It’s 6:23 a.m, 49° and going to 56°. RAIN. Details are here.
In local news: The Banksy stencil over at Public Works is steadily growing into a mural, thanks to a mysterious stranger with a spray can who rolled through town, claiming to be a famous French stencil artist.
Chocolate factory in the old auto repair shop at 740 Valencia? So sayeth Stephen H., posting via Blockboard.
The California budget got cut big-time yesterday, but nothing yet on tax increases or the dismantling of redevelopment agencies.
Looks like SRO owners have been giving police officers master keys, which the police have used to conduct searches without a warrant. Now the Feds are involved.
A few choice Mission-related quotes from that particular story:
“We try not to get in their way,” said Amit Motawala, the manager of the Eula Hotel and co-owner of the Amit Hotel in the Mission. “If we try to say, ‘Hey, where’s the warrant?’ it just kind of creates a situation where it seems like we’re trying to hinder them from doing their job.”
And:
“Everyone knows in the city that if you want to get heroin, you go to the Mission,” said Richard Marquez, a longtime SRO tenants’ rights advocate. “If you want crack cocaine, you go to the Tenderloin.”
If, however, you want to drink beer and run around in a fish suit — two more years of Bay to Breakers.