Today from Mission Local

Good day!

We hosted two forums last night – one in D-9 at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts and another in D-5 at UC Law. Thanks to all who came.

At Buena Vista Horace Mann, staff were surprised to see the district arrive – on one of the hottest days of the year – and cover up drinking fountains.

I hope you are all finding the information helpful in deciding on your votes. Because some are isolated by language and internet access, we will also be distributing papers in Spanish and Chinese in the coming week.

Yes, we’re doing a lot, but elections are important and we want to be diligent in getting you the information you need. Thanks to all who support these efforts.

Enjoy,

Lydia

The Latest News

Drinking fountains covered with plastic bags and tape, set against a dark tiled wall with a decorative owl tile above.

BVHM K-8 drinking fountains cut off during heatwave

Principal Claudia DeLarios Morán says the school has been advocating for around two months that faucets or fountains containing more than five parts per billion of lead be shut down.

Election 2024

From left to right: District 9 candidates Stephen Torres, Julian Bermudez, Jackie Fielder, Jaime Gutierrez, and H. Brown pictured during a forum at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. Oct. 2, 2024.

District 9 candidates walk back some past progressive stances

Fielder, who once supported defunding the police said, it’s time now to get officers “out of their cars and into our streets.” 

Four District 5 candidates seated at a panel discussion table in a conference room; three men in suits are visible in the foreground.

Preston, Mahmood joust over SFPD funding, housing in contentious District 5 debate

“So you’re a rubber stamp for police budgets?” Dean Preston said incredulously to Mahmood.

SNAP

A red vintage pickup truck is parked on a residential street lined with houses. Other cars are parked along the street, and power lines are visible overhead.

Time machine

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Good Prospect Community Garden: Art Meeting with Colette Crutcher

Public Works: Nora En Pure @ Public Works 14-Year Anniversary Weekend

Brick & Mortar Music Hall: Field Guide with Joe Kaplow, Anna May

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I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still here.

As an old friend once pointed out, local has long been in my bones. My Master’s Project at Columbia, later published in New York Magazine, was on New York City’s experiment in community boards.

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