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Tomorrow, May 21st, at 10:00am, the SF Board of Supervisors Government Audit & Oversight Committee will hold a hearing at San Francisco City Hall, Legislative Chamber, Room 250, regarding San Francisco’s Dangerous & Vicious Dog Unit, which currently has dozens of pending dangerous dog cases without hearings due to the lack of a dedicated hearing officer.

Meanwhile, the City has already logged 438 reported dog bite incidents in 2026, with 66 dangerous dog cases currently backed up without hearings.

I’m attending in person because my own service dog was seriously injured in an unprovoked attack by an unneutered pit bull inside an enclosed San Francisco dog park. Navigating the process afterward was already extremely difficult even when hearings were operational.

One thing I learned after the attack is that many victims never report incidents at all because they:
• do not know the system exists,
• cannot identify the owner,
• or assume nothing meaningful will happen.

If you are in the Bay Area or San Francisco and have firsthand experience with severe dog attacks, especially involving pit bulls, service animals, or repeated aggression cases, please consider:
• attending public comment tomorrow,
• speaking to reporters,
• or DMing me if you are willing to share your story publicly.

The goal here is not online outrage. It is making sure San Francisco maintains a functioning system for dangerous dog accountability and public safety.

Background article:

https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/dog-attacks-sf-canine-court/

I used to have a lot of respect for The Daily, but their recent episodes on Iran seriously undermined that.

At a basic level, there is a sourcing problem. The voices being featured do not sound representative of the broader Iranian population. That disconnect shapes the entire narrative.

The coverage feels detached from reality. Iran is a country where tens of millions of people have lived under an oppressive regime for nearly 50 years. That context should be central, yet it often feels secondary. Instead, the perspective can come across as closer to official narratives than to the lived experience of ordinary people.

Key context is missing or minimized. Large segments of the population oppose the government. Protest movements are not just “crackdowns.” They have repeatedly been met with lethal force. In recent protests, including those earlier this year, security forces opened fire on civilians, resulting in what many observers and human rights groups describe as a massacre. Thousands have been killed across waves of unrest in recent years. This is a pattern.

Repression does not stop at the streets. There are widespread reports of arbitrary arrests, torture, and sexual violence in detention. Families are threatened into silence. Internet shutdowns cut people off from the outside world, which means much of what emerges is filtered or controlled by the state.

There is also a deeper issue with sourcing. The voices being featured do not sound representative of the broader population. When ordinary Iranians are mentioned, it often feels superficial and disconnected from the scale of repression people deal with daily.

As an example, in today’s episode (April 27), an Iranian reporter described officials negotiating with the US as “pragmatic.” Even the interviewer seemed surprised enough to question that characterization. What exactly is “pragmatic” about representatives tied to a system known for repression and violence? Without context or challenge, that framing risks normalizing actors within a deeply repressive system.

I understand the focus on political analysis. But even then, you cannot talk about Iran without accurately representing its people. Right now, that balance is missing.

For a publication that prides itself on rigorous journalism, this is a serious blind spot.

URGENT HELP NEEDED FROM SF RESIDENTS BEFORE TOMORROW’S HEARING at 10am (May 21, 2026)