Joel Rosenblatt

Joel covers the forces in San Francisco — money, business, personalities, local law, and politics — that bind the city and pull it apart. He most recently worked for Bloomberg News reporting on state and federal courts.
Previously, he covered the crime beat for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and was a freelancer in New York City. Before that, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal. He was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, studied public policy at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and has a Masters degree from Columbia Journalism School.
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As Vanderbilt takes over CCA, students ask WTF?
City Hall is excited about the Tennessee university replacing California College of the Arts. Students less so
Guitar wizard
From Red Rocks to Golden Gate Park, a longtime Grateful Dead fan reflects on Bob Weir’s legacy
CBS News drops its anchor in the Bay
Tony Dokoupil is in San Francisco to ponder the future
The city’s sobering center won’t open until March or April
Called RESET (Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation and Triage), the facility is part of a larger plan by the mayor’s office to help chronic drug users get treatment
Daniel Lurie’s 2025 wins and losses
From family zoning to dead mice, an assessment of the mayor’s first year in office
‘Can we be loud?’
A proud display of Jewishness, and a lot of cops, in the Castro after the shooting in Sydney
Federal Judge blocks Los Angeles troop deployment
Charles Breyer calls Pete Hegseth’s move for a ‘perpetual police force’ ‘shocking’
One event after another
What can a mellow movie star like Benicio del Toro teach a highly-scheduled mayor like Daniel Lurie?
California sues Trump to remove final troops from Los Angeles streets
In a ‘lively exchange,’ Judge Charles Breyer zings a representative of Pete Hegseth’s so-called Department of War
Welcome to City Hall, Alan Wong
The new District 4 Supervisor wants to work with everybody; that strategy may not please anybody









