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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A budget brawler’s inside-outside game
As Mayor Lurie’s budget deadline approaches, Anya Worley-Ziegmann leads rallies outside his office and talks with people who work within it
Protesting Mayor Lurie’s budget cuts outside his office
A group of 250 brought chants and personalized pleas directly to Room 200, but went unanswered by Lurie
Man arrested for allegedly assaulting Mayor Lurie’s bodyguard to be freed
Held on multiple charges, Tony Phillips will be released under electronic monitoring Friday
Fire on the Fountain: Vaillancourt was torched during deconstruction
Trash inside the brutalist sculpture at Ferry Plaza was ignited by a blowtorch
Jackie Fielder’s absence comes at a critical time for her district and the city
With her leave, the D9 supervisor’s steadfast opposition to Mayor Lurie is on hold
The skater who refused to bail on the Vaillancourt Fountain
As the city dismantles the brutalist public artwork, Thrasher cover boy Zach ‘Ducky’ Kovacs remembers his epic 'drop in'
Department of Public Health talks of ‘rebalancing’ and ‘consolidation’ as union and community worry about layoffs and clinic closures
SEIU 1021 was out in force as Daniel Tsai made the city’s case for cutting jobs while preserving the social safety net
‘He knows that this is going to devastate people in need’: Staff and clients fight for an elder care clinic that may close amid Lurie’s budget cuts
At a rally at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, supporters of South East Mission Geriatrics did not back down
Mahmood pushes back on Lurie’s plan to cut Tenderloin youth clinic
District 5 supervisor says mayor’s proposal to close the Larkin Clinic as part of $400 million budget cuts isn’t final
A brutal setback for fans of Vaillancourt Fountain
Judge’s decision puts the controversial sculpture one step closer to removal









