{"id":39886,"date":"2025-02-28T12:25:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=39886"},"modified":"2025-02-28T12:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:25:06","slug":"meet-the-organizer-who-turned-the-tesla-showroom-into-a-weekly-protest-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/meet-the-organizer-who-turned-the-tesla-showroom-into-a-weekly-protest-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Organizer Who Turned The Tesla Showroom Into a Weekly Protest Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-1024x689.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-1024x689.png 1024w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-150x101.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-1536x1034.png 1536w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-223x150.png 223w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>27 FEBRUARY 2025\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/news\/\">SF NEWS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/author\/leanne-maxwell\/\">LEANNE MAXWELL<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chronicle wrote a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/trump-musk-protests-20176274.php?utm_campaign=linkinbio&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=later-linkinbio\">feature on Patty Moddelmog<\/a>, who&#8217;s been spearheading the Saturday protests outside the Tesla showroom in San Francisco. About 200 people showed up last week, with brass band&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/brassliberation.org\/\">Brass Liberation Orchestra<\/a>&nbsp;adding a tuba bass line to chants like, \u201cPeople over profit, stop the coup!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moddelmog, who&#8217;s a pilates instructor with a nonprofit fundraising background, first organized what she thought was a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2025\/02\/16\/sunday-links-flu-deaths-have-surpassed-covid-deaths-for-the-first-time\/\">one-off protest<\/a>&nbsp;through the site&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/indivisible.org\/\">Indivisible.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These anti-Trump, anti-Elon Musk protests quickly evolved into a lively weekly gathering with people volunteering to help organize, including retirees, parents, federal workers, a former Trump supporter \u2014 and the aforementioned brass band.https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DGeI9h4zTt1\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com&amp;rp=%2F2025%2F02%2F27%2Fmeet-the-organizer-who-turned-the-tesla-showroom-into-a-weekly-rallying-cry%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A3500.7999999970198%2C%22ls%22%3A922.3999999985099%2C%22le%22%3A1362.6000000014901%7D<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moddelmog plans to continue the protests indefinitely. While she&#8217;s still refining her message, she\u2019s determined to build a bipartisan coalition in support of the working class. Moddelmog says she believes that these protests have the power to spark meaningful change and conversations \u2014&nbsp;<em>every Saturday at Noon in front of the Tesla showroom on Van Ness Avenue.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image: Leanne Maxwell\/SFist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Previously:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2025\/02\/17\/hundreds-rally-in-sfs-civic-center-for-no-kings-on-presidents-day-event\/\">Hundreds Rally In SF&#8217;s Civic Center For &#8216;No Kings on Presidents Day&#8217; Event; Others Rally Outside Tesla Dealership<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27 FEBRUARY 2025\/SF NEWS\/LEANNE MAXWELL (SFist.com) The Chronicle wrote a&nbsp;feature on Patty Moddelmog, who&#8217;s been spearheading the Saturday protests outside the Tesla showroom in San Francisco. About 200 people showed up last week, with brass band&nbsp;Brass Liberation Orchestra&nbsp;adding a tuba bass line to chants like, \u201cPeople over profit, stop the&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/meet-the-organizer-who-turned-the-tesla-showroom-into-a-weekly-protest-hub\/\"> 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\/39886"}],"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=39886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39888,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39886\/revisions\/39888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}