Email Author Matt Smith

Awards

• 2011 - Peninsula Press Club Awards

  "Distressed Properties"

• 2011 - Peninsula Press Club Awards

  "City Hounds the Homeless"

• 2011 - Peninsula Press Club Awards

  "Hypocritical Mayor"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 17, 2009

  "On Thin Ice"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 3, 2009

  "Domestic Spouses"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 6, 2009

  "Bumping Frights"

• 2009 - Peninsula Press Club Awards

  Matt Smith columns

• 2008 - Peninsula Press Club Awards

  Matt Smith columns

• 2007 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published April 26, 2006

  "Bank of Indifference"

• 2007 - Peninsula Press Club Awards

  Matt Smith columns

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2009 Stories by Matt Smith

• MSNBC's Ed Schultz Predicts: Sheehan Unseats Pelosi in 2010

  published Dec 31, 2009

  MSNBC's second string liberal yakker Ed Schultz predicts Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war protester who took a failed shot at Nancy Pelosi's congressional seat in 2008, will make a go again in 2010 -- and ... More >>

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  Don't be Camera Shy, Anti Prop 8 Attorney Tells Gay Marriage Foes

  published Dec 30, 2009

  If the main protagonists were anyone other than celebrity lawyers David Boies and Ted Olson -- famous for arguing opposite sides of 2000's Bush v. Gore -- pre-trial debate over Proposition 8 might be ... More >>

• Signs of Progress

  published December 30, 2009

  Three months ago, over coffee at the cafe in City Hall's basement, Supervisor David Campos explained how he was trying to figure out whether a... More >>

• Cindy Sheehan to Install Anti-Obama Camp at Washington Monument

  published Dec 24, 2009

  r Looking back at the aughts, who can forget indelible images of a war and a president that should never have been, and the makeshift camp set up outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch ... More >>

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  SF Maid Service's Pitch for Hard Times: Use Us, Or You Might Be Murdered

  published Dec 23, 2009

  We knew times were hard, but it wasn't until we tried to hire a housecleaner to prepare for an in-laws visit that we realized how bad they were. Local cleaning service Marvel Maids apparently wants yo... More >>

• Meet the Andy Goldsworthy of Heron’s Head Park

  published December 23, 2009

  Heron's Head Park in Hunters Point is one of San Francisco's secret treasures. On what was once a dumping ground, people now stroll one-third... More >>

• Attorney Who Gummed Up Bike Lane Network Eyes SF Water Works

  published Dec 18, 2009

  r San Francisco Public Utilities Commission general manager Ed Harrington seemed to be twitching his foot in exasperation Thursday as one neighborhood activist after another demanded he re-expl... More >>

• Ninjas Prowl San Francisco, Fighting Crime, Promoting Gaming Web Site

  published Dec 14, 2009

  Independent journalist Katie Baker last month posed a question on the SF Appeal online newspaper that's been bugging a few San Franciscans: Have the Guardian Angels  been solving enough mysteries... More >>

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  SantaCon Revelers Drenched, Pointless, Ignored -- Yet Festive

  published Dec 14, 2009

  View more photos in Gretchen Robinette's "Santacon SF" slideshow.What could possibly threaten the humor of Dadaist Santasr Try torrential rain. Saturday was SantaCon, an international festival of irr... More >>

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  Charitable Front

  published December 9, 2009

  As with any San Francisco dogfight, myriad organizations have piled on to the civic battle to pressure Sutter Health to rebuild St. Luke's... More >>

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  Dinner with David Chiu Auctioned for $500. Batch of S'mores: $800.

  published Dec 07, 2009

  What might a developer, city contractor, union leader, or other person with a financial stake in the decisions of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors pay for a one-on-one night on the town with the... More >>

• Outed Resume Fudger Gets New Job -- Where He's Charged With Embezzlement

  published Dec 04, 2009

  Back in July, 2000, Luna Information Systems CEO Farid Khoujinian was outed by Chronicle investigative ace Todd Wallack for faking his resume. Peninsula private investigator Barry Nadell was quot... More >>

• S.F. School's Students Weak, Slow. This Is Progress!

  published Dec 04, 2009

  Edison Charter Academy, the San Francisco school that was supposed to launch a successful nationwide experiment in private, for-profit education, instead became a laughingstock after entrepreneur Chri... More >>

• Senate Foreign Relations Committee Report Confirms: SF Weekly Found Bin Laden in October 2001

  published Dec 01, 2009

  For shoppers wishing to give America the gift of national security, consider sending your favorite Pentagon staffer an SF Weekly. No offense to Jane's Defence Weekly, but a Senate Foreign Relations Co... More >>

• Corporate Cult of Secrecy Detailed in Bunky Hearst Divorce Saga

  published Nov 27, 2009

  We've long known that Hearst Corp's San Francisco Chronicle could do better unearthing local news. What we didn't know was that the corporation, and the family behind it, are dedicated to a cult of se... More >>

• Beige. I Think I'll Paint the Streets Beige.

  published Nov 27, 2009

  After years of  waiting, San Francisco can finally tell its roadway-focused version of the world's most played-out dirty joke.(Ergo: The difference between girlfriends ["Ooohh! DON'T STOP! DON'T ... More >>

• S.F. Child-Killer's Sentence Shows Crazy Side of Insanity Defense

  published Nov 25, 2009

  Linda Woo, who three years ago killed her preschool-age daughter in what a prosecutor said were hopes of drawing an erstwhile lover's attention, has joined Patty Hearst, Jeffrey Dahmer, Andrea Yates, ... More >>

• iBike -- New App Helps Users Write City's Bike Routes

  published Nov 19, 2009

  As San Francisco breathlessly awaits the day when Judge Peter J. Busch lifts the court  injunction that has prevented the city from installing amenities for cyclists, news pops up that two-wheele... More >>

• Is Toxic Waste is Good for the Environmentr S.F. Official Explains Logic behind Green Business Program.

  published Nov 18, 2009

  This week's Matt Smith column notes that Sims Metal Management dumps into municipal landfills tens of thousands of tons of waste California Department of Toxic Substances Control scientists say is haz... More >>

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  De La Plaza TV: Our Shot-By-Shot Breakdown of '48 Hours'

  published Nov 17, 2009

  CBS's 48 Hours Mystery is an investigative reporting powerhouse disguised as pulp TV. Elite news producers are typically given six months to research a single story, often uncovering key details of a ... More >>

• S.F. Green Business Program rewards polluter

  published November 18, 2009

  Back in the days when Gavin Newsom aspired to become governor, his every move seemed tailored toward succeeding Arnold Schwarzenegger as... More >>

• Department of Can't Say We Didn't Warn Ya: Dicey Investment Offer Advertised in Chronicle Goes Bad

  published Nov 09, 2009

  On Friday, July 17 The Snitch warned readers that an advertisement published in the previous Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle seemed intended to lure mom-and-pop investors into possible financial disa... More >>

• Historic Preservation Commission stalls library renovations

  published November 11, 2009

  One year ago, a successful measure creating a new Historic Preservation Commission threatened to freeze San Francisco in time. Now, it's the... More >>

• Saturday's '48 Hours Mystery' Episode Fills Missing Pieces in de la Plaza case

  published Nov 09, 2009

  Saturday's episode of CBS' 48 Hours Mystery is dedicated to examining the bizarre 2007 death of French-American citizen Hugues de la Plaza in his Hayes Valley apartment. He perished in a pool of... More >>

• Sky-High Sign Mystery: Did SFMTA Quietly Switch to Metric Systemr

  published Nov 09, 2009

  Measurement units regarding bicycles are an odd jumble of the metric system, United States customary units, and bicycle-specific standards almost nobody in the industry knows the origin of.Spokes are ... More >>