J.D. Morris
@thejdmorris
@sfchronicle SF City Hall reporter focused on Mayor Daniel Lurie. alum of @northbaynews @lasvegassun @dailycal. California grown 🏳️🌈
EXCLUSIVE: CA National Guard troops sent by Trump to LA amid immigration protests are sleeping on concrete floors. No fed funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging. Source: “Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight” sfchronicle.com/california/art…
NEW: SFPD Chief Bill Scott is stepping down after 8+ years to pursue a new job as chief in "another jurisdiction," he and Mayor Daniel Lurie announced just now. Scott was SF's longest serving police chief in decades. w/ @meganrcassidy @mdbarba sfchronicle.com/sf/article/pol…
SF Mayor Daniel Lurie dropped one of his signature campaign promises: a pledge to build 1,500 shelter beds in 6 months. one of his top advisers says they've instead adopted a more targeted strategy for homelessness, addiction and mental health: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/may…
Buster makes a massive move:
BREAKING: Rafael Devers to Giants.
EXCLUSIVE: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is seeking military arrests in Los Angeles in a letter obtained by the Chronicle that may be a step toward the Trump administration invoking the Insurrection Act By @mgafni & Cynthia Dizikes sfchronicle.com/us-world/artic…
scoop: the Trump Administration may seek to claw back ~$140 million that the Biden Administration's FEMA paid SF to reimburse the city for a COVID-19 program that put homeless people in hotels to help stop the spread of the virus. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/tru…
SCOOP: The San Francisco Parks Alliance, a major nonprofit with a long history of beautifying the city’s beloved public spaces, diverted at least $3.8 million earmarked for specific projects to cover its operating expenses as the charity rapidly imploded sfchronicle.com/sf/article/par…
The State Bar has decided the best way to resolve a series of ethics complaints against SF DA Brooke Jenkins is by requiring her to participate in a diversion program. The irony is not lost on her critics sfchronicle.com/sf/article/bro…
BREAKING: we are reaching off-the-charts levels of so back @SFGiants
Mayor Lurie's SF rezoning plan is here. "Fisherman’s Wharf could go from a place locals only visit with out-of-town visitors to a mixed-use neighborhood with hundreds of families living in new six- and eight-story buildings," @SFjkdineen reports: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/lur…
NEW: Kimberly Ellis, the official Mayor Lurie put on leave last week, spent $80,000 on glamour shots for her staff and bosses at City Hall, as well as on a video project that apparently fell through, adding to concerns about her spending sfchronicle.com/sf/article/off…
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…
EXCLUSIVE: Star chef @TylerFlorence's cafes in #SanFrancisco's Union Square were supposed to be a success story. They closed despite free rent, a generous city grant & favorable lease. Florence lost nearly $300k—what happened? @sfchronicle @ekadvany shorturl.at/xNCWi
New: Mayor Daniel Lurie picks Mattie Scott, a longtime SF gun violence activist, to fill the Police Commission seat vacated when Lurie ousted progressive lawyer Max Carter-Oberstone this week. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s-f…
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…
DEEP DIVE: Six deaths, a fake drowning and fears of an AI apocalypse: Who is the 'Ziz' behind a mysterious group with ties to violence around the nation? My @sfchronicle colleagues @mgafni @rachelswan @meganrcassidy and I dig in. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…
JPMorgan confirmed that it will bring its annual healthcare conference back to SF next year. CEO Jamie Dimon told me in a statement that he's "eager to work with" Mayor Daniel Lurie and "felt a real sense of optimism" in the city last week. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/dow…
This fall I heard out of the blue from Davin Cole, once the SFPD’s go-to cop on homelessness. I hadn’t written about him since he got arrested for robbing a pharmacy. He was ready to talk about how he secretly battled drug addiction for years. My story: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/pol…