Mission Local

Founded in 2008, Mission Local has been dedicated to covering the vibrant Mission District, sharing stories about everything from local tacos and technology to crime, culture, murals, and MUNI. We aim to capture the essence of this historic and beloved neighborhood as it evolves. Initially launched as a project by UC Berkeley's Journalism School, we became an independent entity in 2014. Our goal is to serve as a beacon of local, self-sustaining, and fiercely independent journalism. We strive to showcase the Mission's rich diversity and its captivating, sometimes conflicting, nature. Our commitment is to continue telling its many stories for many years ahead.

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S.F. Labor to Board of Supervisors: “No cuts, no layoffs”

1 day ago | missionlocal.org | Margaret Kadifa

On Friday, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie released his proposed budget that would lay off about 100 city employees to confront a $782 million budget shortfall. On Wednesday, more than a thousand workers rallied on the steps of the San Francisco City Hall, in protest of those layoffs and other cuts. “When public service is under attack, what do we do?” Yelled one speaker, as the rally started around noon.
Crypto company to give over $9M to S.F. police for surveillance unit

4 days ago | missionlocal.org | Eleni Balakrishnan

Cryptocurrency company Ripple Labs is seeking to donate nearly $9.4 million to the San Francisco Police Department’s Real Time Investigation Center, a fledgling branch of the department that uses surveillance technology to monitor crimes in progress. The gift will fund equipment purchases, including 12 new police drones, and will also cover a year and a half of a sublease for 14,000 square feet of downtown office space that Ripple is no longer using.
Bulletin bored

5 days ago | missionlocal.org | Zach Smith

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S.F. to Recology: The rates are too damn high

1 week ago | missionlocal.org | Margaret Kadifa

San Franciscans may soon be paying more for their trash pickup, under a city proposal presented Friday at a Refuse Rate Board meeting. The city’s refuse rates administrator, a position within the city controller’s office, proposed a rate hike of almost 28 percent over the next three years, starting in October. The proposed increase is the latest in a back-and-forth between San Francisco and Recology, which has a charter-enshrined monopoly on the city’s trash collection.
S.F promised residents permanent housing in 2022. Now they’re being moved out.

1 week ago | missionlocal.org | Eleni Balakrishnan

Ryan Palmer bounced around for years: He spent about a decade on the streets, then lived in two residential hotels that he had to leave under duress – first someone pulled a gun on him, and then a neighbor busted a hole through his wall with a sledgehammer. When he landed two years ago at 835 Turk St. — the former Gotham Hotel, which was converted to permanent supportive housing under the name Vantaggio Suites — Palmer thought at last he was somewhere he could call home.
San Francisco in six charts: City’s ‘annual performance results’ paint a mixed picture

1 week ago | missionlocal.org | Margaret Kadifa

How well is San Francisco delivering for its residents? The city’s controller tries to answer that question at the end of every fiscal year with its “Annual Performance Results” report, on what services San Francisco offers and how many people are using them — from public transit to libraries. This year’s report, released last week, includes data on city departments from July 2023 through June 2024. The big takeaway: San Francisco is on the long road to recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Memorial installed for Luis Manuel Arguello-Inglis, teen shot in Dolores Park

1 week ago | missionlocal.org | Madera Longstreet-Lipson

June 5, 2025, marks the one-year anniversary of Luis Manuel Arguello-Inglis’ death, after he was shot and killed at Dolores Park. For Arguello-Inglis’ sister, Natalia Arguello-Inglis, the day will bring reflection and sentimentality.
Suspect arrested in Dolores Park shooting of Luis Manuel Arguello-Inglis

1 week ago | missionlocal.org | Madera Longstreet-Lipson

Nearly a year after 19-year-old Luis Manuel Arguello-Inglis was shot and killed at Dolores Park, police today announced an arrest in connection with the June 2024 homicide. While Arguello-Inglis’ name is not in the San Francisco Police Department press release, the timing and location of the killing — June 5, 2024 on the 500 block of Dolores Street — are a match.
S.F. Parks Alliance's downfall came gradually, then suddenly

1 week ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Eskenazi

In July 2021, the San Francisco Unified School District sent a sternly worded leader to the head of the San Francisco Parks Alliance. The language was cool and technical but the meaning behind it was not.
What will it take to convert downtown San Francisco offices into housing?

1 week ago | missionlocal.org | Margaret Kadifa

Since the COVID-19 pandemic cratered the city’s commercial real estate boom, San Francisco’s downtown office buildings have emptied out, and its nearby stores and restaurants closed. Five years later, more than a third of San Francisco offices remain empty, a higher proportion than in New York, Los Angeles, Austin and Seattle. In response, city officials have floated incentive after incentive to transform some of that empty office space into residential housing.