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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.

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'

April 27, 2026

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

April 22, 2026

‘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

April 16, 2026

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

April 14, 2026