Tomo

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California cops are breaking a key surveillance law that dictates how they can share license plate data. It's unclear who's going to stop them. New findings show that cops continued to make illegal searches even after receiving warnings from the AG. sfstandard.com/2025/07/23/cal…

PTO for Hinge dates. Boxes of busty anime figurines. A lifestyle inspired by hunters and gatherers. I spent an afternoon at Cluely's SoMa headquarters with @im_roy_lee & co: sfstandard.com/2025/07/18/clu…

New: SF city attorney warned a planning commissioner about voting on projects involving her past employer she continues to get income from. She ignored them. sfstandard.com/2025/07/15/san…

A point worth driving home: Oakland cops say they didn't violate sanctuary laws by sharing ALPR data with feds. That may well be true. But those aren't the only laws that govern the use of this data. SB 34 of 2015 prohibits sharing with feds regardless of the investigation.

SF's @JackieFielder_ asks police for answers after our reporting found the SFPD is illegally sharing license plate data with federal law enforcement. static1.squarespace.com/static/6502392…

SCOOP: San Francisco and Oakland police appear to have repeatedly broken state law by sharing data from automated license plate cameras with federal law enforcement. In one instance, OPD fulfilled a request related to an ICE case. sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/oak…

There’s few others that can write like @david__sjos. A must read sfstandard.com/2025/07/11/san…

aaron kyro and his wife have together donated more than $1 million to the church of scientology. if he had the cash for those big donations, why couldn’t he keep his business afloat? new from @Sam_Mondros and me in @sfstandard #skatetwitter sfstandard.com/2025/07/09/you…

A rowdy, unsanctioned Pride party took a wild turn in SoMa when revelers graffitied an alleyway and smashed at least one car. 📝: @tomoki_chien sfstandard.com/2025/07/01/san…

Morning, Trojan (my USC newsletter) blew past 5,000 subscribers today. Super neat, very exciting.

scoop: @charterworks, the media startup co-founded by WSJ alum @delaney, has sold to @sfstandard. Behind the deal is Michael Moritz, the SF billionaire who placed early bets on Google and PayPal and is now investing in news. nytimes.com/2025/06/30/bus…

Exclusive: Sizeable layoffs at USC are inevitable, according to sources involved in high-level discussions. Behind closed doors, officials are scrambling to comply with lofty budget reductions ordered by central administration. morningtrojan.com/p/usc-layoffs-…

SCOOP: USC plans to order a significant round of budget cuts, internal memos show — as much as 10% of already submitted budgets for the 2025-26 fiscal year. The budget crisis (which predated the Trump admin) is only getting worse. morningtrojan.com/p/usc-budget-c…

A new pro-ICE game says it’s “America first.” But I unmasked the creator as a Polish dude. sfstandard.com/2025/06/25/ice…

U-turns over the Persian Gulf. Tough timing.

New: Leaked docs show SF parks nonprofit exec accused of ‘financial malfeasance’ sfstandard.com/2025/06/18/san…

A fire in Oakland last night burned about 100 portable toilets in a yard near the BART tracks, the city's fire department said.

A Christian school wanted this baseball star. Then it learned his parents are gay By @tomoki_chien sfstandard.com/2025/06/17/val…

A Christian high school pursued this rising baseball star — then rejected him because his parents are gay. (Btw, the 14-year-old says he still wants to explore Christianity.) sfstandard.com/2025/06/17/val…

New: A California lawmaker wants to ban face coverings for ICE agents and cops. sfstandard.com/2025/06/16/cal…