Reynolds Rap

Reynolds Rap

Six podcasts, four trials, and a blog

D.A. Chesa Boudin spends more time in the media than in court
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

And this is where Balko announces he’s found the villain in this attack. No, not the attackers. Not the SF legal system, which still seems confused about what to do about the at... Read More
Drug dealers hand wads of cash to a man in an SUV while an Urban Alchemy ambassador watches.
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Two overdoses in 10 minutes

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

As long as we have people who are addicted to drugs, who are willing to destroy their own bodies and their own lives, no amount of investment on the law enforcement is going to so... Read More
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Why colleagues say District Attorney Chesa Boudin must go

Critics point to Boudin’s ideology and soft-on-crime approach, but colleagues say San Francisco’s top cop isn’t qualified for the job
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

On January 9, 2015, four men were shot and killed inside a car in the Lower Haight near Laguna and Page streets. Police eventually arrested Lee Farley Jr. for the killings and wer... Read More
Allison Collins, photo: facebook.com/AlisonCollinsSF
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Virtue signaling on Hypocrite Hill

Nobody does it better than school board member Alison Collins
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

In the first place, God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.— Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1897 By now everyone is familiar with the sordid ... Read More
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Chesa Boudin by the numbers

Since taking office, District Attorney has tried 23 cases with 16 convictions
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

When Troy McAlister ran a red light in a stolen car that struck and killed 60-year-old Elizabeth Platt and 27-year-old Hanako Abe on Dec. 31, 2020, San Francisco District Attorney... Read More
A makeshift memorial to Emma Hunt in the Tenderloin near the place of her murder. Photo: Used with Permission
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Emma, Ronisha, and Latanette

Three young Black mothers murdered and still no justice
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“Basically, they’re saying my daughter was nothing, she wasn’t worth anything anyway. And that’s just not true and I get so angry about that.” — Sherree DeYoe, moth... Read More
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District Attorney Chesa Boudin is a man without a plan

And San Francisco citizens are paying the price
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

This past New Year’s Eve, 45-year-old parolee Troy McAlister was evading a robbery in a stolen car. He ran a red light, striking and killing 60-year-old Elizabeth Platt and 27-y... Read More
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What Mark Zuckerberg and the ‘Marina Times’ have in common

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Virtue signaling: the sharing of one’s point of view on a social or political issue to garner praise or acknowledgment of one’s righteousness from others who share that point ... Read More
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Upset over critical coverage, supervisors try to squash the First Amendment

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Just 15 minutes before the Board of Supervisors meeting on Dec. 1, 2020, District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston told his colleagues that he planned to single out the Marina Times from... Read More
Will the November election results change business as usual in City Hall? Photo: Susan Dyer Reynolds
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San Francisco needs big change

Endorsements for the supervisor candidates most likely to bring it
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Neighbors in the Richmond District have been begging their supervisor, Sandra Fewer, to deal with a growing homeless situation known as the 18th Avenue encampment. On Aug. 17, a g... Read More
Despite a homeless safe sleeping site in the Haight, the neighborhood is still covered with tents, many handed out by the district supervisor and his activist supporters.
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Horror in the Haight

From homeless tent handouts to street brawls to an increase in burglaries, Supervisor Dean Preston has made life in the Haight a living hell
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

As a resident of the Haight-Ashbury for over two decades, I watched the neighborhood deteriorate through five supervisors. In 2010, I wrote an article for Northside San Francisco ... Read More
Homeless encampments have become as much a part of San Francisco as the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Is saving San Francisco a priority for politicians?

Residents’ request for homeless village met with silence
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

My June 2020 column, “It’s the drugs, stupid” elicited more responses than anything I’ve written for this newspaper. Not one person disagreed with my thesis: The homeless ... Read More
Former Mayor Willie Brown remains a power broker in San Francisco, but he has been unusually quiet as the FBI takes down his protégés one by one. Photo: Gage Skidmore
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The city family is a Machiavellian tragedy

As the FBI picks off his protégés, will Willie Brown’s luck run out?
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

But never, ever do you abuse your power for personal gain.The reasons are twofold.One, it’s wrong.And two, you’re going to get caught.— Willie Brown in his Feb. 1 San Franci... Read More
SFPUC General Manager Harlan Kelly Jr. and his deputy, Juliet Ellis, at a job site. Photo: LinkedIn
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Friends with Community Benefits

Is the SFPUC running a social impact program or a pay-to-play scheme?
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Over a year ago, I broke the story of Department of Public Works boss Mohammed Nuru’s corruption, his romances with Mayor London Breed and Sandra Zuniga, and the way City Hall h... Read More
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It’s the drugs, stupid

It will take a literal village to get a handle on this crisis
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

At the April 8 meeting of the Board of Supervisors budget committee, City Controller Ben Rosenfield reported San Francisco hotels were providing 1,977 rooms to the homeless during... Read More

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