2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1021+ words) San Francisco’s website informs visitors that, if they are unsure whether a suspicious vehicle or uniformed officer is immigration enforcement, or if a friend or family member has been detained and needs legal help, they should call 415-200-1548, the hotline for…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (305+ words) All weekend, we’re out in the streets — the marches, the stages, the block parties — feeding this post snapshots, sounds and scenes as they unfold. Follow along for Pride in real time, one dispatch at a time. Need a game plan?...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (738+ words) Millions of dollars are flowing into San Francisco’s two June supervisor contests, and a substantial sum is coming from deep-pocketed political action committees. There are no fewer than eight PACs involved in the District 2 and District 4 races, and they’ve contributed…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (780+ words) On Thursday, after a phone call to Mayor Daniel Lurie reportedly arranged after a concerted lobbying effort by tech executives, President Donald Trump “called off” a planned immigration “surge” in San Francisco. Federal officials confirmed on Friday that the rest…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (641+ words) After months of deportation orders that would send asylum seekers to “third-countries,” where they aren’t from, it appears this practice is on pause in San Francisco immigration court. None of these deportation orders, called motions to pretermit, have been filed…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (558+ words) A new group is advertising a “March for Billionaires” in San Francisco on Saturday — either a Swiftian attempt to parrot Silicon Valley executives who are raging against a planned California billionaire tax, or an earnest try to ward it off....

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (678+ words) It’s been nearly 300 days since Mayor Daniel Lurie announced a plan to clean up the 16th Street BART Plaza. To mark the occasion, Mission Local is adding a new tool for tracking his promises: A dashboard, updated daily, that notes the…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (382+ words) We’ve been covering immigration enforcement intensely under Trump. Now, we’re seeking $300,000 — $100,000 a year for the rest of Trump’s term — to hire a full-time immigration reporter. For those passing through quickly, the scrawls on the sidewalks of San Francisco are just…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1196+ words) We’ve been covering immigration enforcement intensely under Trump. Now, we’re seeking $300,000 — $100,000 a year for the rest of Trump’s term — to hire a full-time immigration reporter. Mission Local has been covering immigration enforcement in San Francisco for months, attending asylum hearings,…...