Anya Schultz
@anyaviolet.bsky.social
Pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter
Currently: Enterprise Reporter at The San Francisco Standard
Currently: Enterprise Reporter at The San Francisco Standard
San Francisco’s family court judges make life-altering decisions about abuse, custody, and safety — with little oversight or accountability.
The results can be devastating.
My latest investigation: sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/s...
The results can be devastating.
My latest investigation: sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/s...
How one judge’s decision led to a child’s abduction — and exposed a broken system
A toddler was abducted after a court ruling that allowed one of his parents to take him out of the country. Our investigation reveals how SF family court’s secrecy and lack of oversight puts families ...
sfstandard.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
San Francisco’s family court judges make life-altering decisions about abuse, custody, and safety — with little oversight or accountability.
The results can be devastating.
My latest investigation: sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/s...
The results can be devastating.
My latest investigation: sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/s...
Reposted by Anya Schultz
For the last few months, @anyaviolet.bsky.social has delved into SF's mishandling of domestic violence. Today's installment in the series is a heartbreaker.
Family court dysfunction forced one father to become an expert in international child abduction. sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/s...
Family court dysfunction forced one father to become an expert in international child abduction. sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/s...
How one judge’s decision led to a child’s abduction — and exposed a broken system
A toddler was abducted after a court ruling that allowed one of his parents to take him out of the country. Our investigation reveals how SF family court’s secrecy and lack of oversight puts families ...
sfstandard.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
For the last few months, @anyaviolet.bsky.social has delved into SF's mishandling of domestic violence. Today's installment in the series is a heartbreaker.
Family court dysfunction forced one father to become an expert in international child abduction. sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/s...
Family court dysfunction forced one father to become an expert in international child abduction. sfstandard.com/2025/11/09/s...
When SF’s women’s commission was first proposed, male supervisors laughed it off. Dianne Feinstein shot back: “I realize it’s difficult for a man to admit women are equal.”
Decades later, that legacy is unraveling.
sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/k...
Decades later, that legacy is unraveling.
sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/k...
Inside the gutting of San Francisco’s women’s rights infrastructure
Advocates say former director Kimberly Ellis put the Department on the Status of Women on a path to failure. Now they’re fighting not to lose its legacy.
sfstandard.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When SF’s women’s commission was first proposed, male supervisors laughed it off. Dianne Feinstein shot back: “I realize it’s difficult for a man to admit women are equal.”
Decades later, that legacy is unraveling.
sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/k...
Decades later, that legacy is unraveling.
sfstandard.com/2025/10/14/k...
I profiled Tony Flores, the SFPD's longest-standing detective, on what it's like to investigate domestic violence, sexual assault & human trafficking when your unit lost half its staff. sfstandard.com/2025/09/30/s...
SFPD’s longest-standing detective watches his special victims unit decline
The SVU has lost nearly half its detectives in six years. Tony Flores, the SFPD’s longest-serving detective, is still on the front lines — making up for lost staff and keeping victims’ cases alive.
sfstandard.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I profiled Tony Flores, the SFPD's longest-standing detective, on what it's like to investigate domestic violence, sexual assault & human trafficking when your unit lost half its staff. sfstandard.com/2025/09/30/s...
Reposted by Anya Schultz
great accountability piece by @anyaviolet.bsky.social. Another ignored voter-approved ballot measure, in this case both unfunded AND services cut for life or death stakes
sfstandard.com/2025/09/09/s...
sfstandard.com/2025/09/09/s...
Voters promised domestic violence survivors free lawyers. SF didn’t follow through
Having a lawyer can make or break a survivor’s chance of escaping an abusive relationship. In 2022, SF voted to fund attorneys for survivors, but the city never followed through. Instead, Mayor Lurie’...
sfstandard.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
great accountability piece by @anyaviolet.bsky.social. Another ignored voter-approved ballot measure, in this case both unfunded AND services cut for life or death stakes
sfstandard.com/2025/09/09/s...
sfstandard.com/2025/09/09/s...