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SF budget passes, RV ban approved: What new laws mean for low-income and immigrant residents

by Erika Carlos and Maura Corkery July 17, 2025July 17, 2025

Among the changes: controversial restrictions on RV parking, fee increases that could burden working-class residents and amendments to Prop C rules.

Posted inOpinion

ICE raids. Mayoral silence. Is San Francisco still a sanctuary city?

by Laura Padilla and Kate Bueler July 15, 2025July 21, 2025

OP-ED: San Francisco calls itself a sanctuary city, but recent ICE raids, police comments, and silence from the mayor’s office tell a different story.

Posted inNews

Immigration Tracker: Updates on TPS, work visas and deportation rules

by Mariana Duran and Beatriz Johnston Hernández July 8, 2025September 4, 2025

This tracker breaks down the most urgent and recent policy changes affecting Latinx immigrants in San Francisco.

Posted inNews

As Trump’s spending bill looms, California immigrants fear more healthcare rollbacks

by Mariana Duran July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

Federal budget cuts are colliding with California’s Medi-Cal rollbacks, pushing immigrant healthcare closer to crisis. In San Francisco, patients and clinics are already bracing for the impact.

Posted inCommunity

He sold coconuts in the Mission for two decades. Now, he finally has his own shop

by Beatriz Johnston Hernández June 27, 2025June 28, 2025

After two decades selling coconuts on the sidewalk, Oscar Olguín finally opens the door to his own shop in San Francisco.

Posted inNews

From check-in to courthouse arrests: What to know about recent ICE detentions in S.F.

by Mariana Duran June 23, 2025July 18, 2025

El Tecolote talked to immigration attorneys about recent arrests in San Francisco and how they connect to broader trends across the country.

Posted inVoices

‘This is bigger than harm reduction’: San Francisco cuts leave lives at risk

by Pablo Unzueta June 21, 2025June 26, 2025

San Francisco is scaling back harm reduction programs that provide clean pipes, foil, and overdose prevention tools, leaving frontline workers worried that lives are at risk.

Posted inNews

SF proposes a citywide two-hour parking limit for RVs. Can it be enforced?

by Yesica Prado June 17, 2025June 26, 2025

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.

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‘NO KINGS’ protest fills S.F. streets after advocates shut down ICE raid

by Maura Corkery June 14, 2025June 26, 2025

Demonstrators blocked access to an ICE facility in San Francisco after immigrant residents were told to appear or face arrest. The action preceded the city’s massive ‘NO KINGS’ protest.

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San Francisco is weaponizing parking rules to displace RV communities. Here’s how it started

by Yesica Prado and Erika Carlos June 11, 2025November 10, 2025

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.

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  • Feeling like you can’t do it all? How to rethink being the ‘ideal’ motherMay 10, 2026
  • For California immigrants, Medi-Cal coverage now hinges on one deadlineMay 5, 2026
  • “Can’t express it in words”: Two immigrant families tell their own stories using disposable camerasApril 29, 2026
  • TPS, S.F. court closure and other major immigration updates in AprilApril 29, 2026
  • Closure of S.F. immigration court sparks confusion, missed hearingsApril 28, 2026
  • $6,000 for a work permit? Here’s how to avoid a common notario scamApril 21, 2026
  • Feeling burned out? What Jackie Fielder’s hospitalization teaches us about mental healthApril 17, 2026
  • Enrollment projections or invisible students? Inside battle over SF’s newcomer programsApril 16, 2026

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