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David Sjostedt
David Sjostedt is a staff writer at The Standard with a focus on homelessness and addiction. A San Francisco State Gator alum, David was formerly editor-in-chief of the Golden Gate Xpress and was a reporting intern at the San Francisco Examiner.
Lack of Treatment Services Could Tank San Francisco Mayor’s Drug Test Plan
Half of San Francisco Drug Users Seeking Treatment Weren’t Admitted, Data Shows: ‘It’s Scandalous’
By David Sjostedt
Sep. 27, 2023 • 6:20pmSan Francisco Drug Users Must Enter Treatment Before Receiving Cash Assistance: Mayor
By David Sjostedt
Sep. 26, 2023 • 10:03amBlack Churches in San Francisco’s ‘Harlem of the West’ Hit by Quality-of-Life Crisis
By David Sjostedt
Sep. 22, 2023 • 6:00amSan Francisco Ties Its Own Record for Most Drug Overdose Deaths in a Month
By David Sjostedt
Sep. 18, 2023 • 2:29pmMore San Francisco Homeless People Are Entering Shelters, but Encampments Are on the Rise
By David Sjostedt
Sep. 18, 2023 • 6:00amDoes San Francisco Give Homeless People Free Money?
By David Sjostedt
Sep. 11, 2023 • 6:00amSan Francisco Drug Crisis: 2 People Entered Treatment Out of 476 Arrested
By David Sjostedt
Sep. 08, 2023 • 7:30amWhat To Know About San Francisco’s Messy Legal Battle Over Homeless Encampment Sweeps
Federal Judges Deny San Francisco’s Request To Change Homeless Sweeps Ban
By David Sjostedt
Sep. 05, 2023 • 8:02pmSan Francisco Lawmaker Calls for Audit of City’s Biggest Drug Treatment Nonprofit
By David Sjostedt
Sep. 05, 2023 • 6:13pmHere’s Who To Call When You See Someone in Crisis in San Francisco
By David Sjostedt
Sep. 05, 2023 • 6:00amSan Francisco Police Made 450 Arrests for Public Intoxication Under New Program
By David Sjostedt
Sep. 01, 2023 • 12:18pmSan Francisco Drug Crisis: Activists Open Safe Drug Use Pop-Up Site
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 31, 2023 • 5:23pmSan Francisco Homeless: Just 13 People on Shelter Waitlist Got Beds in August
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 30, 2023 • 3:43pmGavin Newsom Joins Chorus of Opposition to San Francisco Homeless Sweeps Ban
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 29, 2023 • 2:36pmSan Francisco Accuses Homelessness Nonprofit of Backtracking in Sweeps Lawsuit
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 29, 2023 • 1:06pmSan Francisco Plans Mental Health Center Near New Downtown Ikea
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 29, 2023 • 6:30amElon Musk Calls for Boycott of Law Firm Involved in San Francisco Homelessness Lawsuit
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 28, 2023 • 11:11amSecret Sky Hammocks on Mount Tamalpais Offer Dazzling Views of the Bay Area
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 26, 2023 • 6:00amDrug Crisis: Massive Rehab Center Proposed for Downtown San Francisco
Tiki Bars and Soul Food: Why You Should Visit San Francisco’s Most Infamous Neighborhood
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 12, 2023 • 6:00amDrug Crisis: Future of San Francisco Safe Consumption Sites in Doubt After Fed Warning
San Francisco To Reopen Tree-Filled Art Oasis in Troubled Neighborhood
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 09, 2023 • 2:55pm1,000 People in Jail as San Francisco Ramps Up Drug Arrests
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 08, 2023 • 1:48pmDrug Overdoses: San Francisco Marks Worst Weekend Since Fentanyl Crisis Began
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 08, 2023 • 5:00amWhat Keeps San Francisco Homeless People From Finding Homes? Some Say the Shelter System
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 04, 2023 • 5:00amTenderloin Drug Suspects Walk Free Because of Judges, San Francisco DA Says
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 03, 2023 • 9:31pmThis San Francisco Block Had the Most Drug Overdose Calls 5 Years in a Row
By David Sjostedt
Aug. 03, 2023 • 6:30am4-Day Carnival Coming to Downtown San Francisco’s UN Plaza in August
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 31, 2023 • 11:00amSan Francisco’s Drug Crisis Response Is Missing This Key Group
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 27, 2023 • 8:39pmDrug Treatment Is Available in San Francisco. Why Don’t People Use It?
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 26, 2023 • 6:30amSan Francisco Adds Realtor to New Homelessness Commission
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 25, 2023 • 6:08pmOpinion: Punishment for Santa Cruz Sea Otter Should Be Swift and Substantial
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 22, 2023 • 5:00amHill Bomb Mass Arrests Spur Calls for More Police in San Francisco’s Troubled Tenderloin
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 20, 2023 • 7:00amSan Francisco Jail Visitors Can Now Get Free Narcan
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 19, 2023 • 1:45pmSan Francisco Homelessness Commission Nominee Admits Inexperience, Vote Delayed
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 18, 2023 • 4:56pmDrug More Powerful Than Fentanyl Found in San Francisco
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 18, 2023 • 11:38amSan Francisco Health Department Changes Its Tune as Overdoses Surge
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 18, 2023 • 5:30amSan Francisco Mayor Nominates Real Estate Agent to Homelessness Commission
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 17, 2023 • 11:35amCan Cutting Redtape Get San Francisco Addicts Into Week-Long Detox?
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 16, 2023 • 6:00amOver 400 People Have Died of Drug Overdoses This Year in San Francisco
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 14, 2023 • 5:20pmLine for San Francisco Homeless Shelters Surges in First Week of New System
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 12, 2023 • 5:00amGarden Planters To Deter Homeless Encampments Pop Up in Downtown San Francisco
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 10, 2023 • 6:00amAmid San Francisco Homeless Crisis, Shelter Waiting System Finally Reopens
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 07, 2023 • 5:00amSan Francisco’s Only Democratic Socialist Lawmaker Now Has a Challenger
By David Sjostedt
Jul. 06, 2023 • 2:00pmDead People on Probation in San Francisco as Agency’s Budget Soared
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 30, 2023 • 5:30amSan Francisco’s Homelessness Nonprofits Aren’t Properly Monitored, Civil Grand Jury Finds
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 29, 2023 • 12:35pmHow Do Homeless People Think San Francisco Should Solve Homelessness?
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 29, 2023 • 6:00amPeople’s March Harks Back To San Francisco Pride’s Early Days
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 25, 2023 • 3:10pmStarbucks Workers at San Francisco’s Castro Location Strike Over Pride Displays, Contract
His Raw Videos on SF’s Drug Crisis Went Viral on Twitter. Then ‘JJ Smith’ Vanished
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 23, 2023 • 6:36pmSan Francisco Police Chief Pushes To Restart Program To Help Drug Users
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 23, 2023 • 6:30amSan Francisco Arrested or Cited 53 People for Drug Use. All Refused Treatment
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 21, 2023 • 11:52am6 of San Francisco’s Most Common Homelessness Questions, Answered: Ask The Standard
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 07, 2023 • 5:30amAsk The Standard: Who Is Homeless in San Francisco?
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 06, 2023 • 8:00amAsk The Standard: Which Homeless People Get Housing in San Francisco?
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 05, 2023 • 8:05amAsk The Standard: How Many People Live in City-Owned Housing and Shelters?
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 04, 2023 • 9:00amAsk The Standard: How Many People Are Homeless in San Francisco?
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 03, 2023 • 8:52amUrban Alchemy Worker Who Fired Gun on Busy San Francisco Street Is in Line for Promotion
By David Sjostedt
Jun. 02, 2023 • 7:00amSan Francisco Mayor To Ramp Up Homelessness Spending Despite Budget Deficit
By David Sjostedt
May 30, 2023 • 12:42pmAsk The Standard: Why Do Disability-Rights Groups Oppose CARE Court for Mentally Ill?
By David Sjostedt
May 30, 2023 • 5:30amMan Faces Sex With Minor Charge in Case of Girl Found Dead in San Francisco Alley
By David Sjostedt
May 26, 2023 • 5:48pmSan Francisco Hires Ex-NFL Linebacker To Help Keep City Streets Safe
By David Sjostedt
May 26, 2023 • 7:00amWoman Who Threw Brick at UN Plaza Meeting Was Angered by Homeless Sweeps
By David Sjostedt
May 24, 2023 • 1:38pmWoman Throws Brick at SF Officials After UN Plaza Meeting Cut Short by Heckling
San Francisco’s UN Plaza Cleaned Up Ahead of Mayor’s Remarks on Drug Crisis
San Francisco Could Crack Down on Public Drug Use Under New Program
By David Sjostedt
May 23, 2023 • 11:47amWhat San Francisco Politicians Won’t See at Today’s Hearing in UN Plaza
By David Sjostedt
May 23, 2023 • 5:00amTwo People Shot in Front of San Francisco Federal Building
By David Sjostedt
May 22, 2023 • 9:54amAsk The Standard: How Many of San Francisco’s Homeless People Are From the City?
By David Sjostedt
May 22, 2023 • 6:02amGroup Pushes San Francisco To Shelter 2,000 Unhoused People by Renting Hotels
By David Sjostedt
May 22, 2023 • 5:00amAccused San Francisco Serial Groper Bill Gene Hobbs Found Guilty on 9 Counts
By David Sjostedt
May 17, 2023 • 4:09pmSan Francisco To Get $230M Payout From Walgreens in Opioid Lawsuit
By David Sjostedt
May 17, 2023 • 1:25pmWatch: San Franciscans React to Snarky Anti-Fentanyl Ads Attempting To Shame City Hall
SF’s Top-Paid Employee Last Year Made $726K After City Fired Him
By David Sjostedt
May 15, 2023 • 5:00amProgressive Activist Running for San Francisco Supervisor in Mission District
By David Sjostedt
May 12, 2023 • 2:20pm‘Stuck’: Average Length of Stays in San Francisco Homeless Shelters Skyrockets
By David Sjostedt
May 11, 2023 • 12:15pmHow Many People Are Behind the Assaults on San Francisco Homeless?
‘Serious Concerns’: San Francisco Homelessness Department Grilled Over Nonprofit Scandal
By David Sjostedt
May 04, 2023 • 2:51pmHomeless at the Beach: Priced-Out Locals Wait for Housing at the Edge of San Francisco
By David Sjostedt
May 04, 2023 • 5:00amSan Francisco Voters Support Revoking Protections for Immigrant Fentanyl Dealers, Poll Shows
By David Sjostedt
May 02, 2023 • 4:12pmNew ‘Tranq’ Drug Discovered in Marin County Wastewater
By David Sjostedt
May 02, 2023 • 12:27pmSan Francisco Bulldozes Homeless Encampment After Fire, Enraging Activists
By David Sjostedt
Apr. 26, 2023 • 2:31pmThis SF Court Keeps People Out of Prison. Meet Its Newest Alumni
By David Sjostedt
Apr. 21, 2023 • 9:00amNewsom’s Mental Health Court Faces $50M Hurdle in San Francisco as Key Deadline Approaches
By David Sjostedt
Apr. 20, 2023 • 6:00am‘Ridiculous’: San Francisco Mayor London Breed Slams Ban on Homeless Sweeps
By David Sjostedt
Apr. 14, 2023 • 3:41pmSan Francisco Says It Needs $600M More To Cut Street Homelessness in Half by 2028
By David Sjostedt
Apr. 14, 2023 • 6:00amSkyscraper Plans Revealed for San Francisco’s Ocean Beach: 712 Homes, 50 Stories
Downtown SF Whole Foods Made Weekly Emergency Calls Ahead of Closure
By David Sjostedt
Apr. 13, 2023 • 12:59pm2,000 More Shelter Beds? Lawmaker Wants to Boost Homelessness Spending
By David Sjostedt
Apr. 12, 2023 • 3:30pmElon Musk Wants To Legalize Fentanyl
By David Sjostedt
Apr. 11, 2023 • 5:10pm‘No Idea It Was This Bad’: Does San Francisco Affordable Housing Need More Oversight?
By David Sjostedt
Apr. 06, 2023 • 6:00amSan Francisco Dishes Out Millions More to Damaged Shelter-in-Place Hotels
By David Sjostedt
Apr. 04, 2023 • 4:06pmDrink Free Beer in Silence at This New San Francisco Barbershop
By David Sjostedt
Mar. 30, 2023 • 11:00amCould 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
By David Sjostedt
Mar. 28, 2023 • 2:30pmCan You Fight Bureaucracy With Bureaucracy? This New Commission is Optimistic
By David Sjostedt
Mar. 28, 2023 • 8:00amNurse Hospitalized After Contact With Smoke From Illegal Narcotics Inside SF General Hospital
By David Sjostedt
Mar. 27, 2023 • 5:00amHarvard Grad Went From City Hall to City Streets—Now His Fate Lies With a Scandal-Plagued Nonprofit
By David Sjostedt
Mar. 24, 2023 • 6:00am
