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Candidates for San Francisco District Attorney (left to right): Civil rights attorney Joe Alioto Veronese, incumbent DA Brooke Jenkins, private defense attorney John Hamasaki
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San Francisco still needs big change

Candidate endorsements for the November 2022 election
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

The fact the Marina Times is still going is proof that god doesn’t exist.— Tweet by former police commissioner John Hamasaki, who deleted nearly 9,000 tweets just before decla... Read More
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Teflon Shamann

From berating a cadet to a questionable mortgage, is Supervisor Shamann Walton beyond reproach?
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“It is N-words like you that looks like me that is always the problem … You must not know who I am, I’ll whoop your ass.”— Shamann Walton to sheriff cadet Emare Butler, ... Read More
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Boudin’s scorched-earth legacy

Recalled Chesa Boudin approved extended paid leave for staff effective on new district attorney’s first full day

“I had to make difficult staffing decisions [Friday] in order to put in place a management team that will help me accomplish the work I committed to do for San Francisco.”— ... Read More
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Problems at the port

Attempts to end City Hall corruption are crumbling faster than San Francisco’s seawall
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

This is the introduction to an investigative report that will be sent to newsletter subscribers. To be the first to receive it, sign up for free here: https://susanreynolds.substa... Read More
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DA Chesa Boudin recalled, leaving behind a disgraceful legacy

San Franciscans resoundingly reject the top cop whose negligent tenure reduced the city to tatters
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Last night San Francisco residents overwhelmingly voted to recall District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Running on a platform of “decarceration,” Boudin was elected by razor thin ma... Read More
A Tenderloin fentanyl dealer was constructing a mansion in Honduras with marbled bathroom walls and a porch held up by Roman columns.
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The mansion that fentanyl built

The Feds arrested a family of Tenderloin drug dealers. One was building a lavish home in Honduras.
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“A significant percentage of people selling drugs in San Francisco, perhaps as many as half, are from Honduras … we need to be mindful of the impact our interventions have. So... Read More
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Yes, sir, it’s time for you to go

Why I support Yes on H and the recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

If this case happened anywhere else in the State of California, or the Bay Area for that matter, you likely would be midterm on a prison sentence. Today, you are given a gift. You... Read More
Hanako Abe before her death on New Year’s Eve, 2020. Photo: instagram.com/hanako_abe
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Victimizers over victims

Chesa Boudin didn’t need a crystal ball to see Troy McAlister would reoffend — so why did the district attorney release him?
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Let’s give credit where it’s due. There are a few things San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin does very well — like dodging questions, blaming others, and making exc... Read More
Congressional candidate Shahid Buttar at a rally. Photo: courtesy shahidforchange.us
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Smear campaign against Shahid Buttar smacks of racism

Far left Democrats are dying on Hypocrite Hill
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“The Democratic Socialists of America San Francisco are about to ruin the political career of a Brown Muslim man based on no evidence at all because a bunch of mediocre Karens c... Read More
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Despite years of ethical missteps and ties to corruption, the city keeps giving him millions

Among SPPUC friends with community benefits, Dwayne Jones is the bestie
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“If you are going to have an operation where you’re buying political support in the Southeast part of the town, Dwayne Jones is the guy.” — Chris Daly, former San Fra... Read More
OpinioThe Abe family at their home in Japan. Photo: Courtesy of Hiroko Abe
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‘Hanako loved San Francisco’

On the one-year anniversary of her daughter’s tragic death, Hiroko Abe waits for justice — and hopes for change
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

When Hiroko Abe got a Zoom call from San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, she found herself in a virtual room full of strangers speaking a language she didn’t understan... Read More
Sisters Annette Traverso and Angela “Angel” Cincotta. Photo: SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS
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Is the Port of San Francisco trying to put an 80-year-old crab company out of business?

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

The Alioto-Lazio Fish Company, opened in the 1940s on San Francisco’s iconic Fisherman’s Wharf, is the last of five fishing businesses started by Tom Lazio. Opened with relati... Read More
David DeYoe with Emma and baby Angelika in the Tenderloin. Photo: ourtesy DeYoe family
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In the wake of a killing

Nearly two years after their daughter’s brutal murder, the DeYoe family still waits for justice
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Sentayo was just 6 years old when her mother died of starvation, but she had no time to grieve. She took her infant sister, Hoptami, and ventured into Addis Ababa, the capital and... Read More
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All in the City Family: Dennis Herrera chosen to head SFPUC

Is Mayor London Breed having a fox guard the henhouse?
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Much has changed since I exposed the blatant pay-to-play scheme at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission disguised as a social impact program (“Friends with Community Be... Read More
London Breed birthday dinner
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Cronyism is still alive and well at City Hall

And Mayor London Breed’s friends are making a killing
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

The Booker T. Washington Community Service Center was created under the name Victory Club during World War I as a gathering spot for Black soldiers. It closed after the war and re... Read More

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