Maggie Angst
Homelessness Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle
Homelessness reporter for @sfchronicle, Chicagoland bred. Previously: @sacbee_news @mercnews
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1 week ago |
fresnobee.com | Sarah Ravani |Molly Burke |Maggie Angst
Former Oakland Council Member Loren Taylor took a slim lead early Tuesday night with just over 51% of the vote in a nail-biting mayor's race. Taylor, who has called himself a "pragmatic progressive" but has leaned more moderate, took the lead against former Congresswoman Barbara Lee, a well known progressive. Lee had just under 49% of the vote. The results include ranked choice voting tabulations.
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1 week ago |
sfchronicle.com | Maggie Angst
San Francisco Public Works employees clean the area where James Anderson (not pictured) had a tent after he received a citation for it on Natoma Street. Gabrielle Lurie/S.F. ChronicleThe number of homeless tents in San Francisco reached its lowest level on record last month as city officials continue to ratchet up arrests against unhoused people and drug users living on the streets.
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1 week ago |
sfchronicle.com | Maggie Angst
James Anderson and Moriah Varner sat in silence on the curb outside their purple and silver tent Thursday morning in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood as a pair of police officers ran their names through the system. Officers instructed Anderson and Varner to step outside the tent on Natoma Street and proceeded to cite and release them for illegally camping on public property. Just 10 days prior, officers also cited Anderson for the same crime a few blocks away.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Maggie Angst
A potent animal tranquilizer increasingly reported in illicit drug supplies across the U.S. has made its way to San Francisco. The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed that the city in February recorded its first fatal overdose victim with the synthetic drug medetomidine in their system.
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2 weeks ago |
modbee.com | Maggie Angst |David Hernandez |Sophia Bollag
Five months after California voters approved harsher punishments for repeat theft and drug crimes, an early snapshot of charging data reveals uneven implementation of the law across the state. Some counties have filed far more theft cases while others have focused on felony charges for drug possession. San Francisco lags behind its counterparts in the number of cases filed under Proposition 36 in both categories. Even among prosecutors who backed the law, approaches differ.
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