{"id":39626,"date":"2025-02-18T12:58:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=39626"},"modified":"2025-02-18T12:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:58:26","slug":"hundreds-rally-in-sfs-civic-center-for-no-kings-on-presidents-day-event-others-rally-outside-tesla-dealership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/hundreds-rally-in-sfs-civic-center-for-no-kings-on-presidents-day-event-others-rally-outside-tesla-dealership\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds Rally In SF&#8217;s Civic Center For &#8216;No Kings on Presidents Day&#8217; Event; Others Rally Outside Tesla Dealership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>17 FEBRUARY 2025\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/politics\/\">SF POLITICS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/author\/jay-barmann\/\">JAY BARMANN<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Franciscans came out to protest the actions of both President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at a protest event Monday dubbed &#8216;No Kings on Presidents Day.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar events happened outside civic buildings across the country Monday, as the group the 50501 Movement organized protests to give voice to many Americans&#8217; frustrations with the current administration \u2014 which has been acting as if Trump does not have to answer to courts or Congress to take any action he pleases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers said they were organizing rallies and marches to protest the &#8220;anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration and its plutocratic allies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/national\/ap-us-news\/ap-no-kings-on-presidents-day-rings-out-from-protests-against-trump-and-musk\/\">Associated Press reports<\/a>, an affiliated march in Boston included nearly 1,000 people, and featured some dressed in Revolutionary War garb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group in front of San Francisco City Hall was at least a few hundred strong, with some carrying signs like &#8220;Name One Thing Trump Has Done Lately That Isn&#8217;t Illegal or Immoral,&#8221; and &#8220;Are You In My Nightmare Too?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, someone had a &#8220;Deport Elon&#8221; sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, a protest was occurring outside a Tesla dealership on Van Ness Avenue. There, as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/protest-against-elon-musk-erupts-outside-sf-tesla-dealership-video\/\">KRON4 reports<\/a>, protesters carried signs saying &#8220;Don&#8217;t Buy Nazi Cars,&#8221; &#8220;Our Democracy is Not a Startup,&#8221; and &#8220;No One Voted for Elon Musk.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scenes from the Civic Center rally below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.sfist.com\/2025\/02\/trump-protest-prez-day-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo by Bernie Pesko<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.sfist.com\/2025\/02\/trump-protest-prez-day-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo by Bernie Pesko<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.sfist.com\/2025\/02\/trump-protest-prez-day-3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo by Bernie Pesko<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.sfist.com\/2025\/02\/trump-protest-prez-day-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo by Bernie Pesko<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 FEBRUARY 2025\/SF POLITICS\/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) San Franciscans came out to protest the actions of both President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at a protest event Monday dubbed &#8216;No Kings on Presidents Day.&#8217; Similar events happened outside civic buildings across the country Monday, as the group the 50501 Movement organized&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/hundreds-rally-in-sfs-civic-center-for-no-kings-on-presidents-day-event-others-rally-outside-tesla-dealership\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39627,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39626\/revisions\/39627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}