SF Daily Brief for October 22, 2026

Good morning. Welcome to SF Daily Brief. It's Thursday, October 22, 2026. Here's what's happening in San Francisco.

A Presidio Heights amateur historian is asking whether San Francisco's construction-parking permits are being used to hold curb space. The permits are for construction work. In an Instagram video, Greg Long said a landscaping claim and a fee are enough to block a spot. He also said Public Works told him it usually asks for no supporting documents.

SFist reports that Long counted 14 of the permits on his block. The question is whether permits meant for construction are being used to reserve parking spots. In the race for District 8 supervisor, Mission Local asked the candidates whether San Francisco should expand rent control. Their answers run as part of the outlet's series of candidate questionnaires.

A man arrested by ICE on Sixth Street on Monday faces a domestic violence charge in San Francisco Superior Court, the Standard reports. Milton Ramos-Rodriguez's sister told the paper he has changed. ICE has said he was previously deported and has a voluntary manslaughter conviction. In Bayview, two Chinese seniors were attacked on Bayview streets around 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 19, according to Sing Tao.

An 89-year-old woman in a wheelchair was kicked over outside the Third Street library and taken to a hospital. A woman in her 70s dodged a man swinging a plastic crate near the T-line's Oakdale/Palou stop. Police are investigating and have stepped up patrols in the area. For visitors, Alcatraz Island closes to visitors for about three weeks starting Oct. 26.

The closure is temporary. The National Park Service told KQED that crews will replace pilings at the ferry dock during the closure. More than 1.4 million people visit the island by ferry each year. KQED has three alternatives for visitors while the island is closed.

In the courts, the husband of a UCSF social worker killed at San Francisco General Hospital is suing the city over security. According to Mission Local, the lawsuit alleges that security staff knew when the alleged attacker, Alberto Rangel, planned to arrive and failed to stop him. The lawsuit describes the hospital's security as "woefully inadequate. On the drug front, San Francisco recorded its first fatal overdose involving MGM-15, the Department of Public Health said.

MGM-15 is a kratom-derived synthetic opioid sold in products marketed as supplements. The Standard reports the substance was found in the toxicology results of an adult who died in late September and in the packaging of the product. City officials have now raised alarms about a deadly new drug twice this year. At the Bayshore Navigation Center, two workers are accused of helping the gunman who shot an SFPD officer on May 31.

The workers say the man held them hostage. The district attorney says they hid him, Mission Local reports. The workers and the district attorney give different accounts. A judge was set to weigh the evidence this week.

In City Hall news, the Standard's Power Play newsletter looks at how connections in Mayor Daniel Lurie's network landed a young person a seat on a city commission. The same item reports that a North Beach historic district proposal hit a snag. It also reports that Connie Chan and Matt Haney picked up endorsements, and that Lurie met the first person to accuse Manny Yekutiel. In public safety, San Francisco police arrested two suspects in separate homicides in Hunters Point and Potrero Hill, Mission Local reports.

One of the suspects is a teenager. The arrests are in the killings of a man in Potrero Hill and another in Hunters Point. In sports, the Valkyries lost Game 3 of the WNBA Finals in Atlanta by 26 points. The loss puts Golden State behind 2-1 in the best-of-seven series, Mission Local reports.

It was the Valkyries' second straight blowout loss. That's today's brief. Thanks for listening. For the full written brief, go to sfdailybrief.com.

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