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  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    California Is "Deadbeat Parent" to Foster Kids

    The California Alliance of Child and Family Services is accusing the Department of Social Services of violating the Child Welfare Act by not providing sufficient funds for foster family agencies. The group filed a lawsuit last week in San Francisco, following a previous court decision that allotted ... More >>

  • News

    November 2, 2011

    Lost Boys: New Research Demolishes the Stereotype of the Underage Sex Worker

    The California Alliance of Child and Family Services is accusing the Department of Social Services of violating the Child Welfare Act by not providing sufficient funds for foster family agencies. The group filed a lawsuit last week in San Francisco, following a previous court decision that allotted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Family Court Therapist Janelle Burrill Charged with Misconduct by Attorney General's Office

    ​The California Board of Behavioral Science and California Attorney General's office have filed formal accusations of misconduct against a Sacramento family-court therapist.The therapist, Janelle Burrill, is a clinical social worker who works with children and parents as ordered by family courts i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Dorthea Puente, Serial-Killing Landlord, Dies in Prison

    Worse than a slumlord​The notorious Dorthea Puente, a landlord in the '80s who was convicted for killing her tenants and burying them in her backyard, died on Sunday while still serving her sentence, according to media reports. She was 82.Puente ran a boarding house in Sacramento, which she rented ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Caretakers for Disabled Can't Afford Criminal Background Checks

    Hop. Hop. Hop. And Then We'll Help You.​A policy that was designed to prevent fraud among caretakers is now undermining the ability of the disabled to obtain help bathing, cooking, shopping, and cleaning, according to the San Francisco administrator for the In Home Supportive Services program."It' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Brittany Mae Smith, Missing Virginia 12-Year-Old, Safe in San Francisco

    Brittany Mae Smith is currently safe with the city's child protective services​A 12-year-old girl whose mother was found dead in their native Virginia earlier this week turned up in San Francisco today. Brittany Mae Smith was spotted in a Richmond District store. Her mother's boyfriend, Jeffrey Sc ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    San Francisco’s Annals of Incompetence

    Brittany Mae Smith is currently safe with the city's child protective services​A 12-year-old girl whose mother was found dead in their native Virginia earlier this week turned up in San Francisco today. Brittany Mae Smith was spotted in a Richmond District store. Her mother's boyfriend, Jeffrey Sc ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2009

    Politics are crippling state-funded services to the disabled

    Brittany Mae Smith is currently safe with the city's child protective services​A 12-year-old girl whose mother was found dead in their native Virginia earlier this week turned up in San Francisco today. Brittany Mae Smith was spotted in a Richmond District store. Her mother's boyfriend, Jeffrey Sc ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2009

    Social worker accused of tipping off foster parents about complaints of abuse

    Brittany Mae Smith is currently safe with the city's child protective services​A 12-year-old girl whose mother was found dead in their native Virginia earlier this week turned up in San Francisco today. Brittany Mae Smith was spotted in a Richmond District store. Her mother's boyfriend, Jeffrey Sc ... More >>

  • News

    February 18, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    Brittany Mae Smith is currently safe with the city's child protective services​A 12-year-old girl whose mother was found dead in their native Virginia earlier this week turned up in San Francisco today. Brittany Mae Smith was spotted in a Richmond District store. Her mother's boyfriend, Jeffrey Sc ... More >>

  • News

    February 4, 2009

    Their Daily Bread

    A new generation of activists is fighting to clean up the Tenderloin. The neighborhood’s churches are standing in their way. Whose side are the angels on?

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Money, Money, Money: S.F.'s Big Charitable Spenders

    In these dire financial times, fewer of us have the opportunity to donate to charity (at least, that's what we keep telling ourselves). But some really, really rich people are more than capable of forking over large quantities of the stuff, as evidenced by Slate's list of the largest charitable dona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2008

    News & Booze Saturday Edition: Is SF Turning into Martha's Vineyard or the Thunderdome?

    In these dire financial times, fewer of us have the opportunity to donate to charity (at least, that's what we keep telling ourselves). But some really, really rich people are more than capable of forking over large quantities of the stuff, as evidenced by Slate's list of the largest charitable dona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2008

    Sandoval Ducks, Mirkarimi Covers, and the Community Justice Center goes Down Down Down...

    In these dire financial times, fewer of us have the opportunity to donate to charity (at least, that's what we keep telling ourselves). But some really, really rich people are more than capable of forking over large quantities of the stuff, as evidenced by Slate's list of the largest charitable dona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2008

    SF Gov InAction: Same Old Shit Gets Bigger Tax Breaks; Jake McGoldrick's Charter Amendment Retirement Tour Heats Up, and Did Somebody Say "Peaker Plants?"

    In these dire financial times, fewer of us have the opportunity to donate to charity (at least, that's what we keep telling ourselves). But some really, really rich people are more than capable of forking over large quantities of the stuff, as evidenced by Slate's list of the largest charitable dona ... More >>

  • News

    June 27, 2007

    Quality of Hype

    Aggressive panhandlers are not getting the gentle, loving care they so need from the city

  • News

    April 26, 2006

    Bank of Indifference

    Just try getting a little sympathy for a disabled woman when some dollars are at stake

  • News

    April 5, 2006

    Too Sexy for Their Social Services

    Just try getting a little sympathy for a disabled woman when some dollars are at stake

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Resource for Overwhelmed Parents

    Parents Place

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    Girl, Interrupted

    Alanna Krause believes that much of her hellish childhood could have been avoided. Now she's suing her father, her therapist, and her lawyer in an effort to prove it. How did it come to this?

  • News

    November 14, 2001

    Law and Borders

    Prosecutors, judges, governors, a sex offender, and a woman with a penchant for poor judgement entangle California and Texas in an epic child custody war with two sure losers -- aged 7 and 9.

  • News

    June 13, 2001

    Mental Cruelty

    Michael Wise and Susan Owsley are recovering schizophrenics who got the right kind of help, and got off the street.The mayor's secret budget cuts will make sure that doesn't happen anymore.

  • News

    September 22, 1999

    The Tenderloin's Burden

    New homeless shelter proposal splits neighborhood

  • News

    March 5, 1997

    Letters

    New homeless shelter proposal splits neighborhood

  • News

    February 19, 1997

    The AIDS Civil War

    The promise of a new treatment has opened a painful divide

  • News

    September 18, 1996

    Custody by Ethnicity

    Some S.F. probation officers would rather wear the uniform of a Border Patrol guard

  • News

    August 7, 1996

    Ghetto Blasting

    A cop's doodle travels to Washington, D.C., and returns as a warm-and-fuzzy crackdown on S.F.'s projects

  • News

    July 24, 1996

    Weak Foundation

    The post of homeless coordinator may be so much window dressing

  • News

    June 12, 1996

    Cold Turkey

    New law axes disability benefits for alcoholics, addicts; advocates fear homelessness upsurge

  • News

    May 22, 1996

    Letters

    New law axes disability benefits for alcoholics, addicts; advocates fear homelessness upsurge

  • News

    May 8, 1996

    No Way Out

    For some people with AIDS, the Ambassador Hotel is better than nothing

  • News

    February 14, 1996

    Dog Bites

    For some people with AIDS, the Ambassador Hotel is better than nothing

  • News

    December 6, 1995

    Dog Bites

    For some people with AIDS, the Ambassador Hotel is better than nothing

  • News

    November 22, 1995

    Letters

    For some people with AIDS, the Ambassador Hotel is better than nothing

  • News

    March 22, 1995

    Matrix's Happy Face

    New statistics contradict Jordan's spin on homeless crackdown

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