Good morning!
Perhaps the only “adult in the room” at City Hall, controller Ben Rosenfield is leaving after 27 years of service. Joe Eskenazi explains what the departure of the universally respected budget maestro means for San Francisco, as the revenue gaps he warned about come due.
Milk, a queer cafรฉ in the Mission, shut down last month citing financial difficulties. But just before the closure, seven former employees accused its owner of sexual harassment, racism and poor management.ย Junyao Yang looks into workers’ complaints about a “community safe space.”
Federal district attorney Ismail Ramsey was joined yesterday by officials from the IRS, DEA, FBI, CHP, USPS, BART police, Mayor Breed, DA Brooke Jenkins, and police chief Bill Scott in a crowded press conference to announce a “new” crackdown on fentanyl dealing in the city. Annika Hom has the details.
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More soon,
Sara
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Ben Rosenfield, San Franciscoโs โadult in the room,โ bids adieu
“No one knows every drawer, every nook and cranny like Ben does.”
How a queer cafe collapsed amid sexual harassment allegations, worker revolt
โI thought I had finally found a job free of those things.”
Feds tout new โall hands on deckโ approach to SF drug-dealing
โWeโll double-down, triple-down, and take all necessary steps to keep this poison from our streets.”
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