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This fall I heard out of the blue from Davin Cole, once the SFPD’s go-to cop on homelessness. I hadn’t written about him since he got arrested for robbing a pharmacy. He was ready to talk about how he secretly battled drug addiction for years. My story: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/pol…

JPMorgan confirmed that it will bring its annual healthcare conference back to SF next year. CEO Jamie Dimon told me in a statement that he's "eager to work with" Mayor Daniel Lurie and "felt a real sense of optimism" in the city last week. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/dow…

DEEP DIVE: Six deaths, a fake drowning and fears of an AI apocalypse: Who is the 'Ziz' behind a mysterious group with ties to violence around the nation? My San Francisco Chronicle colleagues Matthias Gafni Rachel Swan Megan Cassidy and I dig in. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

Mayor Lurie's administration plans to set up a unified public safety command center in the Mission amid complaints that SF has pushed illegal vending and drug activity into the neighborhood from other parts of the city. w/ Maggie Angst: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/16t…

New: Mayor Daniel Lurie picks Mattie Scott, a longtime SF gun violence activist, to fill the Police Commission seat vacated when Lurie ousted progressive lawyer Max Carter-Oberstone this week. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f…

EXCLUSIVE: Star chef Tyler Florence's cafes in #SanFrancisco's Union Square were supposed to be a success story. They closed despite free rent, a generous city grant & favorable lease. Florence lost nearly $300k—what happened? San Francisco Chronicle Elena Kadvany shorturl.at/xNCWi

San Francisco’s homelessness department has chosen a new location for its first sober living housing project. Is more drug-free housing on the way? w/ J.D. Morris sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sob…

NEW: Kimberly Ellis, the official Mayor Lurie put on leave last week, spent $80,000 on glamour shots for her staff and bosses at City Hall, as well as on a video project that apparently fell through, adding to concerns about her spending sfchronicle.com/sf/article/off…

Mayor Lurie's SF rezoning plan is here. "Fisherman’s Wharf could go from a place locals only visit with out-of-town visitors to a mixed-use neighborhood with hundreds of families living in new six- and eight-story buildings," J.K. Dineen reports: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/lur…

The SFGiants are hot! Their MLB-best win streak extends to six.

BREAKING: we are reaching off-the-charts levels of so back SFGiants

The State Bar has decided the best way to resolve a series of ethics complaints against SF DA Brooke Jenkins is by requiring her to participate in a diversion program. The irony is not lost on her critics sfchronicle.com/sf/article/bro…

NEW: SFPD Chief Bill Scott is stepping down after 8+ years to pursue a new job as chief in "another jurisdiction," he and Mayor Daniel Lurie announced just now. Scott was SF's longest serving police chief in decades. w/ Megan Cassidy Michael Barba sfchronicle.com/sf/article/pol…

SCOOP: The San Francisco Parks Alliance, a major nonprofit with a long history of beautifying the city’s beloved public spaces, diverted at least $3.8 million earmarked for specific projects to cover its operating expenses as the charity rapidly imploded sfchronicle.com/sf/article/par…

The Wilmer Flores Game #RivalryWeekend

scoop: the Trump Administration may seek to claw back ~$140 million that the Biden Administration's FEMA paid SF to reimburse the city for a COVID-19 program that put homeless people in hotels to help stop the spread of the virus. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/tru…

EXCLUSIVE: CA National Guard troops sent by Trump to LA amid immigration protests are sleeping on concrete floors. No fed funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging. Source: “Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight” sfchronicle.com/california/art…

EXCLUSIVE: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is seeking military arrests in Los Angeles in a letter obtained by the Chronicle that may be a step toward the Trump administration invoking the Insurrection Act By Matthias Gafni & Cynthia Dizikes sfchronicle.com/us-world/artic…

Buster makes a massive move:

SF Mayor Daniel Lurie dropped one of his signature campaign promises: a pledge to build 1,500 shelter beds in 6 months. one of his top advisers says they've instead adopted a more targeted strategy for homelessness, addiction and mental health: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/may…