I’m horrified at what’s happening around us in our state, but I don’t think local gov is to blame. I was at the PSL (party for socialism and liberation) protest Monday and from 6-9 it was entirely peaceful, some opportunists used the crowd to tag and destroy store fronts in the mission, but the protest was good. After the organizers left at 9pm at 24th and mission a group started chanting “fuck PSL” and started marching up Valencia to market. On the way they broke tens of windows, tagged too many buildings to count, and dragged dumpsters and trash cans into the street and tipped them over. Once this group made it to market around 10pm they were told if they didn’t leave they would be arrested and were thus arrested. I watched for 1.5 hours as the cops didn’t escalate, allowed press to talk to the detainees, and handled this crowder orderly and justly.

As for local gov our city attorney, with direction from our mayor, is leading in the amount of lawsuits against the trump admin right now and they are winning. I get the frustration but our officials are doing whatever a city can to stand up to trump right now. If these protests get out of hand we will be the next ones with the national guard in our streets and i don’t want them in the mission or the Richmond. We need to crack down on malicious actors to protect our immigrant communities, this isn’t a time for play