Mission Local

San Francisco firefighters put out a fire in a six-story Tenderloin apartment building on Sunday afternoon. Residents had been evacuated, but there is not yet an estimate of how many will be displaced. missionlocal.org/2026/07/san-fr…

Second former S.F. sheriff deputy charged with sexual misconduct this week. Damon Jones is facing 2 felony charges for an alleged sexual assault in jail last September. missionlocal.org/2026/07/san-fr…

Fifteen billionaires have put a total of $336 million into California and national politics so far this year, a new report released this week shows. missionlocal.org/2026/07/meet-t…

San Francisco is awash in digital gold & AI IPOs that will mint hundreds of millionaires. But one of the most sought-after, and lucrative, jobs here? A good elevator tech. missionlocal.org/2026/07/san-fr…

The most you can give to any candidate running for office in San Francisco is $500. That's the same limit as it was in 1973, when Nixon was president & you could nab a Toyota Corolla for $1,500. The ethics commission & a city supervisor want changes. missionlocal.org/2026/07/san-fr…

PSA: The T-line will be out of service for the next two weekends in Bayview—commuters will have to take buses instead. SFMTA is doing some long-awaited fixes. missionlocal.org/2026/07/t-thir…

Scott Wiener continues to pull in the most dollars in the congressional race to succeed Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi — but his opponent, Connie Chan, is quickly gaining momentum. via @kellywaldro missionlocal.org/2026/07/san-fr…

The Valkyries have a heck of a blocker! missionlocal.org/2026/07/not-so…

The owner of Clay by the Bay announced its closure on July 6, taking many potters by surprise. The studio at 747 Beach St. had been open for 12 years before its landlord filed for eviction in May, citing unpaid rent. missionlocal.org/2026/07/san-fr…

The SF Board of Supervisors dropped the inclusionary housing rate to 5 percent in a 9-2 vote on Tuesday, and narrowly passed an amendment to make the rate 8 percent solely for the Mission. missionlocal.org/2026/07/sf-inc…

S.F. supervisors passed an ordinance that makes sweeping changes to the city’s codes on Tuesday, despite objections that the ordinance is too broad and concerns over changing some reporting requirements including those around surveillance. missionlocal.org/2026/07/sf-cit…

A tax on vacant grocery stores proposed by Bilal Mahmood polls well: 61 percent approve. But it may not make it to the ballot after Connie Chan said it was not ready and decided not to schedule a hearing for it. via @io_y_g missionlocal.org/2026/07/sf-vac…

“Wong’s building served as a campaign headquarters for a broad swath of political candidates of varying political flavors, including Mayor Willie Brown in 1999 and Matt Gonzalez just four years later.”

never let blue checks convince you that the Real SF is a "tinned fish party" with no accoutrements save a whole unsliced lemon, or a "Taco Tuesday" where instead of tacos everyone is chugging Huel. the Real SF is "FBI-indicted permit expediter's offices sold off to porn baron"

Yes, people still read books in the park. Light reading? Hardly. missionlocal.org/2026/07/dolore…

At the Mission District Grocery Outlet, bargain groceries now come with a side of surveillance. The store is using AI facial recognition technology designed to help prevent shoplifting. via @kellywaldro missionlocal.org/2026/07/sf-gro…

“Kink, as its name implies, is an interesting outfit. Truly bizarre acts may yet transpire on this site. But, again, nothing so bizarre as what’s transpired already. And, when it comes to the city’s well-being, nothing so harmful.” ⁦@EskSF⁩ @MLNow missionlocal.org/2026/07/walter…

Walter Wong's 'kingdom' sells to porn baron — a strange and terrible saga missionlocal.org/2026/07/walter… via @MLNow @EskSF

The former "kingdom" of San Francisco's disgraced onetime permit expediter king has sold, to a porn baron. Lord knows what crazy things will happen here next. Nothing as crazy as what's happened here already. From @esksf missionlocal.org/2026/07/walter…

Hundreds of people in San Francisco marched from tech company to tech company on Saturday, blasting OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google for barreling towards an AI future. They rallied under a giant "Stop the AI Race" banner. missionlocal.org/2026/07/san-fr…