POLL RESULTS ARE IN! The people have spoken regarding what street they want renamed for Claude the Alligator. It wasn't close. missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-c...

1/5 6pm @kalwradio.bsky.social @missionlocal.org Joe Eskenazi @esksf.bsky.social shares his reporting on SFs power grid issues // A panel discussion on how SF could balance the adoption of new technologies with transparency and safety for residents // & Del Seymour the “Mayor of the Tenderloin”

PODCAST... A look at SF politics w/@missionlocal.org's @esksf.bsky.social: Mayor Daniel Lurie's first year & the race to replace Nancy Pelosi. Eskenazi will co-moderate a forum with @scottwiener.bsky.social Saikat Chakrabarti and @conniechansf.bsky.social on Weds. capitolweekly.net/a-look-at-sa...

Rich was out of office last week so I hosted the podcast this week - learned a lot from @esksf.bsky.social !

At the stroke of midnight the year ends. And the poll on which street to rename for Claude the Alligator ends, too. You should vote. missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-c...

Mission Local's favorite Mission Local stories of 2025. Staff picks: missionlocal.org/2025/12/miss...

Happy New Year! Mission Local finished out 2025 by winning a bunch of stuff. You can read our award-winning articles here: missionlocal.org/2025/12/miss...

In San Francisco, a scheduled power outage was interrupted by an unscheduled power outage. Last week, 1/3 of the city was in the dark. SF, for years, has been moving to buy out PG&E. Could it use eminent domain if PG&E says no? It just might. @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/12/pge-...

After the death of Alberto Rangel, staff and patients are left questioning what could have been done to have prevented his death. We pieced together the minutes leading up to his attack. What's left are critical gaps in time. via @marinanewman.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-h...

The proposed replacement of the Marina "Dateway" Safeway with a 25-story complex has area residents and city politicians apoplectic. Could anything have prevented this? Possibly! But the city's chosen move might be worse than useless. From @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/12/mari...

The San Francisco Fire Dept. is investigating a lieutenant who posted online that ICE should "catch 'em all!" The lieutenant, David Waters, also asked “how am I racist for wanting illegals deported?” missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-f...

Faith leaders have chained themselves to the doors of San Francisco's immigration courthouse, blockading the building in the predawn hours. missionlocal.org/2025/12/fait...

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We asked every San Francisco politician for their position on the Marina Safeway development (on the site of Armistead Maupin's "Social Safeway"). Here are all the answers missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-m...

Reports of workplace violence at SF General Hospital have spiked by 60 percent since a year ago. But health workers say their safety proposals have been ignored. On Dec. 4, a social worker was killed at an SFGH clinic missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-g...

(Scoop) Former S.F. staffer pleads guilty to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars in city funds www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...

After a Waymo struck & killed its previous bodega cat, Randa’s Market is turning a new leaf. Meet Coco, a feisty, friendly addition to 16th Street. missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...

D4 Squid Games Supervisor appointment politics has veered into game show territory. It's weird. And weird politics. missionlocal.org/2025/11/who-... From @esksf.bsky.social

“I do feel bad for her. I think I will continue to feel bad for her,” she said. “But I did the right thing. People deserve to know the truth and that the mayor is not doing his job. This was a really big decision for him, and he just messed it up really bad.” missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-s...

With since-resigned Supervisor Alcaraz, the mayor's office failed to vet a candidate who literally had skeletons in her closet. It was a major misstep for Daniel Lurie and a disservice to the political neophyte Alcaraz Latest column from @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/11/the-...

Nancy Pelosi can be succeeded. But she cannot be replaced. Latest column from @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/11/nanc...

"Every bargain with Trump and his gang is a Faustian bargain." Great piece by @esksf.bsky.social on today's events (or non-events, as the case may be). Also, love the SNL suggestion! missionlocal.org/2025/10/san-...

"There are only so many turns of phrase you can employ: This is just a profoundly fucked-up way to lead a country. It’s like dealing with King George or a warlord out of the Dark Ages." @esksf.bsky.social on Lurie's deal with the devil to keep nat'l guard out of SF missionlocal.org/2025/10/san-...

San Francisco school principals are in a labor impasse. A strike is a real possibility. Multiple principals say the district's superintendent threatened them with legal action prior to a planned labor rally. And now? Now they're pissed. From @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/10/sfus...

The purported surge of ICE and Border Protection agents coming to the Bay Area are the worst fear of S.F. officials — even more so than the National Guard. From @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/10/san-...

The 9th Circuit today greenlit Trump's National Guard deployment to Portland. Does this bode poorly for San Francisco? Sure. But not in the manner you might think. Also: The National Guard may not be the biggest worry missionlocal.org/2025/10/nati...

San Francisco's transit agency wants to be exempted from state pollution rules. You know what? It's a *great* idea. Column from @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/10/sfmt...

How much does Salesforce pay to San Francisco police officers? Less than you'd think. missionlocal.org/2025/10/sale...

"As unnerving and disheartening as SF’s overt misery and drug-use and mental instability can be, that’s not the same thing as crime. Reported SF crime, which was already low, is down nearly a third... Subjectively, you may not feel safe in San Francisco. Objectively, you’ve rarely been safer."

Marc Benioff exposed himself as craven and hollow. He's got company. From @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/10/marc...

The San Francisco Giants' season, damn it, ended last month. But the big lights were shining at 3 a.m. last Friday into Daniel Conrad's bedroom. He's been complaining about this for years. But he hasn't gotten past first base. missionlocal.org/2025/10/s-f-...

but Emma, you might be asking, did you find a way to shoehorn in how annnoyed you still are about mandatory Grateful Dead Appreciation Month?

San Francisco's tech billionaires weaponized recall elections against their opponents. Now, the chickens come home to roost. "This feels a bit like non-Western nations getting The Bomb. It will be interesting to see who gets blown up next." @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/09/joel...

Absolutely delicious string of words to describe regional recall politics: "San Franciscans have been nurtured in their anger for some time now, to the exclusion of quantifiable facts." @esksf.bsky.social

Everybody loves skate parks. But are they "sustainable"? Because at Sunset Dunes, the city went into bonded debt to pay for the skate park — and the money came from a bucket earmarked for "Sustainability." Also "sustainable": Hammocks. missionlocal.org/2025/09/suns... From @esksf.bsky.social

With a ban looming on RVs on city streets, the city of San Francisco is creating a resource for worried RV dwellers. It's ... an AI chatbot. missionlocal.org/2025/09/san-...

I FOUND MY PASSWORD! I'M BACK.

Mission Local has learned that the San Francisco Planning Commission advanced the name of Sarah Dennis Phillips to Mayor Lurie to become the next head of city planning. Three commissioners walked out of today's meeting before the vote. missionlocal.org/2025/06/sara... by @esksf.bsky.social

JUST IN: Several city workers were arrested during a protest during the Board of Supervisors meeting at City Hall. Some 100 union members had interrupted the meeting to call attention to the mayor's proposed layoffs. via @kellywaldron.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/06/unio...

Conditions around the Potrero Hill shopping mall have been poor for years, employees say. But drug deals & loitering have gotten worse, workers say, since SFPD operations at 16th and Mission started. missionlocal.org/2025/06/sf-p...

ICYMI Mayor Lurie is—monomaniacally—sticking to his script. He's not making performative anti-Trump statements. He won't even say the president's name. He is leaving that to politicians with the inclination and ability to do something. Will he be rewarded or punished by voters? subtxt.to/uQ3T7yw

Here's a good piece from @esksf.bsky.social on this from a while ago: missionlocal.org/2025/02/joel...

🎧 Listen to the Podcast! @esksf.bsky.social, @michaelbarba.bsky.social, Sutro Stewards' Ildiko Polony and Nicola Miner on the shut down of the San Francisco Parks Alliance and what it means for the city's outdoor areas. 🔗: buff.ly/ecWqvIT

Mayor Daniel Lurie can do San Francisco no good by trash-talking Trump. At least not yet. He's showing restraint. But will he be rewarded by voter -- or punished? missionlocal.org/2025/06/mayo...

"Run Paul Run"? Mayor's office insists this won't happen with interim SFPD chief Paul Yep. But the internal bench for permanent chief is thin: Every last deputy chief is either retiring, purportedly will soon retire or is out on disability. From @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/05/paul...

For years and years, dirty engineer Rodrigo Santos and corrupt building inspector Bernie Curran did as they pleased at the Dept. of Building Inspection. Until both went to prison. And *this* is the city's offer to their victims? From @esksf.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/05/rodr...

Catch me on NPR’s national “Here and Now” show with the inimitable Deepa Fernandez today talking about my book, “The Lost and The Found” — @atriabooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social here’s the recording and an excerpt from the book: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

A banger of a conversation on 100 Days of @danielluriesf.bsky.social Listen here @kalwradio.bsky.social bit.ly/42ClTe9 Host: Manny Yekutiel Media Roundtable: Joe Eskenazi @esksf.bsky.social @missionlocal.org JD Morris @sfchronicle.com Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez @sfstandard.com