The Standard Staff

Community events: A fireside chat with SF’s District Attorney and the fragile world of ‘Kelp!’

Culture

Plus, new DA Brooke Jenkins stops by Manny’s, refresh your style at the library and socialize with the United Dems at Teeth.

Business Editor

Kevin Truong

Reporter

Sarah Wright

Turning downtown offices into housing isn’t the solution you think it is

News

Thousands of floors of office space have been sitting empty for the last two years. But converting that space to housing is a project that very few are willing to take on.

Senior Politics Reporter

Josh Koehn

Mark Farrell lived large on campaign cash while mayor, supervisor

Politics

As a supervisor and mayor, Mark Farrell spent thousands at some of the city’s fanciest bars and restaurants—with donors footing the bill.

Maryann Jones Thompson

Burning Man CEO explores its ‘absolutely San Francisco’ culture ahead of first gathering since 2019

Leader of the global community and SF nonprofit behind the annual gathering, Marian Goodell, talks with The Standard about its connection to the city and cultural evolution ahead of its first ‘burn’ since 2019.

Politics Reporter

Han Li

SF groups get $7.7 million to combat anti-Asian hate: ‘These nonprofits turned on a dime’

The money comes from the state, which continues to dispense grants from last year’s record $166.5 million in funding for California’s Asian and Pacific Islander community.

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Community events: A fireside chat with SF’s District Attorney and the fragile world of ‘Kelp!’

Turning downtown offices into housing isn’t the solution you think it is

Mark Farrell lived large on campaign cash while mayor, supervisor

Burning Man CEO explores its ‘absolutely San Francisco’ culture ahead of first gathering since 2019

SF groups get $7.7 million to combat anti-Asian hate: ‘These nonprofits turned on a dime’