Trump administration sued over San Francisco ICE courthouse arrests, detentions
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of four immigrants with pending cases who have faced arrest and detention while attending hearings at San Francisco Immigration Court.
New RV permit: How San Francisco’s rules will limit large vehicles
San Francisco’s new Large Vehicle Refuge Permit (LVRP) will reshape where, and whether, people can continue living in RVs.
His mother’s death pushed him into homelessness. At 72, he’s now living in an RV
At 72, Carlos Brito lost his mother, his home, and now lives in an RV. His story shows how older San Franciscans are falling into homelessness.
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IMMIGRATION
Mental Health
She never worried about mental health — until her daughters left home
When Rosario Ortegón’s children left home to build lives of their own, she was hit by an unexpected state of distress.
From cold plunges to lotería, immigrant women are redefining mental health in S.F.
Immigrant women are combining traditional remedies and grassroots research to strengthen mental health care and heal their community from within.
How Latinx communities can find mental health services in San Francisco
How to access professional mental health services, with resources for Spanish-speaking children, adolescents and adults.
Day Laborers
Six ways to defend San Francisco’s immigrant day laborers
OP-ED: Immigrant advocate Francisco Herrera provides six concrete ways to protect at-risk immigrant workers from raids and deportation in San Francisco.
ICE fears and loss of work hit San Francisco’s day laborers hard
As ICE ramps up arrests across California, thousands of immigrant workers in San Francisco are bearing the brunt of the economic and emotional fallout.
An immigrant came to San Francisco for work. One injury changed everything
Day laborers are the unseen backbone of San Francisco’s economy, taking on its most dangerous and least protected work. This is the story of one man whose fragile stability shattered when a job cost him his leg.
STREET VENDORS
For Mission food vendors, San Francisco’s new ‘pathway’ is actually a crackdown
Records reviewed by El Tecolote show that the City quietly launched a workgroup to create a new permit for street vendors. Yet as drafted, this pathway is out of reach for many of the city’s informal vendors.
He sold coconuts in the Mission for two decades. Now, he finally has his own shop
After two decades selling coconuts on the sidewalk, Oscar Olguín finally opens the door to his own shop in San Francisco.
These striking portraits honor Mission street vendors on Valentine’s Day
Street vendors worked all day on Valentine’s Day, selling flowers, teddy bears and sweet treats in San Francisco’s Mission District.
RV COMMUNITY
San Francisco is weaponizing parking rules to displace RV communities. Here’s how it started
San Francisco is using parking laws and construction projects to displace RV communities of working-class families. This investigation reveals how the crackdown began — and why it backfired.
SF proposes a citywide two-hour parking limit for RVs. Can it be enforced?
Mayor Lurie’s proposed RV parking limit is framed as a compassionate fix for vehicular homelessness. But public records show it mirrors the same harmful enforcement tactics that have already destabilized and scattered families across the city.
S.F.’s RV crackdown backfired. Here are six takeaways from El Tecolote’s investigation
An El Tecolote investigation reveals how San Francisco officials coordinated a crackdown, using parking laws and construction projects to push out RV residents without safe alternatives. Here are five key takeaways from our months-long reporting.
