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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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For nearly 200 days, a large white police bus sat on one of the busiest transit plazas in San Francisco. And during that time, it cost the Mission District police station 44 percent of its monthly overtime budget, according to Captain Sean Perdomo.

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SFPD spent 44% of Mission overtime budget on 24/7 police bus, captain says
For nearly 200 days, a police bus cost the Mission police station 44 percent of its monthly overtime budget, Captain Sean Perdomo said.
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Everybody loves skate parks. But are they "sustainable"?

Because at Sunset Dunes, the city went into bonded debt to pay for the skate park — and the money came from a bucket earmarked for "Sustainability."

Also "sustainable": Hammocks.

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From @esksf.bsky.social
S.F. ‘sustainability’ dollars paid for Sunset Dunes hammocks, skate park
It turns out that 'sustainability' and 'significant financial investment' are both difficult terms for Rec and Parks to define
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For months, anyone who walked past the 16th Street BART plaza would be greeted by a hulking, white van emblazoned with the SFPD logo. It was intended to deter drug use and illegal vending.

But now, it's gone for good.

via @io-y-g.bsky.social

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SFPD nixes 24/7 bus at 16th and Mission, offers varying rationales
The command unit was placed at the BART plaza to demonstrate the city’s commitment to addressing drug use and vending
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Mayor Daniel Lurie is in “listening mode” in the Sunset, as he ponders his appointment to replace D4 Supervisor Joel Engardio.

He told merchants that he prefers someone who is willing to run for the next term and “do a good job.”

by @junyaoyang.bsky.social

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Lurie, in Sunset ‘listening mode,’ says he’ll tap a supe for the long haul
Daniel Lurie asks merchants, recall leaders and community groups who they want to represent them, and talks about upzoning
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A van crashed into the lobby of a residential building on Harrison Street in the Mission District early this morning.

The apparent driver, trapped inside, was declared dead at the scene, according to officials.

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Van driver killed after crash into San Francisco apartment building
One person was declared dead at the scene after a van driver crashed into the lobby of a Mission District apartment building.
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