Susan Dyer Reynolds

Car break-in suspects crash after police pursuit. (Photo: SFPOA)
Reynolds Rap

Failed IPO

Break-in duo worked for DPW, earning nearly $700,000 while committing crimes
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Fate works in mysterious ways. On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, I tweeted a video on X of a brazen smash and grab near San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, one o... Read More
A rendering of the new harbor. (Photo: Rec and Park Department)
News Briefs

Controversial harbor threatens Marina Green view

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Acontentious meeting about the harbor brought out a bevy of boats but no board. District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani recused herself from representation because her husband own... Read More
Juliet Ellis and her boss and lover, Harlan Kelly (photo: https://kilamanjaro-kilamanjaro.blogspot.com/2021/04/why-are-very-serious-charges-brought.html)
Reynolds Rap

Wherefore art thou Juliet Ellis?

SFPUC Community Benefits scheme mastermind missing in action
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!” A friend of mine with a wry sense of humor recently quoted that famous line from the 1946 Christmas classic It’s a Wonder... Read More
Reynolds Rap

CEO of the homeless industrial complex

Coalition on Homelessness boss gets residency for out-of-state unhoused to ‘keep things the same’
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

My August 2023 Reynolds Rap (“Fraudenbach: How the Coalition on Homelessness is holding San Francisco hostage”) elicited one of the strongest reactions from readers I’ve eve... Read More
Reynolds Rap

A gay icon is living in fear because of a Twitter meme

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

‘Doe 1’ posted a Western-style “Wanted Poster” of HealthRIGHT 360 V.P. Gary McCoy that resulted in a lawsuit — and a yearlong attempt to uncover his iden... Read More
Jennifer Friedenbach
Reynolds Rap

Fraudenbach: How the Coalition on Homelessness is holding San Francisco hostage

From Prop. C to a lawsuit against the city, Jennifer Friedenbach and her band of activists have no plan to solve the homeless crisis
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

When CNN announced that former Bay Area reporter Sara Sidner would be coming to delve into San Francisco’s lethal cocktail of fentanyl and homelessness, I knew what to expect. ... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Former SFPUC boss Harlan Kelly heads to court

How we got here, other officials who might be nervous, and why the new U.S. attorney could squash the City Family corruption investigation
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

There’s a certain irony in the fact Harlan Kelly Jr., former general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, headed to court on corruption charges June 26 — ... Read More
District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey
Reynolds Rap

San Francisco’s only human trafficking case involves a nanny, not a drug dealer

Supervisor Matt Dorsey seeks deportation as colleagues perpetuate trafficking myth
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“These people are victims of labor trafficking. They are told there are construction jobs in the U.S., then they are trapped and told if they don’t sell drugs the gangs will h... Read More
Nathaniel Roye (left) Garret Doty (right, red cap) buy drugs in the Marina District.
Reynolds Rap

‘They all knew’

Could brutal attack on Don Carmignani have been prevented? Marina neighbors say yes.
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Garret Doty is back in the Marina just weeks after a brutal attack on former fire commissioner Don Carmignani. When images of a transient trio allegedly involved in the brutal,... Read More
Authorities used screenshots from Fernando Madrigal’s Instagram as evidence in the federal case against him. (Northern District Court Records)
Reynolds Rap

Ronen’s thin blue lie

Supervisor Hillary Ronen begs for more police after calling for defunding and asking judge to help a Mission gang member
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“I’ve been begging this department to give the Mission what it deserves in terms of police presence all year long … In the Mission people are getting shot and kill... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Ramsey the ringer

Close ties with City Family could derail corruption probe
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

On Jan. 29, 2020, I awoke to texts, emails, and calls from workers, City Hall insiders, and loyal readers of this column. Just 10 months prior I penned a piece about Mohammed Nur... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Business owner hosing homeless woman highlights city’s failures

Millions go to nonprofits, yet ‘Q’ remained on the streets for years
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“My office is well acquainted w/the victim + have been trying for many months to get her support from @SF_DPH”— Aaron Peskin, five-term member and current president of the S... Read More
The Marina Times endorsed District 6 supervisor Matt Dorsey, and he won big. Photo: facebook.com/mattdorseysf
Reynolds Rap

A word to San Francisco’s newly elected supervisors, and the inaugural Hypocrite Hill Awards

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“‘Housing First’ isn’t dead yet, but it’ll be in an induced coma for the foreseeable future — because neither permanent supportive housing nor an unenforceable free-fo... Read More
People gather on the streets of the Tenderloin to buy, sell and use drugs just blocks from the Tenderloin Linkage Center.
Reynolds Rap

The grift that keeps on giving

From fudging failed figures to spending $500,000 on a self-serving study, harm reduction provider HealthRIGHT 360 wants to keep their golden goose
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“Eisen visibly bristles when people, even in jest, refer to the organization as an ‘empire,’ but acknowledges that her vision all along has been to expand HealthRight 360’... Read More
Candidates-for-San-Francisco-District-Attorney
Reynolds Rap

Is John Hamasaki fit to serve as San Francisco’s top cop?

From tax liens to credit card lawsuits, the district attorney candidate’s personal finances are a mess; plus, an updated district attorney endorsement
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“That ‘if’ is doing a lot of work. Just pay some damn taxes, bro.”— District attorney candidate John Hamasaki to Elon Musk in a since-deleted tweet Much has been made... Read More

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