Of all the billionaire-backed groups that have taken root in the city, one stands above the rest: Neighbors for a Better San Francisco.

Behind the money in the DA recall, they’ve quickly become the top-spending outfit in city politics…

via Joe Rivano Barros
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I put together an election page for Mission Local so that you could better navigate our election coverage for the year.

Check out our reporting so far on the mayor's race, the district supervisor races, and BigMoneySF series.

More to come!
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NEW: Everything you need to know about the November election in San Francisco, we have it covered.

From candidate profiles, to election analysis, campaign finance and what your electorate looks like — it's all on our new election page.

Check it out:

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Proposed state budget cuts would eliminate Market Match, a program that, for 15 years, has allowed CalFresh recipients to double their dollars at the farmer's market.

Both customers and sellers say they will feel the pinch.

via Kelly Waldron

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i cover a lot of heavy subjects, but it was really heartbreaking talking to this devastated family in Colombia about Alberto, their son and brother who was killed last week — just two days after arriving in San Francisco.

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JUST IN: Aaron Peskin is running for mayor.

Peskin sells himself as 'a man in recovery to lead a city in need of one.' Will voters buy that?

via Joe Eskenazi

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The enrollment staff at SFUSD generally helps parents find a spot in public school for their children.

But nowadays, with an influx of immigrant families in the city, the staff are scrambling to find students a place to sleep.

via Kelly Waldron

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'We are all dumber for enabling partisans to make truth into a partisan issue...that’s not just dumb. It’s dangerous.'

Bilal Mahmood, candidate for supe, said he's a neuroscientist. He's not, reporters wrote as much, & all hell broke lose.

via Joe Eskenazi
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Squatting isn't free on Potrero Hill.

A rogue manager allegedly collected rents under the table from squatters at the Potrero Annex public housing complex.

That follows months of complaints against the private management firm there.

via Eleni Balakrishnan
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The 'Chinese uncles' gather every morning at Claddagh Coffee in the Excelsior, gossiping, talking international relations, chatting about politics.

They speak in Taishanese, & have thoughts on the mayor's race...

via Xueer Lu
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Facing city pressure and complaints from housed neighbors, on Wednesday the RV residents in Bernal Heights formed a caravan and descended the hill, in the pouring rain.

“I don’t see why they had to go,” said a neighbor.

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Facing city pressure, some eight RV residents living on Bernal Heights Boulevard descended the hill on Wednesday evening.

For the first time in several years, the street is clear.

“I don’t see why they had to go,” said a neighbor.

via Kelly Waldron

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San Francisco's long-running plan to eliminate cyclist and pedestrian deaths is called 'Vision Zero.'

Experts say it has zero vision.

From Eleni Balakrishnan

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I’m covering the District 7 supervisor race and I’ll be at Ballast Coffee (329 West Portal Ave) at 1 p.m. on Monday March 25. Come say hello!

This is such good service journalism:

BURRITOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!

Legend in the making: The soccer team for famed late-night taqueria El Farolito knocked off a Major League Soccer B-team:

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Bernal Heights RV dwellers were given a rude awakening some weeks ago: The city would start enforcing a parking ban around Bernal, displacing them in the coming weeks.

Now, housed residents are fighting back, hoping to prevent evictions.

by Kelly Waldron
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Some 300 people gathered last night to demand the city help unhoused immigrant families.

About 4.3 percent of the district’s 55, 537 students are believed to be homeless, according to a 2023 report.
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Check out the amazing data analysis Will Jarrett has already started to roll out:

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At Ana’s Salon, there are ballots & there are barbers, but the two don’t seem to mix.

The barbers—from Peru, Colombia, & Mexico—can't vote, & the men getting haircuts don't seem inclined to—till they see the voters trickling in.

I will vote, said Arturo. “Sería la primera vez.'