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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‘I’m the luckiest drag queen in the world’
Per Sia, the city’s newest Drag Laureate, shares a stage with the mayor
Inside SFUSD’s response to the troop surge that wasn’t
Principals say they were left to improvise their own responses to threats posed to students, parents, and staff from ICE and other agencies
Four unanswered questions from today’s Lurie press conference
Pressed by reporters, the mayor spoke with deftness, but not always with directness
The city holds steady
With an assist from ‘great people’ like Marc Benioff and Jensen Huang, Mayor Daniel Lurie says he convinced the president not to deploy federal troops to San Francisco
Not a moment too soon
With federal forces descending upon the Bay Area, Mayor Lurie issued his most forceful condemnation of the Trump administration
Scenes from a city in waiting
Another perfect day as San Francisco braces for the arrival of federal troops
Don’t let the sun go down on green tech
Otherlab’s Mission district headquarters was a white hot center for clean, renewable technologies. Will the Trump administration snuff it out?
Resurrecting the Red Vic
Despite a fight with her partner, a Los Angeles landlord is trying to restore peace to the iconic hippie hotel on Haight
‘Sometimes a homeless man has no choice’
A Market Street encounter with Daniel Lurie
Roger & Me
A passionate fan finally serves a question or two to tennis superstar Roger Federer









