Maggie Angst
@MaggieAngst
Homelessness reporter for @sfchronicle, Chicagoland bred. Previously: @sacbee_news @mercnews
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’s programs are not working as designed. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/hea…
With 15 months of sobriety, an aspiring San Francisco firefighter was building a new life — until a fatal relapse last month sfchronicle.com/sf/article/asp…
BREAKING: Trump exceeded powers by sending National Guard, Marines to Los Angeles, judge rules By @BobEgelko sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…
Even as downtown SF's retail struggles, Japantown and Stonestown malls are thriving with a new wave of Asian shops and restaurants: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/jap… w/ @kolyn_cheang
San Francisco homeless tents are dwindling. So why are encampment complaints rising? By @MaggieAngst and @DanielleEchev sfchronicle.com/sf/article/hom…
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EXCLUSIVE: State bar sends San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to diversion program over ethics complaints By @mdbarba sfchronicle.com/sf/article/bro…
New: Parents sue S.F.’s largest drug treatment provider after their son fatally overdosed in rehab, alleging that HealthRight 360 created a "dangerous milieu" and failed to ensure their son's safety. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/par… via @sfchronicle
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. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/tre…
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? w/ @thejdmorris sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sob…
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S.F. spent millions on a site for homeless RV dwellers. Now, they’re back on the street, @MaggieAngst reports sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f…
San Francisco drug markets: Officers arrested than 80 people overnight at Jefferson Square Park during a large-scale raid. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-… via @sfchronicle
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. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/dru…
NEW: He overdosed waiting for help. Why did San Francisco's largest drug treatment provider turn him away? More incredible work from @MaggieAngst and @gabriellelurie sfchronicle.com/sf/article/dru…
The death of a teenage girl found in a driveway in San Francisco was a mystery that shocked the city. But even before local authorities examined her body, Jázmin’s mother knew the underlying cause. Severe mental illness had ravaged Jázmin for the last two years of her life.
NEW: "This is the story of Jázmin, the girl found dead in a San Francisco driveway" PART 1 of an investigation into California's increasing reliance on—and poor regulation of—psychiatric hospitals run by for-profits, by Joaquin Palomino & Cynthia Dizikes sfchronicle.com/projects/2025/…
Mayor Lurie's administration plans to set up a unified public safety command center in the Mission amid complaints that SF has pushed illegal vending and drug activity into the neighborhood from other parts of the city. w/ @MaggieAngst: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/16t…
S.F. changed its police chase policy. Did it lead to parklet crash that injured 7? sfchronicle.com/sf/article/pol… via @sfchronicle
As San Francisco prepares to shut down its only safe parking site for homeless people, another Bay Area city is opening a similar project at about half the cost per vehicle. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/bay…
AG Rob Bonta took campaign donation from casino operator under investigation by his own office sfchronicle.com/california/art… via @sfchronicle