Good afternoon! Here’s the latest:
Xueer Lu and Joe Eskenazi sat down with Mayor Daniel Lurie to ask him about the area around 16th and Mission and his campaign to crack down on drug sales. See how the mayor explains his plan to “clear the streets” of people using fentanyl, despite the city’s shortage of treatment beds and clinicians.
Speaking of 16th and Mission, there are two new trash cans on nearby Caledonia Streetโthough it’s not clear who put them there. And plaza food vendor Solinda Parraga told Oscar Palma what she sees from her fruit cart.
And speaking of Mayor Lurie, do read H.R. Smith‘s important story on how Waymo got onto Market Street. As she reports, the mayorโs welcome of driverless cars coincides with plans to cut several Muni lines that currently run along Market.
More soon,
Sara
Latest News
Interview: Mayor Lurie’s plans for 16th and Mission
“Iโm not happy that itโs moving to a different neighborhood, but weโre going to go to that neighborhood and follow it.”
How did Waymo get onto Market Street?ย
The city is “shifting the priority from rides that are efficient and cost $2.75, to rides that are going to clog our streets and cost $20.โย
Day 34: New cans on Caledonia Street
โIโve lived here my whole life โ 24 years. Itโs gotten a little bit safer.”
People we meet: Food vendor Solinda Parraga at the 16th St. BART Plaza
โYou see things youโve never seen at this plaza.”
SNAP
Red flowers
by Michael Santiago
Events
Today: Stone Cold Read at Z Space, April 14, 7-10PM
Tomorrow: Vic Wong & the Little Croquettes at the Woodchopper’s Ball, Verdi Club, April 15, 9-11:30PM
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