Good afternoon!

First off thank you to all who donated – we more than met our goal. And all the donations go directly toward reporting. I will give a full accounting in another week or so as we are still getting in back-dated checks.

Now onto the rain. Follow our live updates here.

On Tuesday we were out checking in on the Folsom and 17th zone, which has been a flood zone for years. Why wasn’t more done before the New Year’s eve storm? Mayor Breed said she just didn’t realize it was going to pour.

In advance of today, the city was out talking to homeless residents, trying to move more into emergency shelter space.

Is it a legitimate business plan to profit from public space? Let us know what you think.

In the meantime, stay dry,

Lydia

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Amanda, 41, near her and her wife's tent on Alameda, behind Best Buy.

City offers shelter to homeless residents, but spaces are limited

โ€œI was on my box springs floatingโ€™โ€™ after the heavy rain over the weekend, said Amanda, a 41-year-old who resides in a tent on Alameda behind BestBuy.

Painted koi fish on the street, underwater because of flooding.

With storm looming, SF residents take matters into their own hands

Still reeling from the severe flooding on New Yearโ€™s Eve, residents and businesses around the Mission were preparing for Wednesday’s downpour.

An aerial view of Garfield Park

‘Just Play’ app profits off SF’s public soccer fields

Read in spanish / leer en espaรฑol In a move that privatizes San Franciscoโ€™s public space, an app is chargning

Sam Picazo showing the floodlines.

SF floods inundate Folsom & 17th zone

leer en espaรฑol / Read in Spanish Once again, the water in Samuel Picazo’s garage rose beyond the length of his hip-high waders.

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A woman standing on the sidewalk with the rain pouring down.

On the banks of the atmospheric river

By Walter Mackins

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