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District 3 candidates: Park space in Lower Nob Hill
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.
Dolores Park teen homicide victim honored with mural
Luis Manuel Arguello-Inglis was 19 when his life was taken early last month at Dolores Park. Soon after, friends put up a memorial near a bench where he often liked to hang out with loved ones. Now, Arguello-Inglis has been honored in a mural that family and friends are painting...
Man with machete maims an entire block of gardens near Precita Park
At 5 a.m. on Tuesday, a man with a machete-like blade attached to a long stick was spotted hacking away at the front yards of homes along Harrison Street between Norwich Street and Precita Avenue, just south of Precita Park. One resident, who requested to be left unnamed due to...
Meet the District 5 candidates: What’s up in Haight-Ashbury?
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.
Hillary Ronen quits committee chair in rebuke to Aaron Peskin
In a dramatic move, Supervisor Hillary Ronen today tendered her immediate resignation as chair of the Board of Supervisors Rules Committee. In a public letter, she accused Board President Aaron Peskin of using procedural legerdemain to potentially resurrect legislation Ronen yesterday moved to kill. The legislation in question would place...
Tuba, Turkish restaurant on Guerrero, evicted due to back rent
Tuba, a Turkish restaurant at 1007 Guerrero St. near 22nd Street, was evicted in June and closed its doors after more than 14 years. The eviction notice, posted on the doors, was dated June 12. Tuba was paying a monthly rent of about $9,400 in a five-year lease, according to court documents. The suit said that Tuba owed the landlord about $41,000 in rent.
SEIU 1021, SF’s largest union, sole-endorses Aaron Peskin
The SEIU 1021, by far San Francisco’s largest union, has voted to endorse Aaron Peskin for mayor — and only Aaron Peskin. The outcome of the lengthy process was revealed to union members and candidates over the weekend. More than two-thirds of voting members chose to sole-endorse Peskin, Mission Local has learned.
In SF’s District 5, every candidate says they’re ‘progressive’
As conservative groups and opponents have put up heaps of money to unseat Supervisor Dean Preston, the city’s only elected Democratic Socialist, an odd political metamorphosis has unfolded. Bilal Mahmood, a challenger backed by the opposition money, nonetheless sees value in labeling himself as the most progressive of them...
Mission Local wins ‘General Excellence’ category at California Journalism Awards
It was a generally excellent weekend for Mission Local, as our newsroom took home top honors for “General Excellence” at Sunday night’s California Journalism Awards. It was Mission Local’s focus on the forthcoming election that earned it the top spot in its division. “Mission Local’s supervisor...
Ballot measure to fund housing for seniors, people with disabilities advances
The Board of Supervisors’ Rules Committee voted today to advance a November ballot measure that will fund deeply affordable housing for seniors, people with disabilities and low-income families. Now, the measure needs the support of at least six of the 11 supervisors at tomorrow’s full board meeting to put...
With an unexpected bundle of cash, father and son build a new music legacy
A manila envelope stuffed with $100 bills passed quietly in a Denny’s parking lot isn’t the usual way that new music commissions get funded. But Adam Tendler has never been particularly concerned with concert hall niceties. The Grammy-nominated pianist made his Bay Area debut at Oakland’s Piedmont Piano...
Fire drill: Mayoral candidates can’t stop dropping by fire houses
According to internal polling, 92 percent of San Franciscans have a favorable impression of firefighters. The other 8 percent? Jilted ex-spouses. Just kidding. But — maybe not? Eight percent is not a lot of people; it is conceivable. In any event, the firefighters are a boffo endorsement for any...
Review: Pasta Supply Company – a plethora of pasta!
Pasta Supply Company opened recently on 22nd Street in the space left behind by Dumpling Club. This is owner Chef Anthony Strong’s (formerly of Locanda) third venture in the Mission. He opened Prairie in late 2018 just a few blocks away, only to close during the pandemic, after pivoting for a few months as a general store for the neighborhood when it was badly needed.
Mission District apartment listings drop by half. What’s up?
You know how you sometimes get a fun idea, try it once, and then just can’t stop? That’s exactly what happened to me with tracking Mission District apartment listings on Craigslist. It all started in the spring of 2021. I decided to record the number of apartments listed...
People We Meet: Idalia López brings joy and toys to Mission St.
Idalia López has been a vendor for as long as she can remember. She began selling sandals on the streets in San Salvador, El Salvador when she was only eight years old. And now, at 56 years old she is in on Misson Street behind a booth full of everything, she says in Spanish “that you would see in a toy store for kids.”
District 11 candidates reveal their boldest piece of legislature if elected
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...
District 1 candidates on the city’s budget
Welcome back to our weekly “Meet the Candidates” series, where 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.
After contentious revote, District 9 candidate Jackie Fielder wins Bernal Heights club endorsement
Nearly two months after missing the Bernal Heights Democratic Club’s endorsement by one vote, District 9 supervisorial candidate Jackie Fielder successfully secured it Thursday Night after the club conducted a second round of voting — and a contentious one. At the members-only meeting held at the Bernal Heights...
See how they run: London Breed gets glitzy at gala for SF Dems — the new SF Dems
Almost all the members of the newly ascendant wing of the San Francisco Democratic Party were in the Palace Hotel on Thursday night — gathered in the Gold Ballroom alongside a few hundred people drinking and schmoozing beneath faux white-and-gold Corinthian columns, and toasting a change: This ain’t the same San Francisco Democrats.
District 11 debate: Candidates put on spot, asked who gets their second vote
The question that most flummoxed District 11 candidates Wednesday night was who — after voting for themselves — would be their second choice. “Oh I haven’t thought this far ahead,” candidate Ernest “E.J.” Jones blurted out. Nevertheless, Jones and Chyanne Chen each won two...
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