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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · Dec 10

Hey! A lot of our reporters and editors are on Bluesky — give them a follow!

We're posting here every day, and we're already seeing ~much~ better engagement than at the other place. Thanks to everyone on here making that happen.

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San Francisco police officers arrested a 21-year-old suspect in the fatal hit-and-run that killed a father in Bernal Heights last weekend.

Perla Rosario Henriquez Ulloa was booked on felony hit-and-run charges. Binod Budhathoki, 30, was killed.

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S.F. police arrest suspect in fatal Bernal Heights hit-and-run

San Francisco police arrested Perla Rosario Henriquez Ulloa, 21, in the fatal hit-and-run of 30-year-old father Binod Budhathoki in Bernal.

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They blocked the Golden Gate Bridge for four hours in April last year, protesting for Gaza.

In a first, the bridge is now asking for $163K in restitution from the 26 protesters.

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Gaza protesters who blocked Golden Gate Bridge hit with $163K bill

Golden Gate Bridge wants $163,000 from 26 pro-Palestine protesters who blocked the bridge for hours last year in support of Gaza.

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Supervisor Shamann Walton slammed Mayor Lurie for a “bait & switch:" Moving tiny homeless cabins to a Bayview site w/out speaking to residents.

Lurie says it’s temporary storage. Walton says Lurie won’t return his calls.

via @marinanewman.bsky.social

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S.F. supervisor slams Lurie’s move of tiny cabins to Bayview as ‘dishonest’

Mayor Daniel Lurie is moving tiny cabins from the Mission to the Bayview — and Supervisor Walton says, not with promised community input.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 2d

S.F. lost its case against Collective Impact—the nonprofit implicated in a corruption scandal won’t be cut off from city funds.

It was an odd ruling that came after midnight…& w/out information the judge deemed “critical.”

via @marinanewman.bsky.social

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In ‘bizarre’ midnight move, S.F. nonprofit tied to corruption scandal wins reprieve

An administrative law judge ruled against the city in favor of San Francisco nonprofit Collective Impact, implicated in a corruption scandal.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 2d

The new chief of staff at the San Francisco sheriff's dept. was filmed on video in 2020 shoving a Black Lives Matter protester to the ground.

He faced a criminal probe under the previous DA, but was ultimately cleared of wrongdoing.

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New S.F. sheriff chief of staff shoved BLM protester in 2020 video

Incoming San Francisco sheriff chief of staff John Ramirez was criminally investigated but cleared of wrongdoing.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 2d

Saikat Chakrabarti has a big goal: Unseat San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi from the office she's held since 1987.

It's a tall order, but he is adamant Democrats have failed to meet the moment.

“This is about an overwhelming demand for change right now.”

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Pelosi challenger Saikat Chakrabarti launches upset bid at packed Mission event

“I know this is not just about me,” he said to a packed San Francisco crowd. "This is about an overwhelming demand for change right now.”

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For 20 years, an indigenous cultural group collaborated with the mayor's office to plan Native American Heritage Night.

This year, Mayor Lurie’s office ended the partnership, a move the group says sidelines Native leadership.

via @io-y-g.bsky.social

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Mayor Lurie ends 20-year partnership with S.F. indigenous group

American Indian Cultural Center says cutting it from Native American Heritage Night "excludes the very community the event is meant to honor."

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 2d

HealthRight360 is launching a mini-clinic on wheels at certain sites in San Francisco, as part of an initiative to fill gaps in medical care.

Sutter Health, the funder, plans to replicate the concept across California.

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Sutter has big healthcare plans for California streets. It’s starting in S.F.

A mini-clinic on wheels launches Friday to fill gaps in medical care, part of an initiative from HealthRight360 and Sutter Health.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 3d

This Tenderloin bus driver wants to manage California’s finances. She's one of a slate of socialist candidates in San Francisco neighborhoods running for state office who are hoping to shake up California politics.

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This Tenderloin bus driver wants to manage California’s finances

Meghann Adams, a school bus driver living in San Francisco's Tenderloin, is a socialist candidate for state controller.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 3d

Spooky season is here and S.F. City Hall is paying a spooky homage to the former members of the Board of Supervisors.

From ‘Doom Preston’ to ‘Gavin Gruesome,’ D1 Sup. Connie Chan’s office takes Halloween very seriously.

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In City Hall, a spooky homage to S.F.’s undead political careers

In a "graveyard" outside Supervisor Connie Chan's office, each tombstone is marked with a Halloweeny riff on the name of a former supervisor.

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District 2 Supervisor Stephen Sherrill is not against Mayor Lurie’s proposal to upzone San Francisco, he said.

The alternative, he warned, would be far worse.

via @kellywaldron.bsky.social

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District 2’s Stephen Sherrill isn’t saying no to upzoning

“I feel strongly that no is not the answer,” said Sherrill, closely echoing remarks made on Monday by Mayor Daniel Lurie.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 4d

The Potrero Bus Yard would have been the largest affordable housing project in the Mission — 465 rental units sitting atop a Muni lot.

But it’s been slashed to just 100 units.

via @marinanewman.bsky.social

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Massive 465-unit Mission District affordable housing project slashed to just 100 units

The Potrero Yard Modernization Project cannot secure the funding for an ambitious bus yard and housing plan seven years in the works.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 4d

If SF doesn't upzone, the state could take over and "there could be towers everywhere," Mayor Lurie told the crowd at a Sunset town hall.

State Sen. Wiener also spoke, defending the state laws that are requiring San Francisco to rezone.

via @io-y-g.bsky.social

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Lurie warns Sunset: Upzone, or S.F. could see ‘towers everywhere’

In doubleheader, Sen. Scott Wiener, architect of the state building mandates that require San Francisco to rezone, draws ire at Westside forum

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 4d

A man was killed in a hit-and-run in Bernal Heights early Saturday morning.

The car was speeding down Cortland Ave when the crash happened. Residents say speeding on Cortland is frequent and want reforms.

via @io-y-g.bsky.social

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Man killed by speeding car in predawn Bernal Heights hit-and-run

The crash occurred on Cortland, where cars frequently speed. Several other pedestrian fatalities have happened on the street.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 4d

SF’s Asian politicians today launched a new group to mentor future leaders and boost representation at City Hall.

They’re recruiting for a Nov.-Dec. boot camp to train candidates eyeing 2026 races.

via @yujie-z.bsky.social
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S.F. Asian leaders form new group to boost City Hall representation

This may come as a surprise: SF’s Asian elected officials have never formally united to cultivate their successor generation. Until today.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 4d

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 5d

Logan Hollarsmith from San Francisco was a captain in the Gaza flotilla, & one of hundreds held in Israeli prison.

Mission Local learned tonight that he & 17 other U.S. citizens will be released. But his family wasn't told where he'll be sent.

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Gaza flotilla detainee from S.F. to be released from Israeli prison

His mother, who's been fighting for her son Logan Hollarsmith's release from Israel, said only one San Francisco official has reached to her.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 5d

Leonard Lacayo calls himself many things: a tax notary, an ex-CIA agent, a behind the scenes political agitator. But one thing he isn’t is a lawyer.

That’s why San Francisco has sued him three times and wants $600,000.

via @marinanewman.bsky.social

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From notario to notorious: S.F.’s most famous accused fake lawyer blames it on ‘satanic’ Dems

Leonard Lacayo calls himself many things: A tax notary, a CIA agent, a political agitator. But one thing he isn't is a lawyer.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 6d

Valencia Street’s newly restored side-running bike lanes mean fewer parking spaces and more complicated parking rules.

Here’s how to park on the new Valencia.

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Here’s how to park on the new Valencia Street

Valencia Street's newly-restored side-running bike lanes mean fewer parking spaces and more complicated rules for drivers.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 8d

We've just updated our tracker for ICE arrests in San Francisco.

Since May, Mission Local reporters have personally seen or verified 130 people arrested by ICE in the city—the vast majority at immigration court.

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Tracking where and when ICE arrests happen in San Francisco

More than 100 immigrants have been arrested by ICE in San Francisco, mostly at court. Mission Local is tracking the arrests.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 8d

Suzanne Jackson has spent much of the last 60 years as an alchemist, turning garbage into stained glass & shimmering silk, for instance, or making acrylic paint "stand up."

A new SFMOMA show takes a look back at those decades.

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What is love? SFMOMA honors 60 years of Suzanne Jackson’s alchemy

The show is the first major museum retrospective of Jackson’s career, encompassing more than 80 works from the 1960s to the present.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 8d

Prop. E was supposed to rein-in mayoral power, instead, it’s now recommending the opposite.

People who campaigned for Prop. E, which created the task force, now say that it has gone off the rails.

But that, most say, is perfectly legal.

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Prop. E was supposed to rein-in mayoral power, instead, it’s recommending the opposite.

People who campaigned for Proposition E, which created the task force, now say that it has gone off the rails.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 8d

Boots on the ground are in demand.

Over the years, SFPD has imagined a map of 52 foot beats, each covering a discrete part of the city.

But as of September, SFPD was staffing less than a third of them — just 16 of 52.

via @abineely.bsky.social

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S.F. residents want cops on the street. SFPD only staffs 1/3 of its foot beats.

Boots on the ground are in demand. But as of September, SFPD was staffing less than a third of its foot beats — just 16 of 52.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 9d

fixed!

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The Bayview reuse nonprofit SCRAP turns up a lot of things—people donate fabric, buttons, mannequins, the works.

But when an abandoned suitcase came in w/dozens of photos of San Francisco's "Harlem of the West," staff knew it was something special.

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Someone abandoned a suitcase in S.F. Inside: Fillmore's forgotten history.

The suitcase was donated to a Bayview nonprofit. Inside were dozens of photos of San Francisco's "Harlem of the West."

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