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Good afternoon! Here’s the latest:

The Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance sponsored by D4’s Joel Engardio that would let homeowners who build new in-law units sell them separately as condos. Read about the details, and the political thinking.

Eleni Balakrishnan looks at illegal gambling in Tenderloin corner stores. Eight stores have been raided in the last year, three lawsuits filed, and 13 people arrestedโ€”but the slot machines keep clicking along.

Mayor Daniel Lurie was grilled by 300 Bayview residents at a heated town hall. Many pointed to his crackdown on RVs and cuts to social services, saying City Hall has failed to serve the district.

The Department of Homeland Security is trying a new tactic. ICE arrested one asylum-seeker after his hearing in S.F. immigration court, and transferred him out of the city to face a harsher judge. Margaret Kadifa explains what could happen.

Meanwhile, neighbors met at Galeria de la Raza to write letters of support to Hilary Rivers, the S.F. drag queen who was detained by ICE last week.

Learn more at 6PM tonight from Joe Rivano Barros and a panel of immigration experts. Live at Manny’s: tickets here.

More soon,

Sara

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For S.F. asylum seeker, ICE arrest meant transfer to more conservative judge

โ€œIt is very concerning to see them using the system this way, to evade the original judgeโ€™s jurisdiction.”

A group of people sit around a table in a meeting room, listening to a presenter standing by a large screen displaying a document.

Mission residents write to drag performer arrested by ICE: โ€˜Weโ€™re with youโ€™

“Just to imagine her being detained at that moment hurt so much.”

A row of attached houses with garages at street level, a red SUV parked on the right, and a motorcycle covered in the center driveway at dusk.

S.F. will let homeowners sell new ADUs as condos

โ€œOur elders are house-rich, cash-poor, and disconnected from their families as younger generations are forced to move away.”

In the Neighborhoods

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Bayview residents grill Mayor Lurie: Do better by the neighborhood

โ€œThis is not going to solve the problems affecting this community.”

Three people use gaming machines at the back of a small convenience store lined with shelves of canned and packaged goods. A bicycle is parked near the back wall.

Eight Tenderloin corner stores raided in one year for illegal gambling

“Some of these stores โ€ฆ theyโ€™re taking advantage of the at-risk community.”

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