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Joe Eskenazi talked with police commissioner Max Carter-Oberstone ahead of today’s Board of Supes vote confirming his ouster by Mayor Daniel Lurie. So what really happened? And who’s next?

As Walgreens closes 12 more neighborhood pharmacies, leaving patients in the lurch, D9 Supe Jackie Fielder wants to explore creating a co-op network of independent and city-owned pharmacies.

Since 2017, the Mission Economic Development Agency has been wrangling city, state, and federal funding to build 63 affordable units for teachers at 18th and Mission. But will President Trump block the final grants?

More soon,

Sara

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Max Carter-Oberstone will lose his post. Hereโ€™s why.

“For Lurie to get his desired police chief without even the possibility of impediment, Carter-Oberstone needs to go.”

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Amid Walgreens closures, supe wants city to explore co-op pharmacy network

“People have to…organize their whole days around filling a prescription.”

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One potential casualty of uncertain federal funds: Mission teacher housing

MEDA is working with city agencies on a Plan B if federal funds are frozen.

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