The city’s SF OpenBook website, which provides contracts for organizations doing business with San Francisco, shows TODCO has two open grants that have awarded the organization more than $3.2 million since 2018. The total remaining money in those contracts could pay the organization more than $5.4 million.

Anna Yee, CEO of TODCO, said in an email Tuesday that the organization was “not aware of the issues raised” in The Standard’s report. However, Nadia Rahman—a former president of the San Francisco Women’s Political Committee—posted a screenshot of an email sent to Elberling and Yee on March 14, 2023, alerting the nonprofit execs of three other women “who were either raped or abused” by Jacobo. 

SAN FRANCISCO — Crossing the street should be a simple task, but for many pedestrians in San Francisco, they need to be on high alert for drivers navigating the city streets.

Ronen Reynolds, a regular visitor to the West Portal public library, shared his concerns about the challenges pedestrians face, especially at confusing intersections like Ulloa and Wawona streets.

“It’s sort of bad for pedestrians because it’s a little bit tricky. Because one thing I don’t like is like when the lights is like 15 seconds for an old person and that’s when something happens,” Reynolds remarked.

Reynolds expressed frustration with drivers who disregard stop signs and fail to yield to pedestrians.

“That’s just ridiculous, and that’s the impatience of all of us. That’s just ignorance. It’s like, come on, are you trying to kill somebody?” he exclaimed.

In response to growing concerns about pedestrian safety, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) conducted a sting operation targeting drivers who failed to stop for pedestrians at crosswalks.

Assistant Chief David Lazar said community feedback was important in prompting the enforcement action.

“The message was loud and clear. Many of the community called us and emailed us and they said that more enforcement needs to be done,” he stated.

The operation involved six officers on motorcycles and two decoy officers, meticulously observing intersections and ready to take action against violators. Within 90 minutes, the SFPD issued 22 tickets and five warnings to drivers who endangered pedestrians by failing to yield the right of way.

“These are all tools to educate the community in today with the media being here helping us promoting a message of traffic safety,” Assistant Chief Lazar explained.

The sting operation comes on the heels of a tragic crash where a family of four was killed at a nearby bus stop. Witnesses reported that the driver was speeding in the wrong direction on Ulloa Street, underscoring the urgent need for improved traffic safety measures.

Ronen Reynolds echoed the importance of such initiatives in preventing further tragedies.

“There’s got to be something that we can do, something outside the box like surveys and stuff, finding out why people are seeing red. And we’ve all done it in different situations, but driving you have to be careful,” he urged.

Gabe Kapler has spent the past three days in Miami watching his worlds collide as the Marlins hosted the San Francisco Giants.

Kapler is now the assistant general manager for the Marlins. But, for the four seasons prior, he managed the Giants before he was fired with just a few games left last season.

The Los Angeles native has come a long way from being the 57th round pick of the Detroit Tigers in 1995 out of Cal State-Fullerton. He carved out a 12-year professional career with six different MLB teams, including the Yomiuri Giants. That included a World Series ring with the 2004 Boston Red Sox.

He went into player development, coaching and ultimately became a manager with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2018 and then with San Francisco in 2020.

In four seasons with the Giants he went 295-248, including a 107-win season in 2021.

Kapler spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle during the series and admitted that he really had no intention of getting back into baseball so soon after his dismissal. But he quickly built a relationship with Marlins president of baseball operations Peter Bendix and opted to take a role in the front office.

But he’s known all along this moment was coming. At some point he would cross paths with his former team. Wednesday’s game wrapped up the Giants’ only visit to Florida. The Marlins will make the cross-country trip to San Francisco on Aug. 30-Sept. 1. There’s no guarantee Kapler will make that trip.

In his interview, he got reflective about his four years in the Bay area, the team’s success and his ultimate departure.

He said his first job was to be accountable. But he grew to love the city and its fans, even when he made decisions he knew they didn’t agree with.

“I love the city, I felt extremely, extremely supported and connected to the people in the city,” Kapler said. “That’s not to say all my moves as a manager were supported, I know those were not, at times. But I felt like I was home and like I belonged. There were some rocky times like in any relationship. I thought we got through those rocky times and I felt stronger leaving the city than I did when I showed up.”