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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SFUSD has leaned on parents to pay for gym, arts, and even classroom teachers. New rules may change that
As a funding crisis grips San Francisco Unified, PTAs have raised millions to keep their schools afloat
The Mission’s Little Spot Cafe to close in about a week
Owner Ken Kurita blames his landlord for the closure, among other stresses on the small business
X court win guts California’s modest attempt to curb hate speech, disinformation
'It's hard to imagine how the current lack of platform transparency could be remedied,' a legal expert told Gazetteer SF
Social media is making it weirder than ever to be a teen girl (or the dad of one)
As an anti-social-media dad, it’s a struggle to keep up with trends like ‘fit-checks’
Conservative journalist and SF supervisor settle absurdist suit over block from non-existent X account
The city says goodbye to a very serious case
Inside UCSF’s $530 million gambit to save three struggling San Francisco hospitals
The UC system has been snapping up community hospitals statewide, part of an ambitious plan to increase efficiency (and, ultimately, profit)
As Winston Drive deadline looms, cops force dozens of families living in RVs to move to Zoo Road
RV residents, many of them families with children, face an uncertain future as the city seeks to clear the streets
Stop feeding coyotes. You’re getting them killed – and putting humans at risk
Earlier this month, three SF coyotes were shot after a kid got bitten. Experts blame whichever idiots keep giving them rotisserie chickens
X fights California regulation it says infringes on right to host ‘awful but lawful’ content
SF’s Ninth Circuit will hear company’s appeal to halt state law forcing platforms to disclose how they handle disinfo, hate speech
City officials push back enforcement date for clearing RVs along Winston Drive
RV owners have until August 1 to move out or risk being ticketed and towed — but many still have nowhere to go