Joe Rivano Barros, Author at Mission Local https://missionlocal.org/author/joer/ Local news for a global city Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:34:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com/mission/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/iconlogomap-100x100.jpg Joe Rivano Barros, Author at Mission Local https://missionlocal.org/author/joer/ 32 32 District 5 supervisor candidate Bilal Mahmood accused of ethics violation — again https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/district-5-supervisor-candidate-bilal-mahmood-accused-of-ethics-violation-again/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/district-5-supervisor-candidate-bilal-mahmood-accused-of-ethics-violation-again/#comments Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:42:16 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=585762 The front page of Bilal Mahmood's dual purpose website showing donate buttons for both campaigns.

Bilal Mahmood, the former tech executive hoping to unseat District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston, was accused today of violating San Francisco campaign-ethics laws and misappropriating funds. This comes on the […]

District 5 supervisor candidate Bilal Mahmood accused of ethics violation — again

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/district-5-supervisor-candidate-bilal-mahmood-accused-of-ethics-violation-again/feed/ 6 Breed’s broadside against harm reduction isn’t based on facts, experts say https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/sf-london-breed-harm-reduction-public-health-experts/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/sf-london-breed-harm-reduction-public-health-experts/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:46:23 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=585730 man nurse bandage corner

Half a dozen public health and addiction experts interviewed by Mission Local said that Mayor London Breed’s recent comments denigrating harm reduction went against best practices in their field.  Breed’s […]

Breed’s broadside against harm reduction isn’t based on facts, experts say

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/sf-london-breed-harm-reduction-public-health-experts/feed/ 12 Billionaire-backed Neighbors for a Better San Francisco thwarts affordable-housing bond https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/neighbors-for-a-better-san-francisco-takeactionsf-prop-a-breed/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/neighbors-for-a-better-san-francisco-takeactionsf-prop-a-breed/#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=584984 The "No B.S. Voter Guide" cover

A billionaire-backed San Francisco big money group that ostensibly supports Mayor London Breed’s goals made a political faux pas this week: It funded a voter guide that is opposing the […]

Billionaire-backed Neighbors for a Better San Francisco thwarts affordable-housing bond

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/neighbors-for-a-better-san-francisco-takeactionsf-prop-a-breed/feed/ 10 Tech execs funnel $273K to DA Brooke Jenkins’ state committee https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/tech-execs-funnel-273k-to-da-brooke-jenkins-state-committee/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/tech-execs-funnel-273k-to-da-brooke-jenkins-state-committee/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:11:34 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=584086 District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, a brown-skinned woman with long dark hair, wearing a purple blazer and white shirt.

In the days after this story was published, two more contributions of $25,000 and $10,000 went into the DA’s committee, bringing her total above $300,000. The original story is below. […]

Tech execs funnel $273K to DA Brooke Jenkins’ state committee

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/tech-execs-funnel-273k-to-da-brooke-jenkins-state-committee/feed/ 3 BigMoneySF: In 2024, political pressure groups play for all the marbles https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/sf-pressure-groups-2024-election/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/sf-pressure-groups-2024-election/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:45:00 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=583543 San Francisco City Hall lit up in emerald with dollar bills raining down

When Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan posts about San Francisco, it is generally centered on a theme. “In November 2024, we will vote out the hard left,” he wrote last […]

BigMoneySF: In 2024, political pressure groups play for all the marbles

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/sf-pressure-groups-2024-election/feed/ 12 BigMoneySF: What do new advocacy groups really want?  https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/bigmoneysf-what-do-new-advocacy-groups-really-want/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/bigmoneysf-what-do-new-advocacy-groups-really-want/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 08:05:00 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=583395 A group of posters with the words "Smart city dumb politics" and "It's OK to want shit to work"

They can be hard to track — even for political insiders. There’s TogetherSF, GrowSF, Abundant SF, Advance SF, ConnectedSF, Progress SF, Stop Crime SF, Forward Action SF and Neighbors for […]

BigMoneySF: What do new advocacy groups really want? 

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/bigmoneysf-what-do-new-advocacy-groups-really-want/feed/ 22 Tech-backed PAC is biggest spender in DCCC race https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/tech-backed-pac-is-biggest-spender-in-dccc-race/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/tech-backed-pac-is-biggest-spender-in-dccc-race/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 20:27:23 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=582798

A new political action committee — backed largely by tech money and known as Families for a Vibrant San Francisco — has emerged as the largest single donor in the […]

Tech-backed PAC is biggest spender in DCCC race

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/tech-backed-pac-is-biggest-spender-in-dccc-race/feed/ 17 SF police measures see $1M-plus campaign spending https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/sf-police-measures-see-1-million-plus-campaign-spending/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/sf-police-measures-see-1-million-plus-campaign-spending/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2024 01:25:44 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=582524 San Francisco police car driving on a street between parked cars

Two ballot measures that would increase police staffing and deregulate the police department are seeing the heaviest spending in the upcoming March election, with totals for and against the measures […]

SF police measures see $1M-plus campaign spending

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/sf-police-measures-see-1-million-plus-campaign-spending/feed/ 7 DCCC candidates trying to oust progressives outraising them almost 4-1  https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/dccc-candidates-trying-to-oust-progressives-outraising-them-almost-4-1/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/dccc-candidates-trying-to-oust-progressives-outraising-them-almost-4-1/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:25:53 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=582426 A March 5, 2024, voter information guide on top of a stack of $20 bills.

Candidates trying to oust progressives from San Francisco’s branch of the Democratic Party, which maintains the party’s imprimatur on local election endorsements, have raised almost four times as much money […]

DCCC candidates trying to oust progressives outraising them almost 4-1 

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/dccc-candidates-trying-to-oust-progressives-outraising-them-almost-4-1/feed/ 13 More SF supes receive threats referencing Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan’s posts https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/two-more-sf-supervisors-get-death-threats-referencing-y-combinator-ceos-posts/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/two-more-sf-supervisors-get-death-threats-referencing-y-combinator-ceos-posts/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2024 03:03:59 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=582106 An envelope sent to Supervisor Hillary Ronen bearing Garry Tan's face, with the threatening message inside.

Two more San Francisco supervisors said on Wednesday that they, too, received threats in the mail referencing an online rant by Garry Tan, the CEO of startup incubator Y Combinator […]

More SF supes receive threats referencing Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan’s posts

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/two-more-sf-supervisors-get-death-threats-referencing-y-combinator-ceos-posts/feed/ 16 ‘Stupid,’ ‘shameful:’ Tech workers on Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan’s rant https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/stupid-shameful-say-tech-workers-of-y-combinator-ceo-garry-tans-rant/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/stupid-shameful-say-tech-workers-of-y-combinator-ceo-garry-tans-rant/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:06:22 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=582067 Garry Tan sitting in a chair on stage, gesticulating with his hands

Following Garry Tan’s seemingly alcohol-fueled rant over the weekend, in which he wrote on social media that seven progressive San Francisco supervisors should “die slow,” tech workers in San Francisco […]

‘Stupid,’ ‘shameful:’ Tech workers on Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan’s rant

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/stupid-shameful-say-tech-workers-of-y-combinator-ceo-garry-tans-rant/feed/ 17 Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan’s online rant spurs threats to supes, police reports https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/y-combinator-ceo-garry-tans-online-rant-spurs-threat-to-supe-police-reports/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/y-combinator-ceo-garry-tans-online-rant-spurs-threat-to-supe-police-reports/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2024 03:47:01 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=581806 Garry Tan is a prominent entrepreneur and investor based in San Francisco, California.

Three San Francisco supervisors received a threatening letter at their homes on Tuesday, and two more filed police reports after Garry Tan, the CEO of Y Combinator and a heavy […]

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan’s online rant spurs threats to supes, police reports

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/y-combinator-ceo-garry-tans-online-rant-spurs-threat-to-supe-police-reports/feed/ 30 Garry Tan, tech CEO & campaign donor, wishes death upon San Francisco politicians https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/garry-tan-death-wish-sf-supervisors/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/garry-tan-death-wish-sf-supervisors/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2024 20:02:41 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=581443 A post on X from Garry Tan wishing death upon San Francisco supervisors, reading: "Fuck Chan Peskin Preston Walton Melgar Ronen Safai Chan as a label and motherfucking crew ... And if you are down with Peskin Preston Walton Melgar Ronen Safai Chan as a crew fuck you too ... Die slow motherfuckers."

Garry Tan, the CEO of startup accelerator Y Combinator and a deep-pocketed donor to moderate politics in San Francisco, seemingly wished a slow death for seven supervisors last night in […]

Garry Tan, tech CEO & campaign donor, wishes death upon San Francisco politicians

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/garry-tan-death-wish-sf-supervisors/feed/ 38 Mayor nixes SF reparations, but Black college hub still possible https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/there-will-be-no-reparations-in-san-francisco-will-there-be-an-hbcu/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/there-will-be-no-reparations-in-san-francisco-will-there-be-an-hbcu/#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=579395 Members of San Francisco's reparations task force meeting on their final day, sitting in front of a dais.

Reparations for African Americans are off the table in San Francisco — at least for the foreseeable future. Mayor London Breed made it clear last month she would no longer […]

Mayor nixes SF reparations, but Black college hub still possible

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/there-will-be-no-reparations-in-san-francisco-will-there-be-an-hbcu/feed/ 32 SFPD arrest suspect in Mission Rec Center teen killing https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/sfpd-arrest-suspect-in-mission-rec-center-teen-killing/ https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/sfpd-arrest-suspect-in-mission-rec-center-teen-killing/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 22:09:25 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=578799 A young man with his hands covering his face, seated at a table with a green cloth over it and piled with books.

San Francisco police officers have arrested a suspect in the August 2023 fatal shooting of Damien González, an 18-year-old who was playing basketball with friends at the Mission Recreation Center […]

SFPD arrest suspect in Mission Rec Center teen killing

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2024/01/sfpd-arrest-suspect-in-mission-rec-center-teen-killing/feed/ 1 Javier Campos charged for Mission District mass shooting https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/javier-campos-charged-for-mission-district-mass-shooting/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/javier-campos-charged-for-mission-district-mass-shooting/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:11:58 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=577092 Javier Campos, with a beanie, rapping.

Javier Campos III, the 23-year-old suspect in the Mission District mass shooting that left nine victims wounded in June, has been charged with a raft of crimes, including assault with […]

Javier Campos charged for Mission District mass shooting

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/javier-campos-charged-for-mission-district-mass-shooting/feed/ 3 SF sheriff’s deputies allege city has stiffed them $169K https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/sf-sheriffs-deputies-allege-city-has-stiffed-them-169k-in-unpaid-back-pay/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/sf-sheriffs-deputies-allege-city-has-stiffed-them-169k-in-unpaid-back-pay/#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=576936 Sheriff's car parked with the bay and Bay Bridge in the background

The union representing San Francisco sheriff’s deputies took the unusual step of writing to Moody’s Investment Services last week, asking that the credit-rating giant investigate San Francisco over $169,052 in […]

SF sheriff’s deputies allege city has stiffed them $169K

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/sf-sheriffs-deputies-allege-city-has-stiffed-them-169k-in-unpaid-back-pay/feed/ 3 U.S. Marshals raid Mission home https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/us-marshals-conduct-raid-on-mission-home/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/us-marshals-conduct-raid-on-mission-home/#comments Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:27:00 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=576227 A US marshal walking back to his car after the arrest

Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service, accompanied by San Francisco police, raided a Mission District home Thursday afternoon, taking one man into custody.  The man, who was dressed in a […]

U.S. Marshals raid Mission home

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/us-marshals-conduct-raid-on-mission-home/feed/ 9 Mission stabbing leaves man in serious condition https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/mission-stabbing-leaves-man-in-serious-condition/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/mission-stabbing-leaves-man-in-serious-condition/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2023 22:27:18 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=576078 police car lights, hit-and-run, Rainbow Grocery, 49ers

A man was left in serious condition after being stabbed on Tuesday night in the Mission District, according to police and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Police responded to Mission […]

Mission stabbing leaves man in serious condition

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/mission-stabbing-leaves-man-in-serious-condition/feed/ 5 Rosamunde, Mission sausage spot, to stay open in surprise turn https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/rosamunde-mission-sausage-spot-to-stay-open-in-surprise-turn/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/rosamunde-mission-sausage-spot-to-stay-open-in-surprise-turn/#comments Sat, 02 Dec 2023 01:44:51 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=575570 The exterior of Rosamunde, with tables and chairs.

Rosamunde, the 25-year-old sausage spot, will, in a surprise turn of events, reopen its last San Francisco location after initially announcing its closure in October. In a post on Instagram, […]

Rosamunde, Mission sausage spot, to stay open in surprise turn

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/rosamunde-mission-sausage-spot-to-stay-open-in-surprise-turn/feed/ 4 Car catches fire on 24th Street https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/car-catches-fire-on-24th-street/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/car-catches-fire-on-24th-street/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:15:03 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=575458 A car on fire on 24th and Hampshire streets in the Mission District

Two women rushed into Tony’s Market and Liquor Store, Friday morning, begging the sitting employee, Sam, for water. “They said, ‘Hurry up, ‘hurry up,'” Sam recalled. “At first, I thought […]

Car catches fire on 24th Street

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/12/car-catches-fire-on-24th-street/feed/ 5 Mission Local is seeking a development associate https://missionlocal.org/2023/11/mission-local-is-seeking-a-development-associate/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/11/mission-local-is-seeking-a-development-associate/#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:15:11 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=574842 A group of reporters working at the Mission Local newsroom

Mission Local, a nonprofit news site based in San Francisco, is looking for a Development Associate to help the newsroom with fundraising.  We are a small, nonprofit newsroom with a […]

Mission Local is seeking a development associate

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/11/mission-local-is-seeking-a-development-associate/feed/ 1 Feds charge SF developer Sia Tahbazof, two other execs with bribery https://missionlocal.org/2023/11/sf-developer-sia-tahbazof-two-other-execs-charged-by-feds-with-bribery/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/11/sf-developer-sia-tahbazof-two-other-execs-charged-by-feds-with-bribery/#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2023 01:45:11 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=572976 A family posing for a photo in a living room.

The U.S. Department of Justice charged three San Francisco construction executives today with bribing employees at the Department of Building Inspection in the feds’ ongoing rampage through San Francisco.  On […]

Feds charge SF developer Sia Tahbazof, two other execs with bribery

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/11/sf-developer-sia-tahbazof-two-other-execs-charged-by-feds-with-bribery/feed/ 2 Uptown, legacy Mission dive bar, to close after 39 years https://missionlocal.org/2023/11/uptown-legacy-mission-dive-bar-to-close-after-39-years/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/11/uptown-legacy-mission-dive-bar-to-close-after-39-years/#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2023 22:47:30 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=572088 Sign for Uptown bar, at 17th and Capp streets, is closing after 39 years in the Mission.

Uptown, the dive bar and legacy business at 17th and Capp streets founded a day after Christmas in 1984, will close in early January, one of its owners said today. […]

Uptown, legacy Mission dive bar, to close after 39 years

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/11/uptown-legacy-mission-dive-bar-to-close-after-39-years/feed/ 12 California State University faculty union votes 95% to sanction strike https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/california-state-university-faculty-union-votes-95-to-sanction-strike/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/california-state-university-faculty-union-votes-95-to-sanction-strike/#comments Mon, 30 Oct 2023 22:42:20 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=571525 A group of faculty and students marching on San Francisco State University campus on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

The faculty union representing professors and lecturers at San Francisco State University and other California State schools has voted to authorize a strike if it cannot reach a deal with […]

California State University faculty union votes 95% to sanction strike

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/california-state-university-faculty-union-votes-95-to-sanction-strike/feed/ 1 Protestors shut down Central Freeway, calling for ceasefire in Gaza https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/sf-palestine-protest-shuts-down-central-freeway-calling-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/sf-palestine-protest-shuts-down-central-freeway-calling-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/#comments Sun, 29 Oct 2023 02:48:53 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=571383 A group of pro-Palestine protesters marching down Market Street in San Francisco.

Thousands of protesters took over the Central Freeway in San Francisco today in a march calling for an end to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza that began three weeks ago […]

Protestors shut down Central Freeway, calling for ceasefire in Gaza

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/sf-palestine-protest-shuts-down-central-freeway-calling-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/feed/ 26 SF State faculty rally for contract during week-long strike vote https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/sf-state-faculty-rally-for-contract-during-week-long-strike-vote/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/sf-state-faculty-rally-for-contract-during-week-long-strike-vote/#comments Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:50:36 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=571150 A group of faculty and students marching on San Francisco State University campus.

Suzanne Pullen has $120,000 in student loan debt. At 53, she has not been a student for some time, but is, at last, using her hard-won doctoral degree. She’s a […]

SF State faculty rally for contract during week-long strike vote

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/sf-state-faculty-rally-for-contract-during-week-long-strike-vote/feed/ 2 Woman discovered dead at 23rd and Mission https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/woman-discovered-dead-at-23rd-and-mission/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/woman-discovered-dead-at-23rd-and-mission/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2023 21:50:08 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=570675 A building with trees in front of it.

San Francisco police discovered a deceased woman on Monday at the intersection of 23rd and Mission streets. On Oct. 23 at 9:08 a.m., police officers from Mission Station were “flagged […]

Woman discovered dead at 23rd and Mission

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/woman-discovered-dead-at-23rd-and-mission/feed/ 2 Mission Local is looking for a new reporter https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/mission-local-is-looking-for-a-new-reporter/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/mission-local-is-looking-for-a-new-reporter/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2023 18:29:00 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=570635 A group of reporters working at the Mission Local newsroom

Mission Local, a nonprofit newsroom based in San Francisco, is looking for an energetic, curious reporter able and excited to write daily stories, enterprise and investigative work. Salary would be […]

Mission Local is looking for a new reporter

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/mission-local-is-looking-for-a-new-reporter/feed/ 1 Man’s body discovered at Dolores Park earlier this month https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/mans-body-discovered-at-dolores-park-earlier-this-month/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/mans-body-discovered-at-dolores-park-earlier-this-month/#respond Mon, 23 Oct 2023 22:27:51 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=570540

Update: On October 24, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner revealed the identity of the man discovered at Dolores Park: Pepe Mano, 29, residence unknown. The body of an […]

Man’s body discovered at Dolores Park earlier this month

]]> https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/mans-body-discovered-at-dolores-park-earlier-this-month/feed/ 0 SF school staff reach deal with district, averting strike https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/sf-school-staff-reach-deal-with-district-averting-strike/ https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/sf-school-staff-reach-deal-with-district-averting-strike/#respond Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:20:45 +0000 https://missionlocal.org/?p=569779 Facade of Cesar Chavez Elementary School

The 1,000-member union for San Francisco school district custodians, cafeteria workers and other staff members reached a contract agreement with the school district Tuesday night, averting a feared strike. SEIU […]

SF school staff reach deal with district, averting strike

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