With no staff and no operating funds, MCCLA outlined several drastic options in an email sent to the Arts Commission and obtained by El Tecolote. Signed by MCCLA’s interim, part-time executive director, Jentzsch, and Sánchez, the email describes a cash-flow crisis so severe that, without immediate funding, the organization warned it would collapse within days. Its historic legacy includes more than 10,000 prints documenting Mission District events over five decades, Day of the Dead celebrations, Carnaval and exhibitions honoring women artists. In September, then-Executive Director Martina Ayala reported that flood damage in the building had forced her to lay off staff. “The City covered a majority of flood repair costs,” said Coma Te, SFAC communications director.