{"id":8169,"date":"2018-03-23T12:21:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=8169"},"modified":"2018-03-23T12:24:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:24:40","slug":"bay-areas-march-for-our-lives-2018-routes-street-closures-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/03\/23\/bay-areas-march-for-our-lives-2018-routes-street-closures-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area\u2019s March for Our Lives 2018: Routes, street closures, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-c-entry-hero__header-wrap\">\n<h4 class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-c-page-title\">What to expect from Saturday\u2019s rallies for gun control<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-c-byline\">By\u00a0<span class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-c-byline__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sf.curbed.com\/authors\/brock-keeling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock Keeling<\/a><a class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-c-byline__twitter-handle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/BrockKeeling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BrockKeeling<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-c-byline__item\">Mar 22, 2018<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-c-social-buttons aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-c-social-buttons--popover aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-main-social\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-l-sidebar-fixed aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-l-segment aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-l-article-body-segment\">\n<div class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-l-col__main\">\n<p><span class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-e-image__inner\"><span class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-e-image__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/1EPd-_1twHt_P2I58J6hY9ZH1-0=\/0x0:5472x3648\/1200x800\/filters:focal%281718x1367:2592x2241%29\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/59123145\/AP_18073753260326.0.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-e-image__meta\"><em>Sandy Shieh, a student at San Francisco\u2019s Lincoln High School, holds a sign during a rally and march against gun violence at the Civic Center Plaza.\u00a0<\/em><cite><em>Photo by AP Photo\/Marcio Jose Sanchez<\/em><\/cite><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-c-entry-content\">\n<p id=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-hy5PuJ\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Hundreds of thousands of people across the country will march Saturday, March 24 to advocate for gun control following a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/2\/14\/17013596\/parkland-florida-high-school-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida high school shooting<\/a>\u00a0that killed 17. According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/marchforourlives.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March For Our Lives<\/a>website, the purpose of the event is to \u201ccome together to support the national movement calling on lawmakers to make students\u2019 safety a priority and pass common sense gun legislation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dc.curbed.com\/2018\/3\/21\/17148268\/march-for-our-lives-2018-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">D.C. event<\/a>\u00a0is the primary one\u2014roughly 500,000 people are anticipated to attend\u2014there will be more than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/event.marchforourlives.com\/event\/march-our-lives-events\/search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">800 satellite marches<\/a>\u00a0around the country. The San Francisco event will kick off at 1 p.m. with speakers, while Oakland\u2019s will start at 10 a.m. Start times will vary at each march.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Traffic in San Francisco will be sluggish around the Market Street, Civic Center, and the Embarcadero. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfmta.com\/press-releases\/sfmta-weekend-transit-and-traffic-advisory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SF MTA<\/a>, \u201cThe event will stage a rally at Civic Center Plaza at 1 p.m. followed by a march at 2:30 p.m. from Civic Center Plaza to Market Street ending at Embarcadero Plaza (formerly Justin Herman Plaza). The march may not completely clear Market Street until 5 p.m. All times are subject to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-nnpPkA\">More details will follow. Until then, here are the times and locations of the Bay Area marches\/rallies happening on Saturday:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-jBvDWp\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/event.marchforourlives.com\/event\/march-our-lives-events\/8746\/signup\/?source=&amp;akid=&amp;zip=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p id=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-tXlHgz\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Time: Saturday, March 24, 1 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-m7QWLT\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Location: Civic Center Plaza, 335 McAllister, San Francisco &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/event.marchforourlives.com\/event\/march-our-lives-events\/8746\/signup\/?source=&amp;akid=&amp;zip=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSVP<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"aolmail_m_3672537700072934237m_-7719659513977135433m_-3155383733010716058m_4286012832508994325gmail-qboJyO\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Parade route: Starts at Civic Center and end at the Embarcadero. Please use BART or Muni to get to and from the event. Market will be closed during the march beginning at 2:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>(Submitted by Ruthie Sakheim.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to expect from Saturday\u2019s rallies for gun control By\u00a0Brock Keeling@BrockKeeling\u00a0Mar 22, 2018 Sandy Shieh, a student at San Francisco\u2019s Lincoln High School, holds a sign during a rally and march against gun violence at the Civic Center Plaza.\u00a0Photo by AP Photo\/Marcio Jose Sanchez &nbsp; Hundreds of thousands of people&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/03\/23\/bay-areas-march-for-our-lives-2018-routes-street-closures-and-more\/\"> 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\/8169"}],"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=8169"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8173,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8169\/revisions\/8173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}