SF Police Commission passes Taser policy, puts ball in Mayor’s court

Posted by Julian Mark | Mar 15, 2018 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

What was, by all appearances, shaping up to be a circus of a Police Commission meeting quickly...

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Q&A: D9 supervisor on bike-sharing and encampments

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 25, 2017 | Business, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Mission Supervisor Hillary Ronen sat down with Mission Local to talk about issues relating to her...

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Mission supervisor requests approval for hiring city workers

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 18, 2017 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Mission Supervisor Hillary Ronen was not granted a fourth aide in her office to help tackle...

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Q&A: Mission supervisor on housing deals and homelessness

Posted by Laura Waxmann | May 18, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Four months ago, Mission District Supervisor Hillary Ronen took office with the promise of...

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Civil Grand Jury Seeks Jurors for Coming Year

Posted by Laura Wenus | Mar 7, 2017 | Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

The San Francisco Civil Grand Jury, a civilian watchdog body that investigates and reports on...

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Revamped Day Laborer Center Increases Support to Immigrant Workers

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Feb 16, 2017 | Education, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Immigrant Life, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Some 40 people gathered on a sliver of sidewalk outside of the Immigrant Worker Power Center at...

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SF Homeless Advocates Propose Legal Encampment

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Feb 1, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

A small group of homeless residents and their advocates went to City Hall on Tuesday to propose a...

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Alex Nieto Supporters Celebrate Memorial Victory

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Dec 23, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

A group of some 40 community members, activists, friends and family of police shooting victim Alex...

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Forgotten, U.S. Army Veteran Finds Sanctuary on San Francisco Street

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Dec 22, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

When Amos Howard left the hospital after an overnight stay, a taxi dropped him off at the corner...

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Campos Presses Mayor For Immigrant Legal Defense Fund

Posted by Laura Wenus | Dec 6, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Immigrant Life, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

At a rally held Tuesday at noon on City Hall steps, Supervisor David Campos joined non-profit...

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The Mission’s Homeless Can and Should Vote, Say Advocates

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Oct 21, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

San Francisco’s homeless population can vote, even without a fixed address, announced...

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Meet the Commissioners Selecting Candidates for SF’s New Police Chief

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Oct 17, 2016 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Commission, Today's Mission, Topics

From approving policy on body cameras to firing police officers found guilty of misconduct,...

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Supes Grill Acting Chief on Police Reform Recommendations

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Oct 6, 2016 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

San Francisco supervisors challenged Acting Police Chief Toney Chaplin on his commitment to reform...

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Activist Groups Decline City’s Human Rights Award

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 29, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Community groups demanding reform of the San Francisco Police Department and city government...

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Supervisors Approve Tenant Protections Against Fires

Posted by Laura Wenus | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved three proposals aimed at protecting...

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Religious Groups Continue Push for Police Reform

Posted by Laura Wenus | May 12, 2016 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Trouble

Religious organizations in San Francisco and Oakland continue to organize small but persistent...

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