Notices by Mission Local (mlnow@sfba.social)

People we meet: The Presidio bird whisperer

John Murnane rescued an injured great horned owl in 2025. Now an owl keeps turning up in his Inner Richmond backyard....

https://missionlocal.org/2026/09/presidio-owl-rescue-john-murnane/

S.F. supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a controversial housing ordinance that will require the city to prioritize funding drug-free housing.

 San Francisco Board drops inclusionary housing rate to 5% in 9-2 vote

The San Francisco Board voted to change the inclusionary housing rate from 15 percent to 5 percent....

https://missionlocal.org/2026/07/sf-inclusionary-rate-five-percent/

San Francisco police disperse July 4 fireworks crowds in the Mission 

San Francisco police officers routed July 4 crowds setting off street fireworks in the Mission District, as they do most years....

https://missionlocal.org/2026/07/san-francisco-police-disperse-july-4-fireworks-mission-district/

San Francisco immigration hotline loses funding in mayor’s final budget

The San Francisco Rapid Response Network's hotline serves as the go-to for ICE sightings. It is losing city funding....

https://missionlocal.org/2026/07/san-francisco-rapid-response-hotline-immigration-ice/

Video: Federal officers arrest man in San Francisco outside Sunnyside home

A handful of federal officers in unmarked cars this morning arrested a man outside his home in the Sunnyside neighborhood of San Francisco.

https://missionlocal.org/2026/05/federal-arrest-san-francisco-sunnyside-immigration-office/

Kaiser nurse at risk of losing her job just had her DACA renewed 

A Kaiser surgical nurse and DACA recipient who faced termination over delayed immigration paperwork will keep her job after Kaiser extended her unpaid leave and federal officials approved her DACA renewal.

https://missionlocal.org/2026/05/kaiser-nurse-at-risk-of-losing-her-job-just-had-her-daca-renewed/

As S.F. pivots to mandatory drug treatment, DPH cuts counselor training at City College

The end of free mental health training is part of the shift in California towards housing, treating worst addiction cases

https://missionlocal.org/2026/05/sf-city-college-mental-health-program-ending/

S.F. activists display 120-foot ‘End U.S. aid to Israel’ banner on Twin Peaks

Activists said they are "urging an end to U.S. funding for Israel's killing of over 100,000 Palestinians, Lebanese, and Iranians."

https://missionlocal.org/2026/04/sf-arms-embargo-israel-banner-twin-peaks/

Don’t you dare cut our city internships, say city teens

Students and advocates gathered Wednesday to protest proposed cuts that would eliminate more than 200 paid internships for low-income youth.

https://missionlocal.org/2026/04/dont-you-dare-cut-our-city-internships-say-city-teens/

S.F. supervisor Jackie Fielder will take leave of absence through June 30

Mission District supervisor Jackie Fielder will be absent from City Hall through at least the end of June, according to a letter she sent to the Board of Supervisors clerk on Tuesday. “For personal reasons, I am respectfully requesting that I be excused from the Board of Supervisors meetings between April 7 and June 30, 2026,” Fielder wrote in a letter to the clerk and Board President Rafael Mandelman.

https://missionlocal.org/2026/04/sf-jackie-fielder-leave-of-absence/

S.F. deputy sheriffs’ union spent nearly $30K to advertise debunked narrative of social worker’s stabbing

The sheriffs’ union spent thousands to cast the deputy at Ward 86 as a hero, even after clinic staff said they'd stopped the attack.

https://missionlocal.org/2026/03/sheriff-deputy-social-worker-stabbing-paid-post/

S.F. tenant detained by ICE may automatically lose eviction hearing 

A San Francisco tenant from Russia is set to lose his eviction case after being detained by ICE and unable to appear in court. Housing advocates say his absence — caused by federal immigration custody — effectively denies him due process and could leave him homeless if he is released.

https://missionlocal.org/2026/02/sanfrancisco-tenant-in-ice-custody-may-be-evicted/

San Francisco’s billionaire bacchanal a big bust

Only a handful of pro-billionaire agitators actually showed for an apparently earnest “March for Billionaires” at Alta Plaza Park.

https://missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-march-for-billionaires-bust/

Super Bowl, Shmooper Bowl: What to do in S.F. if you don’t care about the big game

From Bad Bunny lookalike contests and experimental theatre shows, here's a weekend guide for those sitting out the Super Bowl.

https://missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-super-bowl-what-to-do/

San Francisco joins nationwide anti-ICE walkouts with Dolores Park rally

Protestors will converge this afternoon at San Francisco's Dolores Park as part of the national strike protests targeting ICE.

https://missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-ice-out-protest-strike-walkout/

Mission Local awarded $1.5 million grant from the American Journalism Project

The American Journalism Project, one of the biggest journalism funders in the country, is adding Mission Local to its portfolio.

https://missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-mission-local-american-journalism-project/

‘Fire sale’: S.F. moving to buy out PG&E — even, potentially, if PG&E says no

Public power: It’s not just for lefty conspiracy theorists anymore. Could San Francisco use eminent domain to break up with PG&E and municipalize electric service? It may yet try.

https://missionlocal.org/2025/12/pge-san-francisco-eminent-domain-blackout/

PG&E outage leaves 125,000 without power in San Francisco

125,000 people — about a third of PG&E's customers in San Francisco — were without power on Saturday from blackouts across city.

https://missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-power-outage-pge-electricity/

Remove S.F. deputies who allegedly mass strip-searched women in jail, social justice orgs demand

Justice organizations hand-delivered letters to the City Hall offices of elected officials demanding protections for women in jail.

https://missionlocal.org/2025/12/jail-mass-strip-search/