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 […]
THE BREAKING POINT – PART II
Behind the Walls: The Women, the Jail, the Oversight Failure, and the Politics of Selective Outrage in San Francisco Top Left: Julie D. Soo, Board member Sheriff’s Department Oversight BoardTop Right: Sheriff Paul MiyamotoMiddle Row (left to right): Alan Wong, Stephen Sherrill, and Rafael MandelmanSan Francisco County Board of SupervisorsBottom Left: San Francisco County Jail […]
THE BREAKING POINT – PART I
How San Francisco Reduced Visible Homelessness While Driving More Poor People Into a Jail System in Crisis Photo Credits:(Bottom Left) A police officer stands by, left, after James Anderson and Moriah Varner received a citation for having a tent set up on a sidewalk on Natoma Street in San Francisco on Thursday.Gabrielle Lurie/S.F. ChronicleIllegal camping […]
WHEN REPRESENTATION DISAPPEARS: PLAZA EAST, PUBLIC HOUSING, AND THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY
“A community can survive broken plumbing longer than it can survive broken democracy.” Photo credits: https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/sf-public-housing-breed-19832585.php (Bottom Left)https://therealdeal.com/san-francisco/2022/09/02/sfs-plaza-east-housing-project-targeted-for-redevelopment/ (top left – 2022) – McCormack Baron Salazar built and managed the complex in 2001. Since then, its residents have complained about substandard conditions, including leaking pipes, rotting floors, electrical fires and pests.https://www.instagram.com/deanprestond5/ (Dean Preston & Dennis […]
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 […]