Jennifer Gollan covers San Francisco Bay Area regional governments for The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR). She joined The Bay Citizen, prior to its merge with CIR, from the South Florida Sun Sentinel, where she produced watchdog stories involving 35 local governments and Broward County schools. She previously wrote for the Marin Independent Journal, the Santa Barbara News-Press and the Los Angeles Times. Raised by Australian transplants, Jennifer grew up in San Francisco and Boston.