All stories about "Sam Singer"

Hell bent? Yes, hell bent. Lennar, the Miami-based developer, is set on securing the go-ahead to overhaul the Hunter's Point Shipyard and Candlestick Park and lure the 49ers back into residency. We know this. What might be new news, however, is the amount of green — $625,000 in the past year ($113,000 during January itself) that the corporation has dropped on a team of Olympic hopefuls whose names leave no doubt as to the relationship between politics and big business: Eric Jaye, Newsom's chief political strategist; Roberta Achtenberg, former SF Supe and now CA Board of Trustees Chair, and spin doctor Sam Singer. That Sam Singer— the one hired by the San Francisco zoo to spread the good word on vodka bottles and sling shots. He characterizes the lineup as a "political dream team."

The San Francisco Zoo has hired Sam Singer, a "public relations and crisis communications" consultant (a.k.a. "spin doctor") to perpetrate rumors about vodka and sling shots manage the public portrayal of the recent tiger mauling— you know, the one that left one dead, two hospitalized, and the zoo looking bad beyond belief. What's that got to do with Curbed SF? Not much, we thought, until we noticed a few of the other names and projects on Singer's client list:

Gap Inc. founder Don Fisher, in his bid to develop a museum to house his modern art collection at the Presidio; Lennar Corp., in its push for a deal with San Francisco City Hall to redevelop Treasure Island, Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Point; and the San Francisco 49ers, during their recently abandoned attempt to build a new stadium in the city.