The criminal complaint against Paul Pelosi's attacker, David DePape, is out and it's both frightening and batshit insane.

DePape wanted to kneecap Nancy Pelosi to send a message to other members of Congress. sfstandard.com/criminal-justi…

“Blathering on about Boudin and open-air drug-dealing here is wholly irrelevant — and reminiscent of an old Yiddish saying: A wise man knows what he says. A fool says what he knows.” missionlocal.org/2022/10/paul-p…

SFPD chief Bill Scott said he'll provide further details this morning.
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When someone runs at SFPD with a blade, it usually ends badly. But in a recent case, a neighbor stepped in and saved a life. sfstandard.com/criminal-justi…

The top city doc overseeing medical care for jail inmates just resigned from her six-figure side gig after David Sjostedt found she held a second job with a nonprofit that contracted with her department sfstandard.com/public-health/…

Mayor London Breed apologizes after comments made on KQED earlier this month about mostly migrants from Honduras drug dealing in the Tenderloin.

SF Supervisor @MattDorsey is a savvy political strategist & widely regarded as a nice guy.

He also has serious addiction issues & relapsed in 2018 (crystal meth, GHB & ecstasy/MDMA) & 2020 (GHB).

My #longread story into his life & the pressure he faces.
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NEW: the SF Dept of Public Health changed its story about a top employee with a side job at a city-funded nonprofit.

That employee, Lisa Pratt, never got approval for that $123K “consulting” gig.
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Just in: SF’s Police Commission blocks Chief Scott from moving forward with new protocols for independent investigations of police shootings. The proposal largely left out San Francisco Department of Police Accountability. Scott will have to go back to the negotiating table with DA Jenkins sfstandard.com/criminal-justi…

New report by Jonah Owen Lamb finding SFPD hasn't paid out a reward for solving a homicide since 2013 spurs calls for a hearing at the Police Commission sfstandard.com/criminal-justi…

Do rewards offered in unsolved murder cases work?

The effectiveness of cash as a crime-solving tool is very much up for debate—and SFPD has failed to report on those reward funds, as required by city law.
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DA Jenkins said she increased punishments for drug dealing near schools. We fact checked that claim, and asked experts whether school zone enhancements are effective in the first place. With Michael Barba.
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Today SF supervisors grilled Mayor Breed's chief of staff on why she directed some—but not all—of her appointees to sign resignation letters. “The obvious answer here is that these resignation letters were designed to exert control' More: sfstandard.com/politics/super…

NOW: SF Board of Supervisors hearing on London Breed's pre-written resignation letters for her appointees.

The mayor's chief of staff just told Dean Preston:

- whether city attorneys office advised them initially is protected info
- no one was told they must have such a letter

A really nice piece about lifelong police reformer John Crew. Even his political opponents in San Francisco had nothing but respect.

Words by Michael Barba & Jonah Owen Lamb

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John Crew knew more about the history of police reform in San Francisco than just about anyone. His daughter confirmed his death today. w/ Jonah Owen Lamb sfstandard.com/criminal-justi…