Maggie Angst

S.F. has not opened new addiction treatment beds in a year despite push to get people help San Francisco passed a law in 2024 to help boost the number of beds for people with mental illnesses or addiction. Despite changes, the city has not added beds.

A year after San Francisco passed a law designed to increase its capacity to care for people in the throes of mental illness and addiction, the city hasn't added any treatment beds. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/t...

S.F. plans to open a new sober living project. Is more drug-free housing on the way? San Francisco's Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing has has released plans to convert an inn into a sober living transitional housing program.

San Francisco’s homelessness department has chosen a new location for its first sober living housing project.

Is more drug-free housing on the way? www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

He overdosed waiting for help. Why did S.F.’s largest drug treatment provider turn him away? He overdosed waiting for help. Why did S.F.’s largest drug treatment provider turn him away?

NEW: For the first time in his decades-long battle with addiction, Jonathan Martin asked for help. But S.F.’s largest treatment provider turned him away and the city's fragmented behavioral health system failed to deliver the urgent care he needed. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/d...

Pamela Dorsey overcame homelessness, a cocaine addiction and many other hurdles to secure a coveted heart transplant.

Her remarkable story has inspired hope among San Francisco healthcare providers and created a model for other patients to follow. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h...

Hi Michelle. I'm sorry for what your community is going through right now. I'm a reporter for the SF Chronicle, writing about the fires in L.A. I was wondering if the principal you mentioned here might be interested in talking with me about this. You can reach me at maggie.angst@sfchronicle.com

People keep dumping cars in this Oakland area. Why can’t the city clean it up? In a residential area of East Oakland is a sprawling graveyard of abandoned cars, many stolen, stripped, and dumped. The city can’t manage to clear or stop it.

'Out of control': People keep dumping cars in this part of Oakland, which now resembles a 'zombie apocalypse.' Why can’t the city clean it up?

Story and photos by @maggieangst.bsky.social and Sarah Ravani www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...

Three dead girls and a man on death row. Did lies put him there? Forty years ago, Michael Anthony Cox was convicted of the murders of three girls in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Years later, the two main witnesses at his trial, also teenagers, recanted, saying poli...

Michael Anthony Cox was sentenced to death after a trial that provided no physical evidence, but relied on the testimony of two teenage girls. The girls recanted their testimony. Why is he still on death row?

Here’s how S.F. wants to spend $144 million from Gavin Newsom’s mental health bond Here’s how San Francisco wants to spend $144 million from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mental health bond.

San Francisco is seeking $144 million from Gavin Newsom's mental health bond to create 175 new beds for people experiencing mental illness and addiction. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...

Someone is buying up a historic coastal city. Is it the next California Forever? The quaint seaside city of Point Arena is being systemically gobbled up by a series of limited liability companies. Who or what is behind the purchases?

Why is the quaint seaside city of Point Arena being systemically gobbled up by a series of limited liability companies, and who is behind them?

@soleilho.com digs in

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Muni transportation chief Jeffrey Tumlin stepping down Jeffrey Tumlin, S.F.’s transportation chief who leads Muni, stepping down at the end of the year

Jeffrey Tumlin, the San Francisco transportation chief who envisioned a version of the city where cars don’t rule the road, is set to step down at the end of the year.

A young Black man’s death reflects a shocking racial disparity in police pursuits Across the country, police chases claim nearly 700 lives a year. Black people are far more likely to die from them.

NEW:

Thrown from his moped by a car fleeing police, a young Black man’s death reflects a shocking racial disparity

By @susien.bsky.social and @jennifergollan.bsky.social
Visuals by @andrewcenci.bsky.social
Design by @erincaughey.bsky.social
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Gaping wounds, puffy hands, heart infections: S.F. drug users suffer from more than overdoses Gaping wounds, puffy hands, heart infections: SF drug users suffer from more than overdoses

Gaping wounds, puffy hands, heart infections: People experiencing homelessness and using drugs on the streets of San Francisco are at a high risk of serious medical issues beyond potentially fatal overdoses www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/d...

Front page of the SF Chronicle highlighting the HealthRight investigation.

"They went to rehab to kick drugs. Instead, they died in S.F.’s biggest treatment program" a heartbreaking investigation by @maggieangst.bsky.social and Gabrielle Lurie.

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San Francisco claws back RV parking restrictions adopted this fall to curb homelessness San Francisco Board of Supervisors shoots down RV parking restrictions adopted this fall by outgoing Mayor London Breed to curb homelessness.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday rescinded RV parking restrictions crafted this fall by Mayor London Breed in what is likely to be one of the last clashes between the progressive majority and the outgoing mayor.

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A faulty furnace. A blast of fire. And a man’s life, shattered An explosive fire at a San Francisco Bay Area refinery burned most of the skin off Jerome Serrano. Here is how he and his family are surviving.

This oil refinery worker's story will break your heart and inspire you.
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S.F. agencies cuts ties with major nonprofit accused of enriching a former department head S.F. agencies cuts ties with major nonprofit accused of enriching a former department head

BREAKING: S.F. agencies cuts ties with major nonprofit accused of enriching a former department head -- w/ Michael Barba

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After a tumultuous run, San Francisco set to close exorbitantly expensive homeless site San Francisco's only safe parking site for homeless people living in vehicles will close after three years of legal disputes, code violations and complaints.

New: San Francisco will close its only safe parking site for homeless people living out of vehicles after three tumultuous years of legal disputes, code violations and extensive complaints from those living in and around the site. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h...

They went to rehab to kick drugs. Instead, they died in S.F.’s biggest treatment program San Francisco's largest addiction treatment provider is supposed to be a place to get sober. Instead, clients say they found "rampant" drug use and chaos.

NEW INVESTIGATION:

They went to rehab to kick drugs. Instead, they died in San Francisco's biggest treatment program

Vivid, difficult, important reporting and photography by @maggieangst.bsky.social and Gabrielle Lurie www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h...

They went to rehab to kick drugs. Instead, they died in S.F.’s biggest treatment program San Francisco's largest addiction treatment provider is supposed to be a place to get sober. Instead, clients say they found "rampant" drug use and chaos.

Exclusive: Within 13 months, four clients and one staff member fatally overdosed at facilities run by San Francisco's largest addiction treatment provider.

Their deaths are among several signs that HealthRight 360’s programs are not working as designed. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h...