San Francisco is not dying. San Francisco is not rotting. But things are bad, and they may never get better.

Jun 3, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

There are three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything, which is: Does this...

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The Elbo Room calls it quits, and musicians lament

Dec 31, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

As of Jan. 1, 2019, the Mission’s Elbo Room will be no more. It will slip into the realm of memory...

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SF’s Mission Thrift abruptly closing after 20-year run

Dec 31, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

After 20 years, Mission Thrift is going out of business — the third longtime business on Mission...

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Streets in San Francisco’s Mission are now painted in gold. For real (with video).

Jul 2, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Erik Schmitt’s guerrilla art highlights the choking disparities of Bay Area life Sam Brannan’s...

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City plans to limit restaurants, preserve industrial space in SF’s Mission

Apr 20, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

In an effort to curb gentrification in the Mission District, the San Francisco Planning Department...

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Eviction, displacement, misery: The sad — and sadly typical — tale of San Francisco’s ‘oldest house’

Mar 29, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Maria Fuentes’ room is dark and the curtains are drawn. A portrait of Jesus overlooks the prone...

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SF Mission YIMBY movement wants to speed up affordable housing

Nov 30, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Steven Buss is a self-described “gentrifier,” and he’s on a mission to soothe his conscience....

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Mission Tech workers confront high rents, longer commutes

Jul 22, 2017 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Technology, Today's Mission

Some 70 tech companies are currently registered in the Mission District and increasingly, all are...

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Listen Local: The mural scene in 2017 with Sirron Norris

Mar 16, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Listen Local is Mission Local in audio form. We record live on a biweekly webcast at BFF.fm every...

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SF Planners Approve Plan to Curb Gentrification, Extend Interim Controls

Mar 3, 2017 | 24th Street, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Housing, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

San Francisco Planning Commissioners on Thursday approved a land use and policy plan designed to...

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First Move to Regulate City Biz on 24th Street

Feb 10, 2017 | 24th Street, Business, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

The San Francisco Planning Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to move forward legislation...

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Rent Hike Means Another Old Biz on Valencia St. Must Move

Feb 2, 2017 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

Valencia Street’s steady evolution into an increasingly upscale commercial corridor is claiming...

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SF and Nonprofits Offer Plan to Control Mission District Gentrification

Jan 31, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

After years of collaborative planning effort, more than a dozen nonprofits and city organizations...

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Activists Fighting Restaurants on Mission Street

Jan 24, 2017 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Activists who have long tried to fight gentrification by opposing market-rate development and...

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Merchants on 24th Feel Displacement Pressures, Mull Protections

Jan 17, 2017 | 24th Street, Business, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Merchants along the 24th Street corridor where a new proposal seeks to protect them feel the...

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Developments in development: Home of the Rich

Dec 18, 2016 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

You knew the city was changing – now here are some number that illustrate how. The population...

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