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#OwningABusinessWhileBlack: San Francisco Man Gets Accused of Breaking into His Own Shop
It was the kind of shop that fits right into the San Francisco landscape: Gourmonade, a small, high-end lemonade shop which recently opened in San Francisco’s Mission District. But the shop’s black owner, Vicktor Stevenson, says he’s been dogged by racist acts against him and the shop even before he opened. The worst of these…
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Black Teen Incarcerated for Days After Judge’s Release Order Despite No Probable Cause: Lawsuit
A San Francisco mother has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city kept her teenage son locked in a cell for days even though a judge determined that there was no reason that the boy should have been arrested in the first place and ordered his release. On June 29, 2017, Tureko Straughter’s 15-year-old son…
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It’s Official: London Breed 1st Black Woman Elected Mayor of San Francisco
On Wednesday, after a neck and neck race in which thousands of provisional ballots needed to be counted, London Breed officially became the first black woman elected mayor of San Francisco after her opponent, fellow Democrat Mark Leno, conceded the primary race. The election, held June 5, was so tight that the San Francisco Department…
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You Know the Housing Markets Are Rough When Adults Are Paying to Live in Dormitories
House prices these days are ridiculous, especially if you are a single professional living in a larger city. I live in a beautiful studio apartment on the West Hollywood-Hollywood border. My neighborhood has a Walk Score of 92. The best nightlife Hollywood has to offer and the famous Walk of Fame are just minutes away…
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A Clean Slate: San Francisco to Toss Out Thousands of Marijuana Convictions
In an unprecedented move, the city of San Francisco will throw out thousands of marijuana convictions going back decades. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón said Wednesday that city prosecutors will retroactively apply California’s marijuana-legalization laws to past criminal cases dating all the way back to 1975. With no…
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London Breed Had a Clean Shot at Becoming San Francisco’s 1st Black Female Mayor; Then She Got Kneecapped by Her Colleagues
The same city that gave us Twitter, medical marijuana and one of the nation’s first openly gay elected officials just pulled a jack move on its first black female acting mayor. In a wild meeting marked by tearful comments from residents, the Board of Supervisors—San Francisco’s version of a city council—voted Tuesday night to oust…
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Conservatives Want to #BoycottSanFrancisco After Undocumented Immigrant Acquitted in Death of Kate Steinle
No justice, no San Francisco. Those are the sentiments of conservatives after Jose Ines Garcia Zarate was found not guilty in the death of Kate Steinle, a white woman who was shot and killed in 2015 on a pier in San Francisco, which is a sanctuary city when it comes to undocumented immigrants like Zarate.…
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Bride Holds Surprise Wedding at Hospital Where Father Is Being Treated for Leukemia
Nothing was going to stop Viennese Stanton of Davis, Calif., from having her father walk her down the aisle, even if it meant she had to have her wedding at the hospital where he’s being treated for leukemia. Stanton said via the Love What Matters Facebook page that she pushed her wedding day up so…
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Racists Target an Asian-American Family for Supporting Black Lives Matter
An Asian-American family in San Francisco was targeted with racist letters this summer for posting a “Black Lives Matter” sign in the window of their home. Because of the threats and racial slur used, the harassing letters are being investigated by the police as hate crimes. But the letters have only strengthened the family’s resolve…