Beth Spotswood Daza (born January 28, 1978, in San Francisco, California), known professionally as Beth Spotswood, is a writer. Among the issues she addresses is gentrification.[1]

Biography

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Born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Mill Valley, California, Spotswood attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco and Philadelphia University graduating in 1996 and 2000, respectively.[2][3] After graduating in 2000, she returned to San Francisco and began working at Steve Silver's now-defunct Beach Blanket Babylon in 2001.[4]

She was hired by the San Francisco Chronicle in 2007 to write for their culture blog.[citation needed] Spotswood also wrote for the now-defunct San Francisco Appeal and VidSF.[citation needed] As of 2021, she is also the digital editor for Alta Magazine.[4]

Spotswood lives in Novato, California, with her husband and son born in 2018.[5][6]

Her father is former Mill Valley Mayor and current Marin Independent Journal columnist Dick Spotswood.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Glionna, John M. (2008-04-23). "Last call for many classic S.F. bars Rising rents 86 classic S.F. bars". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ "00000228 by SiPrep". 00000228 by SiPrep. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  3. ^ "GENESIS V" (PDF). Summer 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Beth Spotswood, Columnist - San Francisco Chronicle". www.sfchronicle.com. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. ^ Sisson, Patrick (2020-03-19). "Shelter in place: What life is like in the Bay Area right now". Curbed SF. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  6. ^ Spotswood, Beth (2019-01-16). "Back as new mother after a labor of love". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Marin Columnist says 'No Density Needed Here'". Streetsblog San Francisco. 2017-08-23. Retrieved 25 May 2021.