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District 7 contender Matt Boschetto’s family gives $65K against Great Highway measure
District 7 supervisor candidate Matt Boschetto is the latest November election candidate to create a ballot measure committee — one that allows him to collect more money than his own campaign is allowed to receive directly. In just one week, the ballot measure committee took in $75,000, mostly from...
Dogs, cats, gulls: It’s all in a day’s work for an animal control officer
In the video, a medium-sized black dog cowers in the corner of an elevator. As the doors close, his owner, sporting a large sombrero that fills a third of the frame, swings his arm towards the dog. The video is shaky and blurry, but the dog’s whimper and yelp come through crystal clear.
Meet the District 9 candidates: Who do you support for D9 BART board?
Welcome back to our “Meet the Candidates” series, where we ask the District 9 supervisorial hopefuls in the November 2024 election one question each week. Candidates are asked to answer questions on policy, ideology and more in 100 words or fewer. Answers are being published individually each week,...
Meet the District 5 candidates: What have you done to help your district and its residents?
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.
Massive $20B Bay Area housing bond could be yanked tomorrow
The nine-county, $20 billion Bay Area regional housing bond that was projected to create more than 70,000 affordable homes may be scuttled tomorrow morning. The portion of the affordable housing and preservation funds allotted for San Francisco would have exceeded $2 billion. Tucked away as the final agenda item on...
In 2024 election, SF shopkeepers are agnostic about which candidates they feature
Down a seven-block stretch of Mission Street in the Excelsior, political signs plaster storefronts from nearly all of the mayoral candidates, and those running for supervisor in District 11. Only Mark Farrell and Roger Marenco fail to appear. With the election season in full swing, candidates have thousands, sometimes millions,...
Jon Jacobo to be released on home detention in sexual assault case
A judge on Tuesday morning ordered that Jon Jacobo, who has been incarcerated since his Aug. 5 arrest on sexual assault charges, be released on house arrest. The court heard arguments from the District Attorney’s Office that the once-rising star in San Francisco politics would be a risk to potential future victims if released, but ultimately ruled in favor of Jacobo’s release while he awaits further proceedings.
Susan Dyer Reynolds, former Marina Times editor, subject of ethics complaint
Last week, when the Commonwealth Club canceled a mayoral debate, organizers cited Mayor London Breed’s decision not to participate. Breed’s rationale was that the debate’s sponsors — a public pressure group called ConnectedSF and the new nonprofit outlet Voice of San Francisco, which is led by the former Marina Times editor Susan Dyer Reynolds — had “already committed their support to Mark Farrell,” her campaign rival.
There’s a new sizzle on Mission: Street tacos at night
It’s Saturday night, and Mission Street is sizzling with tacos. At the intersection with 19th Street, Gustavo Gonzalez runs hundreds of al pastor tacos to his hungry customers while one of his employees shaves pork off of a metal stand and bar — el trompo — that holds pork shoulder. The meat is seasoned with spices straight from Gonzalez’s home in Nuevo Leon, in northeast Mexico.
Doctors walk off the job at Sutter hospital on Van Ness
The block outside Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center campus at 1101 Van Ness Ave. was awash with blue scrubs and purple picket signs on Monday afternoon as 40 protesters called for better pay and benefits for doctors. The hospital’s unionized residents have been holding monthly bargaining meetings with...
Mitchell’s break-in is just one in spate of smash-and-grabs near 29th Street
A group of thieves left nearly empty-handed after breaking into Mitchell’s Ice Cream early Friday morning, in the latest in a recent series of burglaries or break-in attempts at the intersection of the Mission District, Noe Valley, and Bernal Heights. The Rock Bar and Cafe Seventy8, two other longtime...
San Francisco quietly lowered standards of program busing homeless out of town
San Francisco does not have one program that puts homeless people onto buses and sends them elsewhere. It has three. Because of course it does. Once again, we’re reminded of S.R. Hadden’s first rule in government spending: “Why build one when you can have two at twice the price?” Or three. Why not three?
The maestro at Golden Gate Park started with a borrowed trumpet
It’s Sunday in the park with the Maestro, as members of the Golden Gate Park Band, in crimson jackets and caps, file onto the stage at the music concourse. During a brief rehearsal before the show, Maestro German Gonzalez moves gracefully between the podium and the microphone, his expressions changing fleetingly with the music, a radiant smile occasionally flashing across his face.
See how they run: Happy 50th birthday, Madame Mayor
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: London Breed. Read earlier dispatches here. It was when “Get Me Bodied” by Beyoncé — the extended mix — came on that London Breed truly...
Family of Terry Williams, Black Alamo Square dogwalker, ‘disgusted’ by city’s response after racist attacks, house fire
More than two months after a fire destroyed the home of longtime Fillmore residents Terry Williams and his parents, and more than three months after they first received a racist package on their doorstep, there are still no answers for either incident. Support given to the Williams family after the...
Video: SFPD officer slams Black woman into wall during jaywalking stop
A San Francisco police officer slammed a Black mother of five into a wall during a July 29 jaywalking stop in the Richmond District, according to camera footage from a nearby corner store. The incident resulted in multiple hospital visits, the victim said. Christiana Porter, 34, was walking down Geary...
District 7 candidates: How will you get drivers to drive responsibly?
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. This week’s...
See how they run: Diving into Mayor Breed’s 2024 election financing
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: London Breed. Read earlier dispatches here. Mayor London Breed is doing well in the money race: The November 2024 election is gearing up to be...
District 1 candidates weigh in on Outside Lands’ impact on the Richmond
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.
District 11 candidates weigh in on the ongoing encampment sweeps
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...
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