Norman Yee is your board president — and the knives are resheathed
As a younger man, Norman Yee was deeply involved in early childhood education. That is, he worked...
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Government & Non Profits
Not a turkey, but a bird: Elvira the city chicken
A new Mission resident.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance wows SF’s Mission. Her speech not so much.
Not even five minutes into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s sold-out appearance in the Mission Tuesday...
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City funding of youth gardening program nixed due to fiscal “irregularities”
The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department and Public Utilities Commission abruptly terminated a $2...
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Willie Brown’s new venture allows crowdfunders to send dollars to candidates — and to him
Chronicle columnist could profit by publicizing politicians who use his new service Willie Brown,...
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VIDEO: Mayor Breed, who keeps our streets clean?
Who cleans up our streets? from Mission Local on Vimeo. A Mission resident who lives on Albion...
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George Gascón may be this city’s most progressive DA yet. Voters might still send him packing.
In 24 hours’ time, we’re going to have a new mayor. It’s going to be exciting. It’s going to...
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Mission activists renounce Alioto’s calls for repealing sanctuary city rules
With about two dozen people present, a coalition of activists from the Mission district held a...
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Jeff Sheehy is fiercely independent, but do San Francisco voters care?
“You earn voters, then you become independent. You don’t become independent then earn...
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Ron Conway brokered intro between London Breed and Bill de Blasio — 3 days after Ed Lee’s death
“London, Mayor Deblasio # is [REDACTED]. Bill, London’s # is [REDACTED],” reads...
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Dueling SF ballot measures for housing, childcare reveal a city more adept at politics than governing
A tax measure boosting childcare can beat a tax measure aimed at providing housing and homeless...
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SF neighbors organize to create a greenway in the Mission
Neighbors of the old Southern Pacific right-of-way between Harrison Street and Treat Avenue have...
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Disaster Training, Part 1: What to Have on Hand
On a brisk, cold night in the Mission, a group of neighborhood residents gather to discuss whether or not it is appropriate to drink water out of the toilet tank. En Español
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Meet the woman turning a nonprofit into a developer of affordable housing
In her four years working in the real estate arm of the Mission Economic Development Agency,...
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Fort Point brewpub can open at 20th and Shotwell
Planning Commissioners on Thursday narrowly approved a proposal for a microbrewery and restaurant...
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A new voice leading the Community Music Center
Julie Rulyak Steinberg has taken the helm of the Community Music Center on Capp Street, assuming...
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