Today from Mission Local

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Following last week’s arrest of an immigrant by plainclothes ICE agents at SFO, Eleni Balakrishnan reports that supervisors Bilal Mahmood and Chyanne Chen want to introduce a law directing SFPD officers to get identification from any plainclothes or masked federal agents.

In early March, a cyclist was hit and dragged by a dump truck in the Sunset at Seventh and Irving. Junyao Yang found city attempts to make Seventh Avenue safer for pedestrians and cyclists going back decadesโ€”but little action. Read about what might happen now.

See the back story on the “horrific injuries” of the cyclist hit at the intersection.

San Francisco is facing more challenges to historic preservation as the city responds to the push to build housing. Discretionary reviews have loosened, writes Julie Zigoris, and the Historic Preservation Commission stands to be weakened by proposed changes.

More soon,

Sara

Latest News

Several masked law enforcement officers detain and handcuff a person in front of a metal barricade on a city sidewalk.

Proposed law would direct SFPD to ID plainclothes agentsย 

“It is important for the public to know if itโ€™s an ICE event or an assault.”

A house on a steep street is elaborately decorated for Christmas with large stockings, Santa figures, ornaments, a tall Christmas tree, and oversized gift boxes.

Is historic preservation in San Francisco in a state of decay?ย 

“Why are we bending over backwards to let this developer get what it wants, so that we lose the landmark?”

A person rides a bicycle through an intersection on a sunny city street lined with apartments, parked cars, and utility poles.

Planners say 7th and Irving is โ€˜high stressโ€™ for cyclists. Now, fixes may be coming

โ€œMany drivers racing or running the light or making aggressive turns in what is a very small intersection.”

Back Story

Two photos side by side: left shows people and police tape near a black car on a city street; right shows a gray SUV parked over the curb.

Cyclist suffers horrific leg injury at โ€˜crazy,โ€™ โ€˜hecticโ€™ Sunset intersection

“I feel like Iโ€™m risking my life crossing that intersection daily.”

SNAP

An orange traffic cone stands on a sidewalk next to five small objects painted to look like red and green mushrooms by a grayish-green wall.
Wild mushrooms
By Bรฉatrice Valliรจres

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