About Brian Howey
Brian Howey was a staff reporter at the San Francisco Public Press in 2020 and 2021. In 2020, Howey won a Society of Professional Journalists, NorCal Excellence in Journalism Award for his coverage at The San Francisco Public Press of San Francisco’s response to homelessness during the pandemic. He can be reached at [email protected] For encrypted email, write to [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @SteelandBallast.
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