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Reynolds Rap

Follow the money

Shamann Walton’s YCD subsidiary got a no-bid contract on shipyard homes — but where’s the money?
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

On Dec. 17, 2014, the late Mayor Ed Lee and Lennar Urban broke ground on Pacific Pointe at the Shipyard, 60 permanently affordable family homes in Bayview-Hunters Point shipyard. ... Read More
Politics as Usual

2023: A remarkable year

A review of highlights and lowerlights
By John Zipperer

As we race toward the open maw that is 2024, let’s take a moment to remember what was a truly remarkable year. I am talking about 2023, of course; and I also acknowledge that �... Read More
Car break-in suspects crash after police pursuit. (Photo: SFPOA)
Reynolds Rap

Failed IPO

Break-in duo worked for DPW, earning nearly $700,000 while committing crimes
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Fate works in mysterious ways. On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, I tweeted a video on X of a brazen smash and grab near San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, one o... Read More
Politics as Usual

Around the world with San Franciscans

Comparative touring
By John Zipperer

The Port of San Francisco expects to host 100 cruise ship visits by the end of 2023, bringing more than 400,000 passengers to the city (and millions of dollars to the local econom... Read More
Juliet Ellis and her boss and lover, Harlan Kelly (photo: https://kilamanjaro-kilamanjaro.blogspot.com/2021/04/why-are-very-serious-charges-brought.html)
Reynolds Rap

Wherefore art thou Juliet Ellis?

SFPUC Community Benefits scheme mastermind missing in action
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!” A friend of mine with a wry sense of humor recently quoted that famous line from the 1946 Christmas classic It’s a Wonder... Read More
Politics as Usual

Happy together

How my sister can save America
By John Zipperer

During the week that this issue of the Marina Times is going to be in production, I will be absent from my usual duties of examining layouts and proofing articles. I will instead ... Read More
Reynolds Rap

CEO of the homeless industrial complex

Coalition on Homelessness boss gets residency for out-of-state unhoused to ‘keep things the same’
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

My August 2023 Reynolds Rap (“Fraudenbach: How the Coalition on Homelessness is holding San Francisco hostage”) elicited one of the strongest reactions from readers I’ve eve... Read More
New York might be the all-time rat champion, but San Francisco is very rat-curious. PHOTO: Erich Röthlisberger / Pixabay
Politics as Usual

We’re number 1!

And 2, 3, 15, and 87
By John Zipperer

Recently, while streaming a TV show, I was served a commercial advertising the city of San Francisco. The “Always San Francisco” commercial featured quick-cutting views of peo... Read More
Reynolds Rap

A gay icon is living in fear because of a Twitter meme

By Susan Dyer Reynolds

‘Doe 1’ posted a Western-style “Wanted Poster” of HealthRIGHT 360 V.P. Gary McCoy that resulted in a lawsuit — and a yearlong attempt to uncover his iden... Read More
Jennifer Friedenbach
Reynolds Rap

Fraudenbach: How the Coalition on Homelessness is holding San Francisco hostage

From Prop. C to a lawsuit against the city, Jennifer Friedenbach and her band of activists have no plan to solve the homeless crisis
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

When CNN announced that former Bay Area reporter Sara Sidner would be coming to delve into San Francisco’s lethal cocktail of fentanyl and homelessness, I knew what to expect. ... Read More
Politics as Usual

Me write pretty one day

A.I. might replace journalists, but the business world needs writers
By John Zipperer

Please do not let children touch, so as not to confuse food.—Note on package of drywall repair kit  Hollywood’s screenwriters are on strike, but at least they have some ex... Read More
Reynolds Rap

Former SFPUC boss Harlan Kelly heads to court

How we got here, other officials who might be nervous, and why the new U.S. attorney could squash the City Family corruption investigation
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

There’s a certain irony in the fact Harlan Kelly Jr., former general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, headed to court on corruption charges June 26 — ... Read More
Politics as Usual

My life in crime

How not to react to a scam
By John Zipperer

A friend recently stated that she doesn’t leave her home in anything but running shoes, so she can get away in case anyone attempts to attack her. She’s not necessarily paran... Read More
District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey
Reynolds Rap

San Francisco’s only human trafficking case involves a nanny, not a drug dealer

Supervisor Matt Dorsey seeks deportation as colleagues perpetuate trafficking myth
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

“These people are victims of labor trafficking. They are told there are construction jobs in the U.S., then they are trapped and told if they don’t sell drugs the gangs will h... Read More
Nathaniel Roye (left) Garret Doty (right, red cap) buy drugs in the Marina District.
Reynolds Rap

‘They all knew’

Could brutal attack on Don Carmignani have been prevented? Marina neighbors say yes.
By Susan Dyer Reynolds

Garret Doty is back in the Marina just weeks after a brutal attack on former fire commissioner Don Carmignani. When images of a transient trio allegedly involved in the brutal,... Read More


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