San Francisco Download
Bay Area news without the spin, the PR fluff, or the paywall.
// THE_MISSION
San Francisco Download covers the stories that matter to people who live and work in the Bay Area. Tech industry moves. Housing fights. Transit chaos. The restaurants opening and closing. City Hall decisions that actually affect your life.
We're not chasing national trends or rewriting press releases. We're doing original reporting on the place we call home.
// COVERAGE
→ Tech & Startups
AI, crypto, layoffs, funding rounds
→ Bay Area Politics
City Hall, housing, transit, elections
→ Business & Real Estate
Commercial, residential, development
→ Culture & Lifestyle
Food, arts, neighborhoods, people
// INDEPENDENCE
- ✓ Independently owned and operated
- ✓ Zero outside investors
- ✓ No sponsored content or paid posts
- ✓ No paywall
// FOUNDED
San Francisco Download launched in 2025 with a simple premise: the Bay Area deserves news coverage that's actually useful. Not aggregated wire stories. Not thinly-veiled press releases. Real reporting on the issues that matter here.