{"id":41848,"date":"2025-06-11T13:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=41848"},"modified":"2025-06-11T13:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:35:57","slug":"5000-march-against-ice-in-the-mission-where-is-mayor-lurie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/5000-march-against-ice-in-the-mission-where-is-mayor-lurie\/","title":{"rendered":"5,000 march against ICE in the Mission; where is Mayor Lurie?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Opposition to Trump crackdown just keeps growing\u2014and the mayor, activists say, is way too quiet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By TIM REDMOND<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JUNE 9, 2025 (48hills.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As more than 5,000 people marched in the Mission tonight to protest Donald Trump\u2019s ICE raids, and three supes held a rally on the steps of City Hall, Mayor Daniel Lurie remains largely invisible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mission protest was announced less than 24 hours ago, after police arrested almost 150 people in downtown SF yesterday and Trump called out the National Guard and the Marines to confront protests in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was remarkable to see how many showed up on such short notice: The crowd started gathering at 6pm at 24th and Mission, and within half an hour, it stretched for blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some 5,000 people marched in the Mission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When the group began to march down Mission Street, I estimated close to 5,000 people were participating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two hours earlier, Sups. Jackie Fielder, Bilal Mahmood, and Shamann Walton stood on the steps of City Hall to make clear that this city is not supporting the ICE raids. \u201cAs a sanctuary city, San Francisco will not stand for ICE in our communities,\u201d Fielder said. \u201cWe need our city leaders to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sup. Jackie Fielder said city officials should be more visible<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The day before, Lurie met with labor leaders and some immigrant rights advocates. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins was also there. According to at least one participant, it didn\u2019t amount to much: Lurie said he wanted protests to be nonviolent, and Jenkins said nobody would be charged with a crime for peaceful civil disobedience\u2014but the mayor didn\u2019t take much of a stand against Trump\u2019s crackdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, almost every activist I\u2019ve spoken to at the rallies today was somewhere between stunned and deeply disturbed that Lurie wasn\u2019t anywhere to be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sup. Shamann Walton said it\u2019s a moral imperative to disobey unjust laws<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Even Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has been cozying up to the right wing on his podcast, made a strong statement about Trump threatening cuts to the state, saying that California pays $80 billion more in federal taxes than it gets back, and \u201cmaybe we should cut that off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DKs6JX_J_xI\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So where is Lurie?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His statements so far have been very, very cautious and limited<\/a>. But if ICE moves into San Francisco on a much larger level, as it has in LA, it\u2019s going to be hard for the mayor to walk the fine line of not offending Trump but also defending the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DKs6JX_J_xI\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&v=14&wp=723&rd=https%3A%2F%2F48hills.org&rp=%2F2025%2F06%2F5000-march-against-ice-in-the-mission-where-is-mayor-lurie%2F%3Fref%3Dnewsletters.48hills.org#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A7056%7D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not when 5,000 people\u2014a diverse group, with a lot of young people as well as older folks\u2014show up on a moment\u2019s notice to march through the Mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

48 Hills welcomes comments in the form of letters to the editor, which you can submit\u00a0here<\/a>. We also invite you to join the conversation on our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Redmond<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder of 48hills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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