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The Voice of San Francisco

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The Voice of San Francisco

@TheVOSF

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CONGRATULATIONS to @TheVOSF on NINE nominations for this year’s @CNPAservices awards! Thank you CNPA for the honor. We are small but mighty, bringing civic intelligence as an alternative to mainstream and “progressive” media. Here are the stories we are nominated for. Muni
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Mar 23, 2025
BREAKING: Building owners turned down multi-million dollar lease buyout from Walgreens, refuse to sell to new housing developers, and intend to collect $60,000 a month on empty and fenced off building on Divisadero St. until 2033. ⁦@scsherrill⁩
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Mar 25, 2025
SF Mayor Daniel Lurie has revised residency requirements for public assistance to curb misuse and ensure aid reaches genuine city residents. This likely has the leadership at the Coalition on Homelessness spinning in their chairs. Here's why.
Coalition on Homelessness loses golden goose as Mayor Lurie makes long-needed changes to residency...
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Nov 3, 2025
BREAKING: Jennifer Friedenbach, founder of @TheCoalitionSF — who has led City Hall’s homeless narrative for nearly three decades and doled out the billions she lobbied for in Prop. C funds, is off the OCOH committee.
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Apr 1, 2025
EXCLUSIVE by ⁦@SusanDReynolds⁩ 👇 Barbara Lee company tied to 287 federal contract actions worth over $63 million, many while she was in political office. According to the Federal Procurement Data System, over $44 million went to guard services.
The $63 million woman: Barbara Lee company tied to 287 federal contract actions, many while she was...
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Oct 3, 2025
“For Abe’s mother, Hiroko Abe, the frustration is palpable. With help from a translator, she wrote a statement, which The Voice of San Francisco has printed below in its entirety with her permission.” Read Mrs. Abe’s full statement:
Hanako Abe’s mother on Troy McAlister's motion for diversion: ‘Nothing more than an attempt to...
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Apr 15, 2025
San Francisco should cap nonprofit contracts and require audits to curb corruption and ensure accountability. @Twolfrecovery
Nonprofit corruption in San Francisco can be fixed with caps on service contracts - The Voice of...
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Nov 4, 2025
Tensions are rising in two high-profile San Francisco cases: one involving the trial of an 88-year-old victim and a self-represented defendant, and another over a proposed pretrial diversion that sparked public outrage. Read the full story:
Tensions rise in two high-profile San Francisco cases - The Voice of San Francisco
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May 20, 2025
“Asian Americans didn’t grow up dreaming of protests or recalls. But when you stab our elders, when you punish our children for succeeding, when you treat our right to build wealth like a threat instead of a legacy, we organize.” ⁦⁦— @garrytan⁩
Asian American values are American values - The Voice of San Francisco
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Feb 19, 2025
BREAKING: Walgreens looters from Noe Valley match looters from Marina last night. The model of shoe is the same grey New Balance 9060. The dark puffy jacket is the same. The mask is the same. The white hoodie is the same, including the emblem on top of the hoodie. 👇
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Feb 19, 2025
BREAKING: Driver of MUNI 22 confirms Chestnut Walgreens looters got on the bus at Fillmore and Lombard at 8:18pm last night and got off at Mission and 16th. Also, photo analysis reveals one of the Marina Walgreens looters matches the Noe Valley Walgreens looter from this video.
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Sep 18, 2025
Joel Engardio and his political masters betrayed both his constituency and his political allies, placing the moderate agenda at serious risk #SanFrancisco #politics #recallengardio
Engardio reaped a whirlwind of his own making - The Voice of San Francisco
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Mar 26, 2025
Secret recording shows head of @SF_DPH behavioral health and nonprofits funded by taxpayers “strategizing” on how to keep the money flowing to harm reduction, which they say is the only option until San Francisco has “safe consumption sites.”
EXCLUSIVE: S.F. Department of Public Health head: 'Public drug use is really a problem for other...
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Jun 26, 2025
🇮🇹 Chef Gary Rulli breaks silence on his Union Square cafes—slammed by construction, crime & COVID, he walked away after $7.5M invested. Now he’s calling out City Hall’s treatment. 🍰 🔗
Gary Rulli wants to set the record straight about his Union Square cafes - The Voice of San...
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Jun 5, 2025
🚨 SFUSD’s ethnic studies course is rolling out without board approval — and with serious concerns over bias & accuracy. Ex-CA PTA President Carol Kocivar warns: this isn’t education, it’s indoctrination. 📰 @thevoicesf: thevoicesf.org/ethnic-studies… #SFUSD #EdReform
Ethnic studies course is a disaster in the making in SFUSD - The Voice of San Francisco
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