Annie Gaus

3 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Gabe Greschler |Annie Gaus

KImberly Ellis is under investigation over allegations of impropriety at her department. The city attorney called her claims "baseless."A San Francisco department head who was recently put on paid leave over questions about her agency’s spending alleged in a new lawsuit that she was pushed out after raising concerns about sexual misconduct at a foster care program.

3 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Josh Koehn |Annie Gaus

Kimberly Ellis, head of the Department on the Status of Women, overruled staff to push excess funds to a friendly political group, a source said. San Francisco’s Department on the Status of Women appears to have violated local laws by approving a $30,000 overpayment to a political nonprofit with close ties to a city official who is currently suspended, an investigation by The Standard has found.

3 weeks ago | sfstandard.com | Josh Koehn |Gabe Greschler |Annie Gaus

The Department on the Status of Women spared no expense on plane tickets, a DJ, and fees for speakers — including one tasked with agency oversight. San Francisco is famous for burning taxpayer cash in weird ways, but a policy summit held by the Department on the Status of Women last spring may have set a new standard by lighting more than $600,000 ablaze while also potentially violating city rules, according to documents obtained by The Standard.

1 month ago | sfstandard.com | Annie Gaus |Josh Koehn

Kimberly Ellis, the head of San Francisco’s Department on the Status of Women, has been placed on administrative leave, The Standard has learned. Sources said that Ellis has been under review by the city attorney’s office since before Mayor Daniel Lurie was inaugurated in January, and her leave is related to a conference her department hosted, called “Shift Happens,” and other issues. Ellis has been in charge of the department for more than four years, according to her LinkedIn bio.

2 months ago | sfstandard.com | Gabe Greschler |David Sjostedt |Annie Gaus

Daniel Tsai, Mayor Daniel Lurie’s choice to lead the Department of Public Health, has a blue-chip résumé: After studying at Harvard University, he landed a prestigious consulting gig before jumping into government, leading Medicaid programs in Massachusetts, then federally under former President Joe Biden.