UPDATE: A judge ruled in favor of San Francisco's appeal today. The city is legally cleared to allow noncitizen parents to vote in its school board elections as voters approved in 2016 https://sfstandard.com/2023/07/27/after-courts-halted-noncitizen-voting-san-francisco-renews-push/
Ida Mojadad
- 394 Followers
- 138 Following
- 150 Posts
reporting @sfstandard + SPJ NorCal secretary. formerly SF Examiner & SF Weekly (RIP). tips: ida at http://sfstandard.com or DM/Signal. 🇮🇷💖🇺🇸 ig @ imojadad
Jason KottkeOk that's like 5-6 people in my friend/pal circle that have gotten Covid in the last two weeks. Be careful out there, folks!
no more anchor steams :( https://sfstandard.com/2023/07/12/sf-anchor-brewing-company-pours-last-beer/
icymi: LGBTQ+ titleholders are entering Miss CA and Miss America in droves, both expanding their pool of diverse candidates and challenging latent pageant norms surrounding beauty, gender and womanhood
https://sfstandard.com/california/miss-california-crowned-another-winner-who-still-cares/
“San Francisco has some of the cruelest people towards the homeless I've ever seen. Ever. Period,” he said. “It's rough. It's sad. But, you know, I kind of get it—but I kind of don't, because, like, it doesn't take much to … to help somebody else.”
^ plus declining popularity of cash means even tougher times for people on the streets https://sfstandard.com/housing-development/san-franciscos-rising-anti-homeless-sentiment-is-costing-those-on-the-streets/
Until a long-awaited Congressional fix comes, these are the routes Dreamers are orienting themselves with
"Instead of being blindsided, they’re making preparations for what seems to be a ‘beyond DACA’ moment. The blueprint is there.” https://sfstandard.com/politics/a-judge-may-undo-a-key-immigration-program-what-can-californias-150k-dreamers-do-next/
The instability of DACA has loomed for years. Once Trump was elected, Stanford critical care nurse Eli Oh starting looking into his options
After some persistence, he got Stanford to sponsor him and nearly 5 years ago, got his green card in the mail
“It was really surreal, and in some ways, it still is,” Oh said. “This was just such a big existential crisis, and now, I live a normal, privileged life. You never know what your options are." https://sfstandard.com/politics/a-judge-may-undo-a-key-immigration-program-what-can-californias-150k-dreamers-do-next/
Dreamers can also pursue employee sponsorship, assumed to be just for tech workers but used even by mom and pop restaurants
“It can be a viable option for a lot of DACA recipients," said immigration attorney Ghassan Shamieh https://sfstandard.com/politics/a-judge-may-undo-a-key-immigration-program-what-can-californias-150k-dreamers-do-next/
Many are starting their own businesses, allowing their stable to be income should the work permits that come with DACA be taken away
ex. Yaquelin Valencia runs a floral business out of her family's Richmond home of 25 years, with another Dreamer friend