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Two SFPD officers, former SF cop arrested - Mission Local
WEBApr 19, 2022 · Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan. Two current San Francisco police officers and one part-time retired San Francisco police officer were taken into custody today by their employer for charges including theft of a machine gun from the SFPD and destruction of evidence. The SFPD announced the arrests today, noting that warrants for the three …
It wasn’t so long ago that trains ran through the Mission
WEBMay 25, 2020 · It wasn’t so long ago that trains ran through the Mission. by Elizabeth Creely May 25, 2020, 6:00 am. Railroad tracks swerving south from Harrison street, across 22nd street.Photo by Bill Cassidy. On a quiet Sunday in December of 1992, Bill Cassidy took pictures of the railroad tracks that once guided Southern Pacific trains down Harrison ...
This 34-year-old law is California's best hope to 'end' qualified ...
WEBMay 14, 2021 · With the movement to end qualified immunity in federal courts perpetually on shaky ground, states have begun forging their own paths around the U.S. Supreme Court doctrine that, critics argue, shields police officers from civil rights lawsuits that allege misconduct.. States like Colorado and New Mexico have enacted brand-new civil rights …
Forty-five units of senior housing break ground on 24th and …
WEBSep 29, 2020 · A five-story, 45-unit building reserved for displaced senior citizens officially began construction on Thursday at 3001 24th St. — the sixth 100-percent affordable building to break ground in the neighborhood in a two-year period. “This is a very emotional moment for me,” Sam Ruiz, the CEO of Mission Neighborhood Centers, told some 100 ...
Mission Dolores curator aims to humanize site’s indigenous dead
WEBMar 22, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Andrew Galvan. For more than 30 years, Mission Dolores curator Andrew Galvan has been on a quest: To memorialize more than 5,000 indigenous people buried in the mission’s cemetery, some of whom are Galvan’s own ancestors. Galvan, a former archaeological consultant, remembers visiting Monsignor John …
SF ditches local rent relief program, needy tenants shunted to …
WEBAug. 27, 2021. Just weeks before the Sept. 30 sunset of the California eviction moratorium, San Francisco intends to curtail its local rent relief program and instead funnel applicants to a state program, Mission Local has learned. This pending but yet-to-be-announced move was confirmed by a half-dozen tenant organizers, as well as the Mayor ...
Understanding the Mission District’s history
WEBAug 3, 2018 · Mission District history map. The nominal Mission of the Mission was San Francisco de Asis, founded by Spanish Franciscans in 1776, but Yelamu Indians inhabited the area around Mission Creek for thousands of years before that. Since the Spanish came, there’s been waves of immigrants and newcomers: Irish, Germans, Latin Americans, …
Busting the Myths of California's Missions - Mission Local
WEBOct 7, 2016 · The historical “myths” of the Spanish missions in California were heavily critiqued at a presentation on Thursday evening, as the organizer Lisa Ruth Elliot from Shaping SF framed the evening as a way to “open the conversations that are not happening” around the histories of Native Americans in California.. A crowd of about 50 …
Survey: Latino families in Mission struggle, many earn below …
WEBMar 24, 2017 · The median income in the Mission has jumped to $96,000 a year compared to $92,000 a year for San Francisco, according to city data. Some 15.1 percent of Mission households overall live below the poverty level, compared to 12.3 percent citywide. Still, the households surveyed by Mission Promise Neighborhood were faring better than they …