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Two SFPD officers, former SF cop arrested - Mission Local
WEBApr 19, 2022 · Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan. Two current San Francisco police officers and one part-time retired San Francisco police officer were taken into custody today by their employer for charges including theft of a machine gun from the SFPD and destruction of evidence. The SFPD announced the arrests today, …
Grand jury indicts SFPD officer Christopher Flores in 2019 police ...
WEBDec 7, 2020 · Flores is the second SFPD officer in less than a month to face fresh criminal charges for on-duty conduct. On Nov. 23, Boudin announced manslaughter charges against former SFPD officer Christopher Samayoa, another officer undergoing field training, for his shooting and killing of Keita O’Neil, a carjacking suspect, in December 2017.. Boudin, a former San Francisco deputy public defender, ran ...
Understanding the Mission District’s history
WEBAug 3, 2018 · Mission District history map. The nominal Mission of the Mission was San Francisco de Asis, founded by Spanish Franciscans in 1776, but Yelamu Indians inhabited the area around Mission Creek for thousands of years before that. Since the Spanish came, there’s been waves of immigrants and newcomers: Irish, Germans, Latin …
HOMEY grand reopening in Mission as group seeks to reach new …
WEBMar 1, 2019 · HOMEY grand reopening in Mission as group seeks to reach new levels. by Abraham Rodriguez March 1, 2019, 6:00 am. When they first started their program, Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth had scant resources, even by 1990s standards. Their first offices were located inside a warehouse with only a six-month lease.
People We Meet: How Matthew North saved a life - Mission Local
WEBJan 21, 2021 · In late March, Matthew North applied to work with the city’s Pit Stop program, which maintains public toilets and sinks throughout the city. He had heard about the job from a friend. “I said, ‘that would be a cool job,’ and asked my friend for the supervisor’s number. A week later I had orientation, the next day I started,” North said.
Inequities are built into the city’s contract system, say nonprofit ...
WEBNov 11, 2021 · LeSarre said the inequities are indicative of the chronic undervaluing of community-based organizations. It also looks like racism, she said. LeSarre compared the inequities between city and nonprofit workers to “the sharecropper experience,” referencing how that labor system exploited tenant farmers, particularly formerly enslaved Black ...
What works for San Franciscans in a crisis? - Mission Local
WEBJul 29, 2021 · In San Francisco, the Street Crisis Response Team is currently scaling out to be available 24/7, Almeida said. Also in the works is the Compassionate Alternative Response Team, which panelist Vinny Eng said would help allow community members, instead of police, respond to mental health crises. Part of changing the approach to behavioral health ...
It wasn’t so long ago that trains ran through the Mission
WEBMay 25, 2020 · It wasn’t so long ago that trains ran through the Mission. by Elizabeth Creely May 25, 2020, 6:00 am. Railroad tracks swerving south from Harrison street, across 22nd street.Photo by Bill Cassidy. On a quiet Sunday in December of 1992, Bill Cassidy took pictures of the railroad tracks that once guided Southern Pacific trains down Harrison ...
Thousands of Palestinians and supporters march through the …
WEBMay 16, 2021 · Photo by Annika Hom. On the edge of Liberty Street, local supporters of Palestine literally drew resistance early Saturday afternoon as dozens of the activists took turns painting a giant street mural on Valencia Street that depicted symbols of resistance and martyrdom. Hours later, they joined hundreds more in a march to Dolores Park.