Mission District landmark Thrift Town gets new life

After 22 years of operating on Valencia Street, the nonprofit Mission Action is expanding into the former Thrift Town location at 2101 Mission St.

The group has outgrown its former office, said executive director Laura Valdez, and “really wanted our next office space to be at the heart of the Mission.”

Under Valdez’s leadership, Mission Action, which provides housing, shelter, food, legal and worker-rights services primarily to Latino and immigrant communities in San Francisco, has grown from 45 employees and a $8 million budget in late 2018, to 165 employees operating under a $25 million budget today…

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