Eddie Kim
Eddie Kim reports on San Francisco news — including politics, crime, commerce, social conflict, and everything in between.
He was a longtime features writer at the critically acclaimed men’s magazine Mel, and has contributed to major publications including Vice, Slate, The Guardian and Paste Magazine. He began his career doing hyperlocal journalism at L.A. Downtown News, where he won multiple awards from the L.A. Press Club and California News Publishers Association.Connect
Matt Dorsey’s crusade against drug use in city-funded housing is a well-intentioned mistake
This week, the District 6 Supervisor announced a plan to legislate the phrase ‘drug-tolerant housing’ into city policy. Here’s why language matters — and how it fuels a backlash
A timeline of every scandal from London Breed’s City Hall
After 4 years of scandals, it can be hard to remember them all. We’ve put them in one place for your reading pleasure.
San Francisco’s newest affordable housing complex has sparked an election-season brawl
Supervisor Dean Preston is touting his role in 160 subsidized housing units opening at 730 Stanyan — but rival Bilal Mahmood says he can’t take any credit. Who’s right?
An ode to Tommy’s Joynt, the city’s paragon of gloriously okay food
San Francisco’s oldest hofbrau has made its humble home on Geary Boulevard since 1947. Here’s hoping it never changes
Reboot 2024 promised a ‘New Reality.’ It was mostly conservative bluster
Billed as disruption to the status quo, the all-day event at Fort Mason on Thursday mostly fixated on the radical vibes of the technocrat class and fantasies of a libertarian future
The crypto industry shows its hard-right heart at Reboot
Industry experts at the tech conference laid bare why conservatism is the linchpin for an ‘abundant’ crypto future — and how the industry is shaping the election
SF installed road dots to stop the Hill Bomb. It didn’t work — but it sure sucks ass for the rest of us
The city is spending thousands of dollars to endlessly fix a tool not designed for the job
Current and former ICE detainees allege sexual abuse, retaliation at California detention center
One transgender detainee alleges she was kept in solitary confinement without a working toilet after reporting abuse
In SF, renewed sweeps are sending unhoused people back to square one
Gazetteer SF visited two sweeps of encampments — and witnessed a revolving door of punishment
You can’t hide your face at Stonestown Galleria anymore – unless you look like me
A fear of crime and chaos is fueling a spate of mask bans across the country. Are they actually protecting anyone, or just a path to discrimination?