SFPD Mount Sneak Attack on #OccupySF After Emails No Longer Returned

Early Wednesday morning, 2 am PST, hundreds of San Francisco police (SFPD) arrived at Justin Herman Plaza, the site of Occupy San Francisco.

Occupiers were asleep. They woke up to find they had five minutes to get their belongings and leave the Plaza. The city, like others, declared the encampment a “health hazard” and was using public safety and health as a pretext to shut down the occupation....  Read more:   Fire Dog Lake

Of Ordinance, Order and Occupation

San Francisco District 8, Castro Supervisor, Scott Wiener has released an ugly blueprint: an ordinance in search of a problem that threatens to turn the Castro into a First-​Amendment-​free zone.

Sometimes it can be small, local issues or ordinances that can impact the narrative – if not set it – in a broader state, national or international context...  Read more:   The New Civil Rights Movement