Good morning! Just a few quick stories:

Who’s scratching off meter numbers across the city, and why? Parking meters brought in $51 million last year for the financially strapped SFMTA––but vandalism to meters is draining transit funds, and causing headaches for drivers and parking enforcement workers.

We’ve got an update on Tuesday’s deadly crash at 16th and Potrero: the alleged carjacker, Carlo Watson, had been arrested for carjacking before.

The Mission District has the most new parklet applications of any neighborhood in San Francisco. Bars and restaurants that enjoyed the relative Wild West spirit of the pandemic’s parklets, with few rules and no fees, now face a host of regulations. Some discouraged businesses tell Mission Local that parklets aren’t worth it.

More tomorrow,

Sara

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Three parking meters with their numbers scratched off.

It’s a meter, not a lottery ticket: Vandals draining transit funds

Who’s scratching off the numbers on meters? And why?

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Carjacking suspect in lethal Mission crash faced prior carjacking charge

Carlo Watson, 57, has been charged with murder, carjacking, and a litany of other crimes.

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Mission has most new parklet permits in San Francisco

The Mission has the most new parklet applications of any SF neighborhood, but some businesses say post-pandemic regulations are too onerous.

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by Michael Santiago

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