Welcome to another episode of the Doomloop Dispatch, the news show covering the worst parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. In this episode, we talk with Jeremy Mack and Julie Pitta of the Phoenix Project. Julie gives us all the details from her interview with Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, the editor-in-chief at the San Francisco Chronicle. They also provide us updates on the growing astroturf network in the Bay Area and how it’s starting to show cracks…

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Sources:

Phoenix Project’s Astroturf Map:

https://www.phoenixprojectnow.com/oakland-astroturf-map

The San Francisco Chronicle and the Astroturf Network

https://www.phoenixprojectnow.com/phoenix-review/blog/the-san-francisco-chronicle-and-the-astroturf-network

JJ Smith and the Astroturf Network

https://www.phoenixprojectnow.com/phoenix-review/blog/jj-smith-and-the-astroturf-network

Mayor Daniel Lurie and the Astroturf Network

https://www.phoenixprojectnow.com/phoenix-review/blog/mayor-daniel-lurie-and-the-astroturf-network

UCSF doctors warn: Abstinence-only approach to drug use can kill

https://missionlocal.org/2025/03/ucsf-doctors-harm-reducation-abstinence-recovery-drug-use-sf/