Good afternoon!
A beloved bodega cat was killed early Tuesday morning, allegedly by a Waymo, on 16th Street. Oscar Palma reports from last night’s memorial service.
Abigail Vân Neely has been covering the caseload surge in S.F. courts, as D.A. Brooke Jenkins steps up prosecutions. Now private defense attorneys say they’ve become a de facto satellite office of the overwhelmed public defender — and are themselves at capacity.
D3 Supervisor Danny Sauter’s legislation to lift regulations on North Beach businesses passed the board yesterday. Io Yeh Gilman writes that some North Beach merchants remain wary about “seismic changes” in land use.
And there’s still a lot going on with immigration issues. Interestingly, Mariana Garcia reports that ICE arrests have declined sharply at the S.F. immigration courts. See the numbers and the reasons why things could be changing.
More soon,
Sara
Latest News
Caseload surge: S.F. private lawyers say they’re ‘second public defender’s office’
“Every day we scramble to see who can come in and cover.”
ICE arrests decline sharply at S.F. immigration court
ICE is “looking for frictionless arrests,” says a former immigration judge.
S.F. lifts regulations on North Beach businesses, despite last-minute amendments
“I’m just wondering if this is a solution in search of a problem.”
In the Neighborhoods
KitKat, liquor store mascot and ‘16th St. ambassador,’ killed, allegedly by Waymo
“He’d go check the bars, make sure everything’s good. He was like our little security guard.”
SNAP
Muchas mariposas
By Michael Santiago
Events
Today: Drugdealer at The Chapel, October 29, 8-10PM
Tomorrow: Across the Table Part II: Discussing Israel and Palestine, at Manny’s, October 30, 7:30-9PM