Mission Local sat down recently with District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener to talk about issues affecting San Franciscans and Mission residents. This interview is part of a series of monthly conversations between Mission Local and...
“It looks like peace, but it’s more dangerous at night,” says Ahmed Mohammed. Mohammed works the night shift at the front desk of El Capitan Hotel and Hostel, a $45-a-night single-room occupancy hotel in the...
Urgent needs for shelter, food and clothing for tenants displaced by the Dec. 29 fire at 23rd and Capp streets drew more than 30 people, including District 9 Supervisor David Campos, to Plaza Adelante Thursday...
Roberto Alfaro Sr., 67, has lived in his Mission District apartment at 164 Lucky St. for 27 years. Ana Gutierrez, 66, has lived in the unit next door for 34 years. Both are retired, disabled...
Michelangelo’s “David” was hewn from precious Carrara marble. And the huge bathroom inside the luxury loft for sale at 859 Alabama St. is, too. The walls are lined in this fine marble, along with a...
You know how we San Franciscans are always complaining that our apartments are too big? Well, that’s no longer a problem. No more having to heat our over-sized mansions and furnish that pesky fifth bedroom....
Tommi Avicolli Mecca came out as a queer man in South Philadelphia in the 1970s, a young revolutionary fighting social intolerance through his work in the Gay Liberation Front. Four decades later, Mecca, 61, is...
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the city of San Francisco is offering an affordable housing tour today. Thirteen sites will open their doors to the public. ”We’re trying to demystify who lives in affordable housing,”...
