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Maggie Angst @MaggieAngst

Homelessness reporter for @sfchronicle. Previously: @sacbee_news @mercnews

Joined June 2015
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Maggie Angst@MaggieAngst
3 Dec 2024
Exclusive: Within 13 months, four clients and one staff member fatally overdosed at facilities run by San Francisco's largest addiction treatment provider. Their deaths are among several signs that HealthRight’s programs are not working as designed. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h…

They went to rehab to kick drugs. Instead, they died in S.F.’s biggest treatment program

San Francisco’s largest addiction treatment provider is supposed to be a place to get sober. Instead, clients say they found “rampant” drug use and chaos.

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We've been asked a lot how we got our story about the sexual assault allegations against Eric Swalwell. @demianbulwa wrote about the fundamental acts of journalism, not opposition research, that unearthed this scandal: sfchronicle.com/politics/art…

‘Keep digging’: What happened in the days leading up to the Chronicle’s Eric Swalwell story

The woman who answered a reporter’s call last month was hesitant, at first. She withheld the painful account she would later reveal. The next morning, she asked to keep talking.

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Treatment for fentanyl addiction is easier than ever to get in San Francisco. So why are so few sticking with it? via @sfchronicle sfchronicle.com/sf/article/f…

Treatment for fentanyl addiction is easier than ever to get in S.F. Why are so few sticking with it?

Medication-assisted treatment is the gold standard for treating opioid addiction. Yet, despite its proven track record, health care professionals are struggling to ensure people stick with them.

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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwa
16 Oct 2025
Devastating piece: Six infections, three heart surgeries, more than $1 million in health care — and still he can’t escape his drug addiction Story by @MaggieAngst Photos by @gabriellelurie GIFT LINK: sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
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With 15 months of sobriety, an aspiring San Francisco firefighter was building a new life — until a fatal relapse last month sfchronicle.com/sf/article/a…

With 15 months of sobriety, aspiring S.F. firefighter was building a new life — until a fatal...

Trying to get his life back on track after years of addiction, Kyle Emerson died of an overdose in San Francisco after he relapsed in May. His family partly blames the city’s drug policies.

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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwa
13 Jun 2025
BREAKING: Trump exceeded powers by sending National Guard, Marines to Los Angeles, judge rules By @BobEgelko sfchronicle.com/politics/art…

Appeals court blocks U.S. judge’s order to return National Guard to California control

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision means the Trump administration can continue using California’s National Guard in Los Angeles. A hearing has been set for the case on June 17.

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Roland Li@rolandlisf
4 Jun 2025
Even as downtown SF's retail struggles, Japantown and Stonestown malls are thriving with a new wave of Asian shops and restaurants: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/j… w/ @kolyn_cheang

These S.F. malls are experiencing a ‘renaissance’ that defies the doom loop. Here’s their secret

As downtown San Francisco’s struggling mall and Union Square shopping district face scores of empty storefronts, a new wave of Asian retailers and restaurants is filling a pair of the city’s...

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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwa
22 May 2025
San Francisco homeless tents are dwindling. So why are encampment complaints rising? By @MaggieAngst and @DanielleEchev sfchronicle.com/sf/article/h…

S.F. homeless tents are dwindling. So why are encampment complaints rising?

The number of tents in San Francisco is at a low, but data shows that the number of complaints about encampments is higher than last year in many parts of the city. Here’s what’s going on.

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Janelle Bitker@JanelleBitker
13 May 2025
Here's an incredible opportunity: The San Francisco Chronicle is looking for our next Food & Wine editor. Is it you? eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/…

Food & Wine Editor

Food & Wine Editor The San Francisco Chronicle seeks an editor to lead its award-winning Food & Wine team. This editor will lead the team’s daily operations, ensuring we are first to news on openin...

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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwa
8 Apr 2025
EXCLUSIVE: State bar sends San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to diversion program over ethics complaints By @mdbarba sfchronicle.com/sf/article/b…

Exclusive: State bar sends S.F. DA Jenkins to diversion program over ethics complaints

Among the allegations against Brooke Jenkins was that she misrepresented herself as a volunteer for the recall campaign against her predecessor, Chesa Boudin.

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New: Parents sue S.F.’s largest drug treatment provider after their son fatally overdosed in rehab, alleging that HealthRight 360 created a "dangerous milieu" and failed to ensure their son's safety. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/p… via @sfchronicle

Parents sue S.F.’s largest drug treatment provider after their son died in rehab

An attorney for the family said conditions inside HealthRight’s facilities were “the perfect fuel” for their son's death, which he said should have been prevented. 

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A year after San Francisco passed a law designed to increase its capacity to care for people in the throes of mental illness and addiction, the city hasn't added any treatment beds. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/t…

S.F. has not opened new addiction treatment beds in a year despite push to get people help

The 2024 law waived the city’s competitive bidding process with the goal of bringing new treatment beds online faster and reducing wait times for clients.

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San Francisco’s homelessness department has chosen a new location for its first sober living housing project. Is more drug-free housing on the way? w/ @thejdmorris sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s…

S.F. has chosen a new location for a first-of-its-kind sober housing project. Here’s where

San Francisco’s homelessness department has has released plans to convert the Civic Center Motor Inn into a sober living transitional housing program.

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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwa
7 Mar 2025
🚨New S.F. Chronicle job opening🚨 "Enterprise editor" Want to shepherd ambitious pieces across desks including profiles, lede-alls, quick investigations, news features and narratives? DMs open CC @NAHJ @aaja @spj_tweets @IndigenousJA @NABJ @IRE_NICAR eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/…
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Emily Hoeven@emily_hoeven
5 Mar 2025
S.F. spent millions on a site for homeless RV dwellers. Now, they’re back on the street, @MaggieAngst reports sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s…

S.F. spent millions on a site for homeless RV dwellers. Now they’re back on the street

The demise of San Francisco’s only parking site for homeless people living in vehicles could be used as a case study on how difficult it is for the city to solve its intractable homelessness...

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San Francisco drug markets: Officers arrested than 80 people overnight at Jefferson Square Park during a large-scale raid. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s… via @sfchronicle

San Francisco drug markets: More than 80 people arrested in large-scale overnight raid

Jefferson Square Park has recently become a hot spot for San Francisco’s overnight drug markets. “If you are selling drugs in this city, we are coming after you,” Mayor Daniel Lurie posted on...

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New: For the first time in his decades-long battle with addiction, Jonathan Martin asked for help. But S.F.’s largest treatment provider turned him away and the city's fragmented behavioral health system failed to deliver the urgent care he needed. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/d…

He overdosed waiting for help. Why did S.F.’s largest drug treatment provider turn him away?

It was the first time in Jonathan Martin’s decades-long battle with addiction that he asked for help, but the city’s fragmented behavioral health system failed to deliver the urgent care he...

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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwa
27 Feb 2025
NEW: He overdosed waiting for help. Why did San Francisco's largest drug treatment provider turn him away? More incredible work from @MaggieAngst and @gabriellelurie sfchronicle.com/sf/article/d…

He overdosed waiting for help. Why did S.F.’s largest drug treatment provider turn him away?

It was the first time in Jonathan Martin’s decades-long battle with addiction that he asked for help, but the city’s fragmented behavioral health system failed to deliver the urgent care he...

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26 Feb 2025
The death of a teenage girl found in a driveway in San Francisco was a mystery that shocked the city. But even before local authorities examined her body, Jázmin’s mother knew the underlying cause. Severe mental illness had ravaged Jázmin for the last two years of her life.
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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwa
26 Feb 2025
NEW: "This is the story of Jázmin, the girl found dead in a San Francisco driveway" PART 1 of an investigation into California's increasing reliance on—and poor regulation of—psychiatric hospitals run by for-profits, by Joaquin Palomino & Cynthia Dizikes sfchronicle.com/projects/202…

The mystery shocked San Francisco. What led to the death of a girl found in a driveway

Jázmin sought care in California's for-profit psychiatric hospitals. But rather than help, they subjected her to chaotic conditions.

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J.D. Morris@thejdmorris
21 Feb 2025
Mayor Lurie's administration plans to set up a unified public safety command center in the Mission amid complaints that SF has pushed illegal vending and drug activity into the neighborhood from other parts of the city. w/ @MaggieAngst: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/1…

S.F. is cracking down on chaotic streets. But are the problems getting pushed into one neighborhood?

This part of San Francisco has long been a place where some of the city’s most difficult problems converge. Can new leadership turn the situation around?

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