David Sjostedt
David is a staff writer at The Standard with a focus on homelessness and addiction. An SF State Gator alum, David was formerly editor–in–chief of the Golden Gate Xpress and was a reporting intern at the SF Examiner. [email protected] Twitter: @davidfortheppl
216 Articles published
City Workers ‘Resolved’ an Encampment. Hours Later, It Was Back
Drink Free Beer in Silence at This New San Francisco Barbershop
Could a Floating Pool Save SF’s Crumbling Waterfront? New York City Tried It
San Francisco To Stock Up on ‘Tranq’ Test Strips As Dangerous Drug Spreads in Bay Area
Can You Fight Bureaucracy With Bureaucracy? This New Commission is Optimistic
Nurse Hospitalized After Contact With Smoke From Illegal Narcotics Inside SF General Hospital
Harvard Grad Went From City Hall to City Streets—Now His Fate Lies With a Scandal-Plagued Nonprofit
Jeffrey ‘JV’ Vandergrift, Wild 94.9 Radio Host, Found Dead Near Pier 39
Plan to Solve Homelessness in SF Is Unfeasible, Says Department Tasked With Doing It
San Francisco To Seek Donations for Supervised Drug Use Sites
Evictions of Formerly Homeless People Prompt Scrutiny From Supervisors
‘I Heard a Boom’: Tenderloin Neighbor Springs Into Action in Early Morning Apartment Fire
A Man in Crisis Climbed SF Traffic Light. It Took 5 Hours To Help Him
Newsom’s Homeless Plan Leaves Out Major Cities Hardest Hit by the Crisis
Calls for More Narcan at Libraries, Schools Sweep Bay Area
A Street Artist Had His Teeth Knocked Out. Then SF Raised Thousands for Him
SF General Hospital Claims It’s Drug-Free. Nurses Say Otherwise
SF Housing Nonprofit Spends Big on Politics. Tenants Deal With Infestations, Overdoses
Stillborn Baby Case Exposes Cracks in the System for Pregnant Homeless Women
A Stillborn Baby Was Found at a City-Funded Homeless Tent Village
‘This Is a Good Neighbor’: San Francisco Officials Impressed by New York Drug Consumption Sites
San Francisco Supervisor Wants To Shelter Some Homeless People Out of Town
‘God Needed Him in the Choir’: Wife of Beloved ‘Bucket Man’ Said Rhythm Brought Him Peace
People Seeking Addiction Treatment Face Gauntlet of Drug Use Outside San Francisco Clinic
‘Snowball From Heaven’: Rare Water Tornado Hits Humboldt County
Stop Playing With Snow on Dangerous California Highway, Cops Say
The Homelessness Crisis Is Sending BART Careening Toward Fiscal Disaster
I May Be the Only Person To Snowboard This Bay Area Mountain in 30 Years
Court Order Blocking Homeless Sweeps Leaves Residents, City Workers in Ambiguity
SF Nonprofit Wants To Permanently Close Tenderloin Street for a ‘Green Oasis’
This Soundtrack Keeps the Peace in Downtown SF. Fights Break Out When It Stops
Gold Chains, Designer Clothes, Family Heirlooms: Homeless San Franciscans Sue the City for Thousands in Lost Property
California Homelessness: Where Are the State’s Billions going? Here’s the New, Best Answer
PCP Rumors in SF Home Explosion Blamed on Sheriff’s ‘Computer Glitch’
Kim Kardashian Plots Criminal Justice Reform With San Francisco Lawmaker
‘Tranq’: Four Dead in San Francisco After Using Dangerous New Drug
Your Neighbors Are Dying of Fentanyl Overdoses—These Are the Lives They Led
SF Supervisor Wants To Revoke Sanctuary Protections for Fentanyl Dealers
SF’s Worst Apartment Elevator Is Held Together by a Zip Tie
Deadly New Drug Ripping Through SF Is Narcan-Resistant, Users Say
Camouflage-Clad Nonprofit Workers Perturb Mid-Market Residents
Teenagers Saw a Dead Body From Their Backyard. Neighbors Fear More Tragedy Is Coming
Fatal Overdoses Raise New Questions About City-Funded Drug Rehab Nonprofit
Thrasher Owner Reveals Why Skating Legend’s Killer Was Kept Secret
The Killer of a Skateboarding Legend Went Unnamed for Years. Could Deaths Have Been Prevented?
San Francisco Can’t Use Opioid Settlement Funds for Drug Sites, Attorney Says
City Officials Say They’ll Allow Nonprofit Drug Sites Under Proposed Law
Black Employees Demand Disciplinary Action for Health Director Who Didn’t Disclose Income
BART Directors Consider Forming a Nonprofit for Homeless Services
San Francisco Homeless Lawsuit Appears Headed to Trial
SF Mayor’s Office Renews Promise To Open Safe-Consumption Sites Using NYC Model
Narcan-Resistant Drugs Could Worsen the Fentanyl Crisis. Is SF Prepared?
Man Who Turned Hose on Homeless Woman Is Posh Art Gallery Owner
Man Spraying Hose on Homeless Person Caught on Video in San Francisco
San Francisco Tent Dwellers Choose To Weather the Storm Over Shelter
Order Banning Homeless Sweeps Puts SF in ‘Impossible Situation,’ Says City Attorney
SF Is Short Thousands of Homeless Shelter Beds as Storm Approaches
City Ends Homeless Hotel Shelter Program With Controversial Legacy
Fewer People on Track to Die of Overdoses in San Francisco in 2022. What Changed?
Big Money SF Homeless and Drug Treatment Contracts Awarded in 2022
SF Police Falsely Accused Magic Mushroom Shop Owner of Selling Meth
San Francisco Magic Mushroom Shop Raided
New State Bill Would Require Narcan in Public Spaces to Avert Overdose Deaths
Watch Dramatic Rescue From SF’s Worst Apartment Elevator
Rats Can’t Get High After Fentanyl Vaccine. Will It Work on People?
Nurses at City Jails Worked Grueling 16-Hour Shifts as Their Boss Held Second Job
San Francisco Plans 12 New Drug Consumption Sites Despite Legal Hurdles
SF Homeless Shelter Closure Threatens To Displace Families
Mayor Breed Personally Ordered Homeless Sweeps, Lawsuit Claims
300 Health Department Employees With Secret Side Gigs Come Forward After Scandal
Tenderloin Center Clients Warn of Disaster As Controversial Drug Site Heads for Closure
Space-Age Bathroom Back in Service After Breaking Down
