Acting Mission Station captain promoted; store site unlikely for LGBTQ museum
Castro merchants were told at their meeting February 3 that the acting captain at the San Francisco Police Department's Mission Station has been promoted to the permanent position and that the old Pottery Barn store is unlikely to be the site of an LGBTQ museum.
Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman shared both pieces of news with members of the Castro Merchants Association. As the B.A.R.
previously reported, Gavin McEachern became acting captain in December. "As you can imagine, the unhoused are the biggest issue I hear about in the Castro," McEachern said, adding he dispatched officers to 18th and Hartford streets Thursday morning to make contact with some folks. "We are trying to deal with that.
We are dealing with that. I've sent my officers there a couple of times. I have no problem asking people to move from the Muni tracks and the Muni tunnel." McEachern said that he has gotten multiple calls about the Pink Triangle Park kitty corner to Jane Warner Plaza.
