David Sjostedt

Things happen and I write about them @SFStandard

[David Sjostedt @david__sjos]

My reporting on SF’s fentanyl crisis this past year was just honored as the best ongoing coverage in Nor Cal by the Society of Professional Journalists. @SPJ_NorCal

Much thanks to my editors on those stories @Journojoeburn & @Julie_Makinen + the whole @sfstandard team

[David Sjostedt @david__sjos]

@anyaviolet is my favorite journalist https://t.co/Q42wby59n4

[Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler @ggreschler]

Breaking: A former SF department head involved in a major City Hall nonprofit scandal has been arrested

https://t.co/60I6UtcBE5

[Anya Schultz @anyaviolet]

Last September, while reporting in San Francisco family court, I sat through a hearing I couldn’t shake.

On the stand was Michael “Mickey” Gerold. He said he was a public figure and a staple in elite SF circles — and the target of a smear campaign.

I left with questions.

[Anya Schultz @anyaviolet]

After five months of reporting, the first installment of my investigation into power, sex trafficking allegations, and private clubs is out.

If you'd like to get in touch securely: email [email protected] or anyaschultz.36 on Signal.
https://t.co/pLqdRgUKyp

[The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard]

A decade after fentanyl first arrived, the city has made progress in preventing its worst impacts. Yet last year, more people died from the drug than the year before.

📝:@david__sjos https://t.co/ZDpyHnfnXQ

[Jillian D'Onfro @jillianiles]

Ten years of fentanyl: @david__sjos dives into the successes, failures, nuances, and unknowns about how the drug has ravaged our city over the last decade https://t.co/buWliBqR2k

[The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard]

As SF prepares for Super Bowl 60, city officials won't say whether they are planning widespread homeless sweeps — while quietly opening more shelter space in the Mission.

📝:@low___impact and @david__sjos https://t.co/yjvln4KfkS

[David Sjostedt @david__sjos]

With Super Bowl 60 just days away, San Francisco is preparing for scores of unhoused people to enter the Mission.

https://t.co/MPlGy6jsh6

[David Sjostedt @david__sjos]

SF just gave this org $3 million. Now the state is investigating it
https://t.co/ceElOPokHY

[David Sjostedt @david__sjos]

@Sam_Mondros Scoop wiz

[Kevin V. Nguyen @KevinNguyen_89]

A beautiful and devastating portrait of San Francisco's homelessness + drug crisis in the year 2025 by one of the best in the biz @david__sjos 👇

Seventeen questions determine who receives a home in San Francisco and who doesn’t.

https://t.co/A229py3nnU

[David Sjostedt @david__sjos]

Drug traffickers are clashing with uncontacted tribes in the Amazon.

https://t.co/HNMTa9aSyJ

[David Sjostedt @david__sjos]

@ggreschler for journalist of the year. That man has been on a tear with his accountability reporting.

[Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler @ggreschler]

The @sfstandard's journalism gets results!!!

Earlier this year, we wrote about a playground that was falling apart. This week, the city announced it was fixing it!

[David Sjostedt @david__sjos]

SF has hired an unlicensed security firm to address public safety issues in the Mission.

The unarmed workers, with an 8 hour training in deescalation, are asked to "prevent or interrupt street violence."

The city denies this is security.

https://t.co/Epz8FXv87N

[David Sjostedt @david__sjos]

RIP Claude the alligator https://t.co/K7bsnrOeM4

[The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard]

Newly obtained police union minutes reveal officials saying the intensified crackdown in the Tenderloin and SoMa is linked to Trump’s threat of deploying the National Guard and ICE.

📝: @jennwadsworth, Jonah Owen Lamb, @david__sjos https://t.co/ZU0WJvb97a

[Josh Koehn @Josh_Koehn]

NEW: Mayor Lurie’s office has been accused of steering a $5.9M contract to OpenGov, a tech company w/ close $$ ties to his nonprofit.

But Lurie & family also had investments in OpenGov, which was acquired last year in a $1.8B deal.

✍️ by @ggreschler me
https://t.co/wsyjhev9hd

[Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler @ggreschler]

Exclusive: A top policy chief for the SF mayor steered a contract to a company with ties to Daniel Lurie — and overruled city staff who preferred a cheaper option. w/@Josh_Koehn

https://t.co/LU183GJu4r

[Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler @ggreschler]

Exclusive: SF mayor Daniel Lurie spent millions of his own money to get elected.

That spending hasn’t stopped, new records show.

W/@Josh_Koehn

https://t.co/sVPR5AkI2e

[David Sjostedt @david__sjos]

@Nate_florence hope you're safe!

[John Wiseman @lemonodor]

Looks like the tsunami was approx. 6 inches high when it hit Honolulu. Slightly more than 1 foot from min to max. https://t.co/JrsLnALuH5