Scoop: Former Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier resigned from a newly formed local Democratic Party committee tasked with investigating sexual assault. w/Josh Koehn

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Today Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California:
5:30 PM PDT / Philippines–U.S. Relations: Evolving Opportunities and Challenges
6 PM PDT /Week to Week Political Roundtable with Josh Koehn Melissa Caen Explains & Joe Garofoli

Tickets: commonwealthclub.org/events

A $360 million bond measure could ignite a political firestorm between Mayor London Breed and one of her chief political rivals as the race for the city’s top seat nears.

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Jay Cheng—head of moderate political group Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, which has thrown around $9 million on elections since 2022—apparently spent time moonlighting as a recruiter for Mark Farrell’s mayoral campaign.

Big Q: Is that allowed?

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UPDATE: Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Democratic Party officials in San Francisco expressing her support for a committee looking into sexual assault & harassment allegations against local political leaders—one of whom worked in her office.

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NEW: Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Democratic Party officials in San Francisco expressing her support for a committee looking into sexual assault and harassment allegations against local political leaders—one of whom worked in her office.

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As an organizer in SF politics, I've seen 1st hand how the city's toxic political culture enables abusers + people w/influence look away from the behavior of their problematic friends & allies.

It's time to start calling people out for bad behavior 🧵

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You might have heard that Big Tech fueled both the boom and bust of San Francisco real estate—but just how much did these companies retreat from their pre-pandemic office spaces?

Tap in The San Francisco Standard to get a sense of the scale + stakes 👇

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Pretty crazy stuff. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan was doing a TV station interview and a dude starts attacking his security detail

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A patient smoked fentanyl and died in San Francisco General Hospital.

In the days before, his mom told nurses where he hid his drugs—in a red box around his neck.

When he overdosed, the hospital gave her the red box.

The fentanyl was still inside.

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Breaking:

San Francisco is getting pandas from China
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Pandas are coming to SF Zoo🐼...

The mayor and and China Wildlife Conservation Association signed an MOU, officials confirmed.

Han Li 李晗 with the deets⤵️
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Following the publication of his story on the allegations against Jon Jacobo, Senior Reporter Josh Koehn joined ABC7 News 's Getting Answers segment today to discuss the reactions to the article and the year's worth of reporting that went into it.

How the system & people fail survivors of harassment, abuse & assault:

“What I found in the course of reporting this story is that people who could have done something didn’t.” - Josh Koehn

In honor of our new official office at the City Hall press room! 🥳

Applauding the bravery of these women for speaking out. SF “progressive” political leaders who have shielded Jon Jacobo for years should ashamed of themselves. sfstandard.com/2024/04/16/san…

Nadia’s side by side here is incredible.

Jon Jacobo, once-rising star in SF politics, resigned from his job at the housing nonprofit TODCO after The Standard reported extensive and disturbing allegations against him.

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