San Francisco, CA
Learn about Scientology activities and controversies in San Francisco, California.
In the 1970s and 1980s, San Francisco was one of Scientology's better-earning cities.
Susan Meister joined Scientology in San Francisco.
Vaughn Young worked in the Guardians Office in San Francisco.
Dorothy Geary was getting auditing at the San Francisco org when she was held against her will.
In recent years, Scientology has been shrinking in San Francisco. The main org moved from a 40,000 square foot building to a 20,000 square foot building. In 2006, the celebrity-sponsored center South of Market (funded by Jenna Elfman) moved from its attractive, spacious office at Sixth and Mission to smaller quarters further east, much as the Sutter Street mission left their large building near the Financial District for their current tiny quarters further west.
Links
The Death of Susan Meister, from A Piece of Blue Sky
A Tale of Capture and Brainwashing - Dorothy Geary held against her will
Date | Title | ||
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| January 21, 1990 | Akron Beacon Journal: A Tale of Capture and Brainwashing | A Medina dentist, Geary said he also nearly lost his 5-year-old practice, and his wife wound up requiring hospitalization after allegedly being held captive for more than two weeks by Scientologists in California. | |
| March 21, 1993 | Bittersweet - Cocolat and Scientology | Two years since an employee's embezzlement forced the sale of Cocolat Chocolate Co., an unlikely mix is brewing at the company's Hayward plant: Scientology and chocolate. The mixture has been volatile. Cocolat is the latest in a small but growing number of California companies whose employees claim religious harassment because their employers are using management techniques based on the teachings of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. | |
| June 9, 2004 | San Francisco Chronicle: Scientology Link to Public Schools | As early as the third grade, students in S.F. and elsewhere are subtly introduced to church's concepts via anti-drug teachings. | |
| June 10, 2004 | San Francisco Chronicle: Narconon Put on Notice by Schools | A popular anti-drug program with ties to the Church of Scientology will be ousted after 13 years in the San Francisco schools unless it agrees to stop teaching what the district calls inaccurate and misleading information, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman said Wednesday. | |
| August 25, 2004 | San Francisco Chronicle: Narconon Banned from S.F. Schools | Narconon, an anti-drug program with ties to the Church of Scientology will be barred from San Francisco classrooms because of concerns about its scientific accuracy, city schools Superintendent Arlene Ackerman said Tuesday. |