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ICE agents pepper-sprayed protesters who were trying to stop the arrest of an asylum-seeker today. Agents tackled protesters to the ground and arrested one, dragging them into the ICE headquarters on Sansome St.
Tonia Lediju, the CEO of San Francisco’s troubled Housing Authority, is gone. The agency has come under fire for financial mismanagement, failed oversight of privately-owned public housing, and poor maintenance.
Mission Local has years of top-notch reporting on the problems in public housing across the city. Here’s one recent piece of the back story.
Wow, S.F. State has really nurtured some amazing artists. Read Daniela Ixtlaly Sandoval‘s interview with artist Christo Oropeza, the owner of Incline Gallery and co-founder of the San Pancho Art Collective.
More soon,
Sara
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Public housing leader departs
ย Nearly all public housing complexes in S.F. are now privately owned.ย
ICE agents pepper spray protesters, arrest one
ย โThey were blocking cameras, they were randomly lashing out at people โฆ They all had their weapons out.โย
How one Noe Valley kid turned a detour from S.F. State into a defining arts role
“It was a wild time, but it taught us how to build something real.”
Back Story
Alice Griffith housing was built in 2017. Itโs already falling apart.
“That’s the smell of dying rats.”
SNAP
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Events
Today: “Drugs in the Tenderloin” screening with director Robert Zagone, at the Roxie, August 20, 7-9PM