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Joe Rivano Barros reports that former D9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen is returning to the Mission to head La Raza Central Legal, where she worked as an attorney before her time at City Hall. The nonprofit has been at the frontlines of immigrant legal defense in the Trump era.
Free groceries, out of the blue, no strings attached, for anyone who happens upon the Blessing Program as it pays for strangers’ shopping? Iryna Humenyuk finds out how this works from Elias Domingo, the Excelsior-born founder of the Noticing Folk Foundation.
OK, so San Francisco’s school lottery system is complex and frustrating: What do the people running for school board have to say about it? Marina Newman asks the candidates about reforming the system.
More soon,
Sara
Latest News
Hillary Ronen, ex-D9 supe, to lead La Raza Centro Legal
“Legal services without advocacy is triage, and advocacy without legal services is too abstract.”
This S.F. nonprofit is paying for groceries โ no questions asked
“Some had no words. They didnโt feel it was real.”
Election News
Meet the S.F. school board candidates: Should the lottery system be reformed?
“Our current funding level creates a system of โwinnersโ and โlosersโ and needs to be changed.”
SNAP
An echo of Deco
By Walter Mackins
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