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Meet the District 5 candidates: Why is homelessness decreasing in D5?
Here’s the latest in our “Meet the Candidates” series for District 5, in which we ask each candidate to answer one question per week leading up to the election. Four candidates are challenging incumbent Supervisor Dean Preston to represent District 5, which spans from the east end of Golden Gate Park through Haight-Ashbury, Japantown and the Western Addition, the Lower Haight and Hayes Valley, and most of the Tenderloin.
Donaji, Mexican restaurant on 24th, makes Michelin guide for third straight year
For the last three years, Donaji has been serving a variety of dishes featuring Mexico’s southwestern state of Oaxaca, a cuisine that chef and owner Isai Cuevas described as “complex” and at the same level of European ones. And, for the last three years, Donaji’s Oaxacan cooking...
The Tenderloin can be rough. But its parks are often a refuge.
Sadie Davenport visits Boeddeker Park nearly every day. Davenport, 24, moved to the Tenderloin from Yuba City in January for rehab. She lives just around the corner from Boeddeker, and her girlfriend lives nearby, too. Davenport often brings her girlfriend’s young daughter to the park at Eddy and Jones streets.
See how they run: Daniel Lurie announces ‘aggressive’ anti-corruption agenda
Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: Daniel Lurie. Read earlier dispatches here. Daniel Lurie can say one thing: He is unlike his four major rivals in that he has never held...
San Jose to San Francisco march for undocumented citizen rights heads through the Mission
At the screams of “Kamala escucha estamos en la lucha” — “Kamala listen because we’re in the fight — and “Si se puede,” – Yes we can” – about 100 people marched on Mission Street’s eastern sidewalk this afternoon on their way to City Hall to demand a path to legalization for millions of undocumented immigrants.
‘My brain is going to grow!’ Smiles and squeals on first day of school in San Francisco
It’s back to school day in San Francisco, and thousands of parents and children are waking up far earlier than they have all summer to start the 2024 year. The coming year will bring hardship: The school district is mulling closures, and parents across the city have voiced opposition and fear that their children’s campus will be on the chopping block. There are still too few teachers across the city, enrollment is declining, and the state has stepped in to manage a budget shortfall and propose cuts.
SF mayor’s race is about to get real, nasty — and real nasty
They sing songs about April in Paris. But nobody has much to say about August in San Francisco. The fog comes in and the residents go out. The government essentially goes on hiatus, thereby enabling the bureaucrat-to-Burning Man pipeline. Revelers leave San Francisco at its coolest and greyest and, instead, decamp to one of the least hospitable places on Earth. God help them.
District 7 candidates: What is your view on the encampment sweeps?
Welcome to “Meet the Candidates,” where Mission Local asks supervisor hopefuls questions in the lead-up to the November election. In District 7 — which includes the Inner Sunset, Parkmerced and West Portal — Matt Boschetto and Stephen Martin-Pinto are running against incumbent Myrna Melgar. In June,...
People We Meet: Neecia the social worker
We met Neecia while canvassing District 5 as part of our ongoing coverage of November’s supervisorial race. Though she was born and raised in San Francisco, most of Neecia’s family has picked up and left the city for one reason or another. “I’m like the last of the Mohicans,” says Neecia one late morning in July.
Review: Antigua Guatemala – home cooking Guatemalteco style
Antigua Guatemala, named after a small city in southern Guatemala, opened in April this year by family and friends who are cooking and serving cuisine from their home country. The space spans two dining areas and is warm and inviting, as are the servers, with lots of wood paneling, brightly colored tablecloths, and Guatemalan art and artifacts on the walls.
See how they run: Mark Farrell wins the lottery to be No. 1 mayoral candidate on ballot
Mission Local is publishing a daily campaign dispatch for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: Mark Farrell. Read earlier dispatches here. Mayoral candidate Mark Farrell has had a damn good week: He received a coveted endorsement from the...
Meet the District 1 candidates: Do you support the ‘aggressive’ homeless sweeps?
Welcome back to our weekly “Meet the Candidates” series, in which District 1 supervisorial candidates who have filed to run respond to a question in 100 words or fewer. Answers are published each week, but we are also archiving each answer on this page for District 1, to make it easier for voters to browse.
See how they run: Mark Farrell, PACs, and a closer look at his financing
Mission Local is publishing a daily campaign dispatch for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: Mark Farrell. Read earlier dispatches here. An eye-watering $24 million has already been poured into San Francisco’s forthcoming November election — with half...
Photos: ‘Our Mision Statement’ exhibit is love letter to the neighborhood
In the 1970s, a group of women called Las Mujeres Muralistas painted a large, colorful mural at what was then Paco’s Tacos, a beloved local taqueria at South Van Ness Avenue and 24th Street. The taqueria was facing new competition: A McDonald’s had just opened up a block away, and the local eatery worried it would go out of business at the hands of the fast food chain.
Two District 11 candidates support Brooke Jenkins for DA
Welcome back to the “Meet the Candidates” series for District 11, where we ask each candidate to answer one question every week leading up to the election. They must answer the question in 100 words or less. We will link to longer answers. With District 11 Supervisor Ahsha...
Here’s who SF’s Republican Party is backing this election
The San Francisco Republican Party, the chosen party of 7.6 percent of San Francisco voters, endorsed three candidates running for supervisor in the coming November election: school board recall organizer Autumn Looijen in District 5, firefighter Stephen Martin-Pinto in District 7, and Jeremiah Boehner in District 1. The candidates have...
See how they run: SF firefighters union goes all in for Farrell
Mission Local is publishing a daily campaign dispatch for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: Mark Farrell. Read earlier dispatches here. This week is a good one for the Mark Farrell for Mayor campaign: On Thursday, Farrell formally...
District 3 candidates discuss new Chinatown zoning
Between February and the November election, Mission Local is asking each District 3 candidate one question per week, and candidates will get 100 words to respond. We will compile all responses to the 40-odd questions on a “Meet the Candidates” page, so that voters can get a full picture of their stances.
San Francisco lowriders take over Palace of Fine Arts this Saturday
San Francisco lowriders are celebrating this weekend: On Jan. 1, a new state law went into effect that decriminalized lowriding across California, and on Saturday as many as 2,000 lowriders will be coming out to the annual “Kings of the Street” car show at the Palace of Fine Arts before cruising down Mission Street.
Regional $20B affordable housing bond is pulled from ballot
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission unanimously voted this morning to pull a long-planned $20 billion regional affordable housing bond measure which would’ve been voted on by residents of all nine Bay Area counties. Mission Local yesterday reported on this eventuality. “In June when I put this on the ballot, it...
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