That being said, I am excited to hear from panelists (like Joe Wilson of Hospitality House and Armando Bravo Martinez, an RV resident) about potential solutions and what they envision for SF's future, especially as our population ages. This is a huge topic that doesn't get the attention it deserves

Totally agree that the lack of affordable housing is central to this crisis — sources have repeatedly hammered that point. Even with measures to create more housing for eligible seniors (like Prop G on last Nov's ballot), SF is in deep trouble. When you layer on safety net cuts, it's even more dire.

If you're interested in learning more about what is driving homelessness among seniors locally and in cities like Portland (where the doc was filmed), come to the screening or tune in to @kalwradio.bsky.social tomorrow at 10 am when I'll be chatting with @smkhalid58.bsky.social and others!

When local police are seen standing by as federal agencies damage communities, it can deepen distrust of local law enforcement long after federal personnel leave, said Donny Walters of the Ethical Society of Police, a police union advocating for reforms. “We’re left to deal with the carnage.” (7/7)

Bonds acknowledged that local police can face legal liability for interfering with immigration enforcement but also noted that there are ways to deescalate a situation that do not entail preventing an ICE agent from making an arrest (6/7)

In response to questions from supervisors and the public, SFPD issued new guidelines to officers in August instructing them to "only take actions necessary to safeguard life and property" such as rendering aid, responding to crime, directing traffic or deescalating conflict (5/7)

These scenarios have "an underlying assumption that the kind of people that ICE agents are targeting are violent or criminal,” she said, noting that many of the people being deported have minimal or no criminal history. Data shows detentions of people with no criminal history have risen (4/7)

Enter my best friend FOIA. Scenarios outlined in a training doc (seen here) reveal the lack of clear guidance for the tricky position officers might be in if ICE agents harm members of the public, which is what they should be trained to respond to, said Lauren Bonds of @npapjustice.bsky.social (3/7)

Stellar reporting by @missionlocal.org documented ICE driving a van through activists and SFPD looking on as an agent pointed a rifle at a reporter. These incidents sparked conversations about how police are trained to handle the charged confrontations between ICE and protesters (2/7)

Throughout the rally, protesters chanted things like “When public services are under attack, what do we do? / Stand up, fight back!” and “When we fight, we win!”. People carried signs that read “PROTECT PUBLIC SERVICES, NOT PRIVATE GREED.”

Speakers talked about cuts to services like MUNI, public libraries, and mental health care. They also discussed the SRO Collaborative and Code Enforcement Outreach Program, which help tenants address unsafe living conditions. Those two programs would lose all city funding under the proposed budget.

“We're not going to let them take away our services—we're not going to let them balance the budget on the backs of our people,” said one speaker, calling on attendees to tell supervisors not to support Lurie's budget. “We’re not going to let San Francisco suffer because he decides that we need cuts”

Today's action is the single largest mass-illegalization event in US history.

350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.

you can also read the profile of elisa in spanish here: sfpr.es/3GI2WQ3

los trabajadores inmigrantes, dijo elisa, “hacemos trabajo realmente pesado y cubriendo horas increíbles, y a veces sin descanso... saben que no nos vamos a quejar, menos ahora”.