San Francisco Shifts From Trashing Homeless Camps To Sanctioning Them Amid COVID-19 San Francisco's homelessness solution is one that was once thought unthinkable: city-sanctioned open-air encampments. The advent of COVID-19 forced city leaders to make the difficult decision.Heard onJoe Fitzgerald RodriguezFromToggle more optionsSan Francisco is set to enact a homelessness solution that it once thought unthinkable: city-sanctioned open-air encampments. For years, San Francisco police have ordered tents removed from city streets, even at times . Public Works employees have tossed the...…San Francisco Shifts From Trashing Homeless Camps To Sanctioning Them Amid COVID-19 San Francisco's homelessness solution is one that was once thought unthinkable: city-sanctioned open-air encampments. The advent of COVID-19 forced city leaders to make the difficult decision.Heard onJoe Fitzgerald RodriguezFromToggle more optionsSan Francisco is set to enact a homelessness solution that it once thought unthinkable: city-sanctioned open-air encampments. For years, San Francisco police have ordered tents removed from city streets, even at times . Public Works employees have tossed the...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.For months now, The City’s Chinese community has voiced fear that they’re increasingly targeted by criminals, but data revealed by San Francisco police this week shows it is actually the black community that disproportionately bears the brunt of aggravated assault and sexual assault.That data also shows the broader Asian Pacific Islander community suffers disproportionately fewer robberies, burglaries, aggravated assaults and sexual assaults, compared to their population size in San Francisco.To put it simply: The percentage of crime victims made up...…You have permission to edit this article.For months now, The City’s Chinese community has voiced fear that they’re increasingly targeted by criminals, but data revealed by San Francisco police this week shows it is actually the black community that disproportionately bears the brunt of aggravated assault and sexual assault.That data also shows the broader Asian Pacific Islander community suffers disproportionately fewer robberies, burglaries, aggravated assaults and sexual assaults, compared to their population size in San Francisco.To put it simply: The percentage of crime victims made up...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.Yael Schwartz normally manages the newspaper and magazine section at the San Francisco Main Library. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner)Vanessa Hardy, a conservation technician with the San Francisco Public Library, packs food bags at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank….Yael Schwartz normally manages the newspaper and magazine section at the San Francisco Main Library. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner)Yael Schwartz normally manages the newspaper and magazine section at the San Francisco Main Library. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner)Vanessa Hardy, a conservation...…You have permission to edit this article.Yael Schwartz normally manages the newspaper and magazine section at the San Francisco Main Library. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner)Vanessa Hardy, a conservation technician with the San Francisco Public Library, packs food bags at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank….Yael Schwartz normally manages the newspaper and magazine section at the San Francisco Main Library. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner)Yael Schwartz normally manages the newspaper and magazine section at the San Francisco Main Library. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Examiner)Vanessa Hardy, a conservation...WW…

Homeless people are among the most likely to die when infected by COVID-19, medical professionals across the nation have said. An infection in The City’s notoriously pervasive homeless population would be a nightmare.San Francisco woke to that nightmare Friday.Mayor London Breed revealed an “outbreak” of COVID-19 at San Francisco’s largest homeless shelter, Friday, which infected 68 unhoused people and two staffers.Homeless advocates called it an “explosive catastrophe.” They also used another word for the terrible contamination: predictable. Advocates have been agitating for The City’s...…Homeless people are among the most likely to die when infected by COVID-19, medical professionals across the nation have said. An infection in The City’s notoriously pervasive homeless population would be a nightmare.San Francisco woke to that nightmare Friday.Mayor London Breed revealed an “outbreak” of COVID-19 at San Francisco’s largest homeless shelter, Friday, which infected 68 unhoused people and two staffers.Homeless advocates called it an “explosive catastrophe.” They also used another word for the terrible contamination: predictable. Advocates have been agitating for The City’s...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.Mayor London Breed has nominated bike advocate Jane Natoli to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, the mayor announced Thursday.Natoli sat on the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, the politically powerful local bike advocacy organization, from 2018 to 2019, according to the coalition. She is also a board member of the San Francisco LGBT Center and YIMBY Action.Should her nomination be approved by the Board of Supervisors, Natoli would also be the first out transgender person to serve on the...…You have permission to edit this article.Mayor London Breed has nominated bike advocate Jane Natoli to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, the mayor announced Thursday.Natoli sat on the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, the politically powerful local bike advocacy organization, from 2018 to 2019, according to the coalition. She is also a board member of the San Francisco LGBT Center and YIMBY Action.Should her nomination be approved by the Board of Supervisors, Natoli would also be the first out transgender person to serve on the...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.A monthly Muni pass will soon cost more than $100 as part of across the board fare increases approved Tuesday for nearly everyone except those paying in cash.The fare increases, part of the agency’s newly approved budget, were opposed by groups including the Board of Supervisors, City College of San Francisco students, and a coalition of 24 San Francisco organizations including Jobs with Justice San Francisco, Senior and Disability Action, South of Market Community Action Network, Housing Rights Committee San Francisco, Mission Housing, the Coalition...…You have permission to edit this article.A monthly Muni pass will soon cost more than $100 as part of across the board fare increases approved Tuesday for nearly everyone except those paying in cash.The fare increases, part of the agency’s newly approved budget, were opposed by groups including the Board of Supervisors, City College of San Francisco students, and a coalition of 24 San Francisco organizations including Jobs with Justice San Francisco, Senior and Disability Action, South of Market Community Action Network, Housing Rights Committee San Francisco, Mission Housing, the Coalition...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.An old San Francisco Examiner advertisement depicts the infamous Examiner columnist Warren Hinckle, and his dog Bentley, being carried off…Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez interviews the late Mayor Ed Lee on Geary Boulevard about his email retention policy at the site…Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez and San Francisco media professional Lee Houskeeper attend President Donald Trumps inauguration in Washington D.C., near the…On Guard column header JoeJoe Fitzgerald Rodriguez and San Francisco media professional Lee Houskeeper attend President Donald Trumps...…You have permission to edit this article.An old San Francisco Examiner advertisement depicts the infamous Examiner columnist Warren Hinckle, and his dog Bentley, being carried off…Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez interviews the late Mayor Ed Lee on Geary Boulevard about his email retention policy at the site…Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez and San Francisco media professional Lee Houskeeper attend President Donald Trumps inauguration in Washington D.C., near the…On Guard column header JoeJoe Fitzgerald Rodriguez and San Francisco media professional Lee Houskeeper attend President Donald Trumps...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.Uber Eats has ended all food deliveries to Treasure Island, citing Mayor London Breed’s cap on delivery fees.But one city leader has already called the move discriminatory against a community mostly populated by low-income people of color.Breed announced her order to keep app-based delivery fees to 15 percent or less, so small businesses like local restaurants wouldn’t feel the pinch from billionaire companies like Uber, GrubHub or Postmates during the COVID-19 pandemic.In an email to its customers, Uber argued that the cap makes their food delivery...…You have permission to edit this article.Uber Eats has ended all food deliveries to Treasure Island, citing Mayor London Breed’s cap on delivery fees.But one city leader has already called the move discriminatory against a community mostly populated by low-income people of color.Breed announced her order to keep app-based delivery fees to 15 percent or less, so small businesses like local restaurants wouldn’t feel the pinch from billionaire companies like Uber, GrubHub or Postmates during the COVID-19 pandemic.In an email to its customers, Uber argued that the cap makes their food delivery...WW…