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The Alice Griffith projects, built in 2019, were supposed to transform dilapidated public housing into successful mixed-income developments. But the Bayview complex has failed 129 Housing Authority inspections in the last year, sinking its finances deeper into a hole.

Meanwhile, in a city strapped for decent housing, Mayor Lurie has proposed eliminating the code enforcement program for decrepit residential hotels. It’s a crumb of $4.8 million in a $15.6 billion budget, but Joe Eskenazi shows why it matters so much.

And the head of a legal aid nonprofit that faces elimination in Lurie’s budget started a hunger strike today, asking the Supes to reverse the cut.

ICE update: Lawyers say the the Department of Homeland Security is trying a new tactic: dismissing asylum-seekers’ cases, putting them in “legal limbo” so ICE can deport them quickly. Joe Rivano Barros reports on how local immigration lawyers are responding.

More soon,

Sara

P.S. Go to the website for nightly updates on the 16th St. Plaza crackdown; yesterday’s report is below.

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Two men being escorted by law enforcement; one is handcuffed and led to a vehicle, while officers surround them outside a building.

Trump prosecutors in S.F. using new legal tactic to boost ICE arrests, attorneys say

Since May 21, at least 10 people have been arrested after motions to dismiss.

A small, wall-mounted sink labeled "SRO Sink" is heavily stained and covered in dirt, grime, and debris, with a damaged green soap dish on the faucet.

Lurie’s budget ends program to fix violations in SRO hotels

“He doesn’t care about the people in this building anymore. He is rich.”

A person rides a bike on a street next to modern apartment buildings with trees and flowers lining the sidewalk.

Alice Griffith failed 129 Housing Authority inspections last year

“They tore down the real thing they should have kept. They threw up cardboard buildings.” 

A group of people gathers outside city hall holding signs in support of legal aid, while a speaker addresses the crowd from a podium.

“Legal aid is not a luxury, it’s a lifeline for many of our residents.”

16th St. Plaza Crackdown

A person with a plaid jacket stands next to a bicycle on a city sidewalk, with several others and scattered belongings nearby in front of a building.

Day 92 at the 16th St. Plaza: People aren’t having fun

“If we just keep leaving them on the street, the way it is going to get solved is through death.”

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