Today from Mission Local

Good afternoon! Here’s the latest:

Kelly Waldron is tracking all the initiatives Mayor Daniel Lurie‘s passed or proposed, and it turns out that only three are his own, and not carryovers from London Breed. Find out why the agenda now has public support.

Behavioral health court diverts people with severe mental health issues into treatment instead of criminal trialโ€”but the program’s hard to get in to, and hard to complete. Abigail Vรขn Neely follows a father who waited in court for seven hours hoping to get psychiatric care for his son.

Check out our report from today’s pre-dawn commemoration of the 1906 earthquake. Politicians, fire hats, period costumes, drag queens, andโ€”of courseโ€”a protest against the closure of the Great Highway.

More soon,

Sara

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A person sits hunched over with their head in their hands on a bench, surrounded by illustrations of handcuffs, pills, money, and a gavel.

Defendants clamor for diversion in behavioral health court.

โ€œPeople shouldnโ€™t think of the diversion as a free ride or getting off easy. In a lot of ways, itโ€™s harder than going to jail.โ€ 

A man in a suit speaks at a podium with the San Francisco seal, in front of U.S. and California flags, with city buildings visible through the window behind him.

On 100-day mark, majority of Mayor Lurieโ€™s legislation is inherited from Breed

โ€œCredit-taking is a political art form.”

A group of people, including uniformed officials and civilians, stand gathered around a fire hydrant on a city sidewalk near a fence, possibly assessing damage after the 1906 earthquake.

1906 earthquake commemorationย 

โ€œBut just like what happened in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake, this city is coming together right now.”

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A man walks out of a building with ornate doors and a large stone sculpture of a seated figure above the entrance in black and white.

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by Robert B. Livingston

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Today: Agua Pura de la Mission at Bissap Baobab, April 18, 9-12PM

Tomorrow: Stencil Workshop with Street Artist Jeremy Novy, Voss Gallery, April 19, 1-3PM

Sunday: Black Smurf with Tokenpotent, Brick & Mortar Music Hall, April 18, 8PM

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