Today from Mission Local

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A mysterious “Recall Jackie Fielder” website has sprung up, reports Joe Rivano Barros, linked to at least 10 other sites targeting Bay Area progressives and tax measures. Read more about the sites, which use fake images, and are paid for by an equally mysterious group called “Americans for Opportunity.”

It’s the 50th anniversary of Frameline, the LGBTQ+ Film Festival, and H.R. Smith has an interview with two of the people in charge of programming. Get their recs for this year’s absolutely-can’t-miss queer movies.

The family of Eric Bigone has filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming that his Sunset landlord, Philippe Chagniot, killed him in order to sell the rental building. Rosina Boehm has the story.

Mission Local is hiring a senior editor! See all the details.

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Sara

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Latest News

Mystery ‘Recall Jackie Fielder’ campaign launches — and it’s not the only one

“It’s going to damage the political discourse and debate.”

A high-visibility vest marked "S.F.W.D. C.B.D. OPERATIONS" hangs on a metal gate beside bouquets of flowers and a few candles placed on the ground.

Family of Eric Bigone files suit claiming landlord killed him in order to sell Sunset rental

The suit seeks a court order that would freeze the sale of the property.


Four people stand and sit by a classic black car on the side of a road with mountains in the background at dusk.

Q&A: How do you make a gay film festival? 

“I think of film as the gateway art form.”


SNAP

A person with two dogs sits on a grassy hill overlooking a dense urban cityscape beneath a cloudy sky.
Picnic Views
By Jay Martin


Events

Tomorrow: Graffiti Camp for Girls + Lady Pink on Clarion Alley, June 18, 4-5PM


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