SF Dispatch 1/23/26

Welcome to the SF Dispatch, a daily newsletter round-up to save you some time catching up on the latest headlines from billionaire funded to independent news.

🌁 Featured News

Mayor Lurie creates new government position to raise private money for S.F.

The move further cements Mayor Daniel Lurie’s commitment to public-private partnerships.

Mission LocalIo Yeh Gilman

S.F. faith leaders rally against ICE, announcing 24-hour hunger strike

About 100 reverends, rabbis, activists, and others rallied at San Francisco City Hall to condemn ICE’s decades-long high in custody deaths.

Mission LocalClara-Sophia Daly

Is AI Coming for Your Therapist’s Job? | KQED

In their latest contract negotiations, Kaiser Permanente’s mental health clinicians in Northern California are looking for reassurance that AI won’t replace them.

KQEDApril Dembosky

Highwire Coffee Roasters’ Union Says Management Stalling On First Contract

Management has also hired an infamous anti-union law firm

Bay Area CurrentCaitlin Clift

📰 Local Headlines

City Hall

S F Unveils Solution To North Beach Pizza Trash
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Letter claims SF’s trans office diminished after 2024 restructure
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SF’s New Inspector General, Fresh Off Mohammed Nuru Case, Opens Tip Line So You Can Report City Hall Corruption
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Ocean Avenue's $48M Makeover: Tracking Ingleside's Ambitious Mobility Action Plan
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S.F. supervisors vote to expand late-night store ban to parts of SoMa  
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🟧 Ocean Avenue Mobility Plan Status // Squat & Gobble To Close
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Undercutting Lurie, YIMBY group to sue city over Family Zoning Plan
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A Year In, Mayor Daniel Lurie Says San Francisco is Off to a “Strong Start”
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Mayor Lurie creates new government position to raise private money for S.F.
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Boxing San Francisco Lurie
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Politics

Newsom Trolls Trump in Davos, Says He’s Living ‘Rent-Free’ in the President’s Head
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Scott Wiener leaving Jewish Caucus after Gaza ‘genocide’ remarks
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Scott Wiener Steps Down From Leadership In State's Jewish Caucus After Change In Gaza Stance
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Campaign to Avert Bay Area Public Transit Death Spiral Gets Underway
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SF rally launches campaign to avert Bay Area public transit funding crisis
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Criminal Justice

Two Former Rohnert Park Cops Who Posed as Feds to Steal Cash and Marijuana Get Their Sentencing Delayed
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The good fight
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Public Safety

Suspect Allegedly Striking Passing Cars with Tire Iron Leads to Fatal Police Shooting on I-80 In Hercules
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San José Police Run Over, Shoot at Man Who Shot Sergeant After Carjacking
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‘I’m very stupid’: SF tech founder detained in Davos for bomb-lookalike device 
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BART review finds ‘no smoking gun' in recent mishaps
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Immigration

S.F. faith leaders rally against ICE, announcing 24-hour hunger strike
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Labor

No Consensus From Labor Unions On Gubernatorial Candidates
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Highwire Coffee Roasters’ Union Says Management Stalling On First Contract
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Former employees join egg donors in mounting nonpayment legal complaints against fertility doctor
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Is AI Coming For Your Therapist’s Job?
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Business

Glassdoor Ranks In-N-Out as Best Place to Work in California, Ahead of Nvidia, Google, and Facebook
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Clock runs out: San Francisco Centre to close Monday
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Owners of San Francisco restaurants offer housing to employees
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$500K for a party pad? The last-minute frenzy for luxury rentals for Super Bowl 60
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Construction affecting some during Hayward Restaurant Month
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New brewery coming to the Pruneyard in Campbell
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Culture

Richmond Buzz: Gallerists, influencers, crustaceans and more
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Housing

New 36-story housing tower proposed in San Francisco’s South Beach
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Homeless to Housed: Stone's Story
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These Fees Make Affordable Housing More Expensive. Developers Want to Slash Them
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Health

Medi-Cal Helps You Stay Healthy: Use Your Medi-Cal Benefits (Alameda/San Francisco County)
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Conozca el llamado “hongo de la muerte” que ha envenenado a docenas de personas en California
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Friday Morning Constitutional: First Measles Case In Napa In 14 Years
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Education

SFUSD doubles down on private tutors to reach ambitious literacy goal
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Opinion

Crashing out
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Screen Grabs: Ann Lee won’t take any of your crap
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A challenge to Lurie and the billionaires: I've got a fair tax proposal. What's yours?
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Rumors Swirling That Steve Kerr Might Be Fired, Or Might Quit, as Warriors Coach at the End of the Season
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Under the Stars: Farsight hits and dips into new ‘Situations’
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By law, California can’t declare bankruptcy. Trump and Congress should change that
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Arts and Events

Viral ‘Carpool’ photographs at SFMOMA capture Latino life at work
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Yap Zone: Pro-Doug and Anti-Doug
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Oakland's Ryan Coogler and Delroy Lindo Enjoy Record 16 Oscar Nominations for 'Sinners'
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Art Installation Goes Up on Mission Street Facade of the Almost Empty SF Centre Mall
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Press Release: Sunset Night Market Returns Feb. 27
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Day Around the Bay: The Bay Lights Are Already Testing for Their Eventual Return This Winter
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Top Bay Area chefs join forces for one-night-only Lunar New Year dinners
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Miscellaneous

‘Frustrating’: BART Board Directors React to Inconclusive Report on Systemwide Delays
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