EXCLUSIVE: Defense attorneys for the man accused of attacking former SF Fire Commissioner Don Carmignani say the person shown in this video bear spraying a homeless person in the face appears to be Carmignani.
The video, taken in November 2021, is part of a trove of new evidence…
"The district attorney and the police now have reason to believe that Mr. Carmignani was involved in eight separate acts of violence," Kleigh Hathaway, defense lawyer for Carmignani’s alleged attacker, said Wednesday.
"In all of them, the victims are not housed, the victims are…
BREAKING: Telecommunications giant AT&T will close the company's Downtown San Francisco flagship store, the company told The Standard.
AT&T has occupied the 24,000-square-foot space at the foot of Powell St. on Market St. since 2016.
The new evidence may jeopardize the district attorney’s case against Garrett Doty, who allegedly assaulted Carmignani.
Here’s a roundup of what we know so far. ⬇️ (3/11)
BREAKING: Nordstrom is planning to close both of its Downtown San Francisco stores, choosing not to renew its lease obligations at its location in the Westfield Mall. It will also close a second nearby Downtown Nordstrom Rack.
More information below. ⬇️
But the new evidence may be shifting DA
@BrookeJenkinsSF
’s thoughts on the case.
The new evidence consists of police reports and videos from several incidents in the area in which a man bear-sprayed homeless people.
It also includes a video Doty’s lawyers say shows that…
On April 5, Don Carmignani was struck outside his mother's Marina District home by a homeless person and hospitalized with serious injuries.
The case gained national attention as pictures of Carmignani’s wounds and videos of the attack circulated on social media in the…
@BrookeJenkinsSF
Hathaway said she received eight police reports Tuesday showing that an unidentified man bear-sprayed homeless people in separate incidents around the Marina between November 2021 and January 2023.
The man reportedly told his victims: "Get the fuck out of my town," and "you…
Carmignani is not named in any of the police reports, Hathaway said. However, she said a police inspector wrote that he included them in the case file because they were “possibly related to this incident.”
The lawyer also noted that Carmignani had a can of bear spray at the time…
Carmignani’s lawyer said he "vehemently denies that he is the alleged individual who is committing these acts against homeless people." Prosecutors did not immediately respond to questions about whether Carmignani could face charges in connection with the bear-spray attacks.…
WATCH: At a press conference Tuesday, San Francisco Mayor
@LondonBreed
announced new legislation to require people with substance use disorders to seek treatment before the city provides them financial support.
“No more handouts without accountability,” Breed said.
WATCH: "The homeless coalition has held San Francisco hostage for decades."
SF Mayor
@LondonBreed
spoke to a crowd gathered outside an SF court on Wednesday as the city tried to get a hotly debated injunction restricting the city from clearing homeless encampments tossed. (1/2)
BREAKING: The Old Navy store on Market St. in Downtown SF will close on July 1, according to a company spokesperson.
It's another high-profile closure in the once-bustling Union Square area.
"My son Don was beaten by two men with a steel pipe last night on Laguna Street and Lombard Street," read a Nextdoor post by Carmignani’s mother, Joan, thanking the neighbors who got involved, stopped the fight and called 911.
"If they were not there my son would be dead!"…
JUST IN: San Francisco Mayor
@LondonBreed
proposed new legislation Tuesday that would require people with substance use disorders to seek treatment before the city provides them financial support.
"No more handouts without accountability," Breed said.
BREAKING: The Cinemark movie theater in the Downtown SF Westfield Mall will permanently close this month.
The news comes just days after Westfield’s announcement that it plans to give up the mall to its lender, citing “challenging operating conditions.”
BREAKING: San Francisco Mayor
@LondonBreed
says people taken into custody for drug use or possession will be forced into a specialized court after their second arrest.
The move, which was confirmed by DA
@BrookeJenkinsSF
, marks a notable policy change.
JUST IN:
@FLOTUS
Jill Biden stopped by the Castro SoulCycle in San Francisco Tuesday morning. 🚴♀️
Dr. Biden attended an 8 a.m. spin class with instructor Chris Layda for 45 minutes and was spotted leaving in blue leggings paired with white running shoes and a black top.
JUST IN: San Francisco will receive help from U.S. National Guard & California Highway Patrol to battle the city's drug crisis.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the decision Friday along with Mayor London Breed, DA Brooke Jenkins & Police Chief Bill Scott.
Mayor Breed is not playing with NIMBYism anymore.
"Let's be very clear: you cannot call yourself an environmentalist if you consistently oppose housing in San Francisco."
@LondonBreed
@SFEnvironment
@Stefani4CA
Shortly after the attack, police arrested Doty, 24, and booked him on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and battery causing serious bodily injury. (7/11)
SF Supervisor Catherine Stefani (
@Stefani4CA
) decried the incident, which occurred in her district.
"Right now, one of my dear friends is in the hospital," she said. "We’re 55 officers short in the Northern Station…I believe this is a direct result of the fact that we do not…
Muyi Yu and her husband are raising four children in an SRO apartment in San Francisco's Chinatown.
For nine years, the family members have eaten, slept and studied all in the confines of a single, 100-square-foot room.
And there are hundreds of families in the same situation.
SF’s average building cost is the highest in the world.
But it’s mainly city politics—not cost—that drives developers away.
“It’s basically mafia government,” said Bob Tillman, whose former lot sits empty nearly a decade after he filed permits. (1/3)
WATCH: SF Mayor
@LondonBreed
exchanged fiery words with Tenderloin Supe
@DeanPreston
at Tuesday’s
@sfbos
meeting as she defended the city’s arrests of drug users.
"Here we go, another white man talking about Black and brown people as if you’re the savior," Breed said. (1/4)
A hypothetical tech company with $30 billion in sales and 10,000 employees in San Francisco would pay 20 times more in local business taxes than if it were located in Mountain View, 200 times more than in San Jose and 1,300 times more than in Sunnyvale.
BREAKING: Westfield San Francisco Centre will be given up to its lender as the mall's owner pulls out from the Downtown San Francisco property that's been hit by a string of economic shocks.
Get the latest at the link below. ⬇️
NEW: A survey of 500 likely SF voters found that 70% support revoking sanctuary city protections for undocumented immigrants found guilty of dealing fentanyl.
It comes less than three months after
@sfbos
shot down a proposal to do something similar.
"Beyond my wildest dreams."
This family of six lived in a 100-square-foot SRO apartment in Chinatown for nine years. They shared a set of bunk beds and a common bathroom and kitchen.
Now, their lives have changed dramatically.
This is their story. ⬇️(1/12)
Watch:
@LondonBreed
addresses San Francisco’s public safety crisis.
“It’s time that the reign of criminals who are destroying our city…come to an end."
"It comes to an end when we take the steps to be more aggressive w/ law enforcement…and less tolerant of all the bullshit."
Buster Posey: SF Giants Lost Shohei Ohtani to Drug, Crime Issues
Buster Posey, now part of the Giants' ownership group, said players and their wives feel uncomfortable about the state of San Francisco.
JUST IN: San Francisco Mayor
@LondonBreed
said Monday that city workers will resume enforcing laws against sitting, lying or sleeping on public property against people who refuse shelter or are otherwise already sheltered.
Read more at the link. ⬇️
Tech mogul Elon Musk has called for a boycott of global law firm Latham & Watkins for providing legal support to a San Francisco nonprofit that’s suing the city over the rights of homeless people.
Get the details. ⬇️
WATCH: Sparks flew between San Francisco District Attorney
@BrookeJenkinsSF
and her Los Angeles counterpart
@GeorgeGascon
as they publicly clashed over their dueling views on crime and punishment at a recent
@usfca
panel.
San Francisco is on track to set a record for fatal drug overdoses this year, and the intersection of Seventh and Market Streets at U.N. Plaza has become an epicenter of the drug crisis—and a physical representation of the political battles playing out at City Hall. (1/12)
BREAKING: The California Public Utilities Commission has voted to let Cruise and Waymo operate driverless robotaxis 24/7 and charge fares across San Francisco.
The decision came after hours of sharply divided public comment.
BREAKING: The National Weather Service has refuted Mayor
@LondonBreed
's claim that the agency didn't give the city proper warning about the intensity of last weekend's disastrous storm.
The NWS says it gave SF many warnings—well over a week in advance.
Nima Momeni, the suspected killer of Bob Lee, was arraigned at a San Francisco court Friday morning.
In attendance were his sister, Khazar Elyassnia, and her husband, prominent SF plastic surgeon Dr. Dino Elyassnia.
🧵⬇️ (1/16)
A day after a historic storm caught San Francisco off guard and flooded streets, Mayor
@LondonBreed
boarded a plane.
Her destination? Vegas.
Hours after attending a lavish NYE party, she and E-40 watched the 49ers-Raiders game from a luxury box.
JUST IN: San Francisco Mayor London Breed is formally asking the University of California to consider opening a Downtown San Francisco campus.
The move comes as Downtown SF faces an uncertain future amid lagging post-pandemic recovery.
A "news" website gave SF Supervisor
@DeanPreston
glowing coverage before & after his re-election in 2020. It turns out his political party—the Democratic Socialists for America—secretly ran the site.
And it appears some of the writers aren't real people.
WARNING: Explicit and potentially upsetting content
A San Francisco man who camped across the street from a school displaying sign offering "free fentanyl for new users," and who has a previous pedophile conviction has been arrested.
Anthropologie is exiting Union Square and dropping its Market St. store, leaving the lifestyle retailer without an outlet in the city.
It's another blow to the city’s famed shopping district, which has lost a total of 17 retailers in the past three years.
Relatives of the family members killed in a deadly West Portal crash have released a statement: "We loved Diego, Matilde, Joaquim, and Cauê deeply and are sure the love they showed to their family and friends will serve as their legacy."
BREAKING: Days after a man was shot and killed at a Downtown San Francisco Walgreens, the private security guard arrested on suspicion of murder in the case has been released from jail and no charges have been filed against him.
More details below. ⬇️
A filmmaker took to Twitter to blast San Francisco police and crime in a viral thread after his car was broken into and $30,000 worth of camera equipment was stolen.
Get the details. ⬇️
WATCH: Mayor
@LondonBreed
takes a firm stance on conservatorship in her state of the city address.
"I'm done arguing if it's ok for people to remain on the streets if we have a place for them to go, because it is not...We need to make serious changes to our state laws."
BREAKING: The SF District Attorney's office is threatening to seek murder charges for fentanyl dealers.
The newly-announced strategy is part of DA
@BrookeJenkinsSF
's aggressive drug-related prosecution plan.
📝 by
@jonahowenlamb
. Details at the link. ⬇️
Liang’s wife, Yanfang Wu, was shoved to the ground and seriously injured near a Bayview bus stop in early July. She died two days later.
The death was initially ruled an accident, and no arrest has been made. Now, Liang wants to move back to China.
“Kids deserve to feel safe.”
There are ~3,500 children who live in SF's Tenderloin neighborhood. We spoke with three mothers raising young children there.
They say their children see things no child should have to see: feces, drug use, mental illness and anguish. (1/3)
Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield's 16-year-old child has been reported missing and is believed to be in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, according to police and local officials.
A petition signed by four UCSF doctors calls for a “post-Omicron pivot” of CA Covid restrictions, including major relaxation of masking in schools.
The petition, addressed to
@CAgovernor
, also argues against "mindless" testing of asymptomatic people.
JUST IN: Upscale home furnishings store Coco Republic is leaving its three-story showplace on Union Square after less than a year.
The departure follows the announced closure of Nordstrom nearby, plus the exodus of other commercial tenants in the area.
WATCH: San Francisco Police Commissioner
@KevinMBenedicto
speaks on Bob Lee killing.
"We don't know all the facts...But I find it premature and distasteful to try to fit this horrifying act of violence into a preconceived narrative and use it to advance a political agenda."
BREAKING: San Francisco city officials are developing a pilot program that could allow for the enforcement of public intoxication laws.
"We need every tool at our disposal," said the city's emergency department.
More info at the link. ⬇️
JUST IN: A San Francisco security guard was shot multiple times by thieves who were breaking into his car, according to
@SFPD
.
The incident happened on Shotwell Street between 25th and 26th at around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday.
More info below. ⬇️
DeSantis apparently stopped off in San Francisco to film the one-minute spot where he paints SF as a once vibrant city that collapsed because of leftist policies.
DeSantis is one of several presidential hopefuls to hit up Bay Area donors in recent days.
JUST IN: San Francisco DA
@BrookeJenkinsSF
is asking to bypass SF's sanctuary city rules to prosecute two Mexican nationals who allegedly fled the country to avoid standing trial in their respective murder and child rape cases.
More details below. ⬇️
UPDATE:
@sfdbi
, which regulates construction in SF, has opened a complaint and is investigating the erection of the X sign.
"A building permit is required to make sure the sign is structurally sound and installed safely," said a DBI spokesman.
At today's
@sfbos
meeting, San Francisco Mayor
@LondonBreed
had some spicy words for Supervisor
@DeanPreston
, a progressive lawmaker who criticized her handling of the city's drug crisis.
See clips of their exchange below. ⬇️
BREAKING: A body was found inside a large duffle bag in Golden Gate Park on Sunday Fulton St. and 22nd Ave.
The corpse, described as a female, was discovered near Outside Lands, a three-day event that was concluding Sunday evening.
JUST IN: In-N-Out's Oakland location to close. A statement notes the location's profitability, but adds it cannot ask customers and associates "to visit or work in an unsafe environment."
NEW: SF Mayor
@LondonBreed
said Wednesday that 25 people have been arrested for public intoxication as the city tests the waters on a tough-love approach to the drug crisis.
This strategy will be accompanied by “wellness hubs” and other alternatives.
Anthropologie is exiting Union Square and dropping its Market St. store, leaving the lifestyle retailer without an outlet in the city.
It's another blow to the city’s famed shopping district, which has lost a total of 17 retailers in the past three years.
JUST IN: The Williams-Sonoma Union Square store will close in 2024, the retailer confirmed Friday afternoon.
After its closure, San Francisco will be without a Williams-Sonoma.
Store employees said the building would become a Chanel store in the future.
EXCLUSIVE: DA
@ChesaBoudin
’s office did not secure a single conviction for dealing fentanyl in 2021. The reason?
Many drug dealers in SF are undocumented immigrants & Boudin's office prefers a different conviction that offers a path to avoid deportation.
JUST IN: San Francisco tied its own record for the most fatal overdoses in a single month in August.
With 84 people dying in August (roughly two and a half daily), SF is on track to lose more lives from drugs in 2023 than any other year on record,
Watch: Last night’s scene at 24th and Harrison.
#4thOfJuly
revelry turned to destruction as a crowd set off fireworks, lit trash cans on fire and tagged an
@SFMTA_Muni
bus passing through.
The bus stopped for just a few moments but was covered in tags by the time it departed.
🔶Cost of SF Downtown Rail Extension Swells to $8.2B
➡️ The proposed rail tunnel is intended to connect Caltrain—and future high-speed trains—at the Fourth and King streets station to the Salesforce Transit Center.
Tap the image to read more. ⬇️
Salesforce CEO Marc
@Benioff
said the pressure campaign he’s been putting on San Francisco to clean up its act for Dreamforce has been working—but he urged the city to enforce laws and hire more police officers.
WATCH: U.S. Secretary of Transportation
@SecretaryPete
spoke this morning at an event to announce a $400 million federal grant to retrofit the Golden Gate Bridge.
"We are going to protect it," Buttigieg said.
SF Mayor
@LondonBreed
and
@SpeakerPelosi
were also in attendance.
WATCH: SF Board of Supervisors Pres.
@AaronPeskin
issued a stern ultimatum to Mayor
@LondonBreed
: Come to UN Plaza for a Board appearance.
Why?
"So we can hear directly from the mayor as to how her administration is going to address the public health crisis," he said. (1/2)
JUST IN:
@PhilzCoffee
, the Bay Area-born coffee chain marking two decades in business this year, will close its original location on 24th Street in the Mission District.
The decision came after the company decided recently not to renew its lease.
JUST IN: First results are in for SF's new policy to crack down on drug use.
Since May 30, law enforcement "encountered" 58 people. Some were cited or booked into jail, but none accepted offers of treatment upon their release.
More at the link. ⬇️
The Oakland NAACP is calling on the city to declare a state of emergency over crime.
In a letter, the NAACP blamed everyone from Oakland DA Pamela Price to “the movement to defund the police” for contributing to a “heyday for Oakland criminals.”