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Mayor Daniel Lurie promised to create 1,500 shelter beds within six months—and he should just admit it’s not going to happen, writes Joe Eskenazi. But see why the deadline isn’t so important, and how waiting for better-quality beds could help solve some stubborn problems.

If you missed Junyao Yang‘s lovely in-depth tour of the Roxie with executive director Lex Sloan, do check it out. You’ll see some of the treasures in the 112-year-old movie theater’s archives, and find out how carbon arc projectors work.

Read what happened today around the 16th St. plaza, on the 49th day of the crackdown.

More soon,

Sara

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A large room with multiple single beds lined up against green walls, each bed with blankets, and clothes hanging on the walls. A person is sitting on one of the beds in the background.

Mayor Lurie will miss his 1,500 shelter bed deadline. That’s fine — he should just admit it.

“Hey, it might even work.”

A person in a blue sweatshirt stands in front of the Roxie theater marquee, looking up at the sign on a city sidewalk.

The Roxie is $1.4 million away from buying its building.

“One of the things I love about this place is how many memories have been created here.”

16th St. Plaza Crackdown

A street vendor cart with snacks and drinks stands near the 16th St Mission BART station sign in a busy urban plaza with people, palm trees, and murals in the background.

Day 49 of the Crackdown: Vendors sell out of bags, side streets trashed

“I’ll do $25 for three, okay?”

SNAP

A blue bus is parked next to a building with murals and ivy on its walls under a cloudy sky.

Looking through

by David Chalk

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Today: Suing the Trump Administration: What the SF City Attorney is doing to fight back, with David Chiu at Manny’s, April 28, 6-7PM

Tomorrow: The Curiosities Jazz Band & After-Hours Jam at the Woodchoppers’ Ball, Verdi Club, April 29, 9PM-midnight

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