether San Francisco will defend Black-specific repair—or retreat into safe symbolism while Bayview-Hunters Point and the Fillmore continue to carry the weight of documented municipal harm. Photo credits:https://www.kqed.org/news/11948198/examining-reparations-and-the-historical-harms-of-slavery-and-racism-in-california (top left) […]
THE FIRE THAT BINDS US: ELLA HILL HUTCH AND THE WORK OF STAYING TOGETHER
“The questions raised deserve transparency. The children and families served by Ella Hill Hutch deserve continuity. And the Black community deserves a process that does not turn disagreement into destruction.” There are some places in San Francisco that carry more than history.They carry spirit.The Ella Hill Hutch Community Center is one of those places. Its […]
“WE ARE NOT DISPOSABLE”: BLACK SENIORS AT KING–GARVEY CO-OP DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY AS RESIDENTS ALLEGE INTIMIDATION, EVICTION THREATS AND ABUSE OF POWER
Residents accuse powerful actors inside historic Black cooperative of weaponizing legal pressure against elders while city officials vow hearings and possible investigations Photo credits:https://www.pexels.com/@gale-sanders-1349874640/downloads/ (question marks)Top Left: Dorothy Ward and Loloa JacksonBottom row: Mawuli Tugbenyoh, Arieann Harrison, Bilal Mahmood, and Dede Hewitt SAN FRANCISCO — The room inside the King–Garvey Co-Op on Friday evening did […]
BLACK SENIORS TARGETED FOR EVICTION AT MARTIN LUTHER KING–MARCUS GARVEY SQUARE CO-OP
Part 1: A Quiet Removal in the Fillmore Photo Credits:https://opensfhistory.org/opensf/moreNeighborhoodPhotos.php?n=Western_Addition&bn=6 (top row)https://rentbt.com/neighborhood/western-addition/ (bottom left)https://rentbt.com/neighborhood/western-addition/ (bottom center)https://www.facebook.com/groups/1435627060034188/posts/4113178255612375/ (bottom right) The more things change, the more things stay the sameModern day gentrification San Francisco – Malik Washington San Francisco likes to tell a story about itself. A story about progress.About equity.About inclusion. But in the Fillmore District—once […]
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 […]
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: THE PRICE OF BEING POOR
How San Francisco Rewards Corporate Landlords Who Neglect Its Most Vulnerable Residents with Multi-Million Dollar Contracts They called it affordable housing. Tenants describe something closer to abandonment: sewage backups, boarded windows, unsafe buildings, and a system that punishes those who complain. After months of reporting, this investigation asks why City Hall continues rewarding the very […]
IN MEMORY OF JAYDA MABREY
A City Pauses. A Community Remembers. A Responsibility Remains By Malik WashingtonThe Davis Vanguard / Destination Freedom Media Group There are moments when a city must slow down—when words must do more than inform, and instead learn how to listen. To grief. To truth. To the quiet courage left behind when a young life is […]
**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 […]