SF supervisors propose legislation to keep shelter-in-place hotels open
Four San Francisco supervisors on Thursday announced a plan to introduce legislation to keep the city's shelter-in-place hotels open for more than 2,300 vulnerable homeless residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
San Francisco’s pause on reopening leaves business owners heartbroken
San Francisco Mayor London Breed said Friday a sudden increase in COVID patients prompted the change.
Ghirardelli Square sign shining bright after complete restoration
The iconic marquee at San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square is lit up once again for the first time in months.
Mayor London Breed says SFUSD needs to focus on reopening schools, not renaming
“I’ve been really frustrated about what I see happening with our children in San Francisco,” said Mayor London Breed as she attended a midday event in the city.
Mayor Breed signs budget, calls supervisors' raise for workers 'irresponsible'
San Francisco Mayor London Breed signed a $13.6 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year. It includes funding for the city's COVID-19 response, homelessness and behavioral health.
San Francisco houses of worship, restaurants shifting back to indoor services
San Francisco is the first Bay Area county to move from red to orange in the state's color coded coronavirus rating system.
San Francisco announces new permitting process for outdoor entertainment
The "Just Add Music" permit being issued by the city's Entertainment Commission allows businesses and others to create lively atmospheres.
Department of Justice to Mayor Breed: Open San Francisco's churches
The letter mentions that Breed, as Mayor, has the authority to temporarily restrict gatherings due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
San Francisco sues 28 alleged drug dealers to keep them out the Tenderloin
The City Attorney's Office on Thursday filed separate lawsuits against each of the defendants claiming that they don't live in the area but instead travel from all around the Bay Area to distribute drugs in the Tenderloin.
San Francisco Archdiocese members march in protest against coronavirus gathering restrictions
Leigh Martinez reports.
San Francisco mayor lays out timeline for reopening indoor dining
Breed says once the city is classified as "orange" on the State's tiered system, restaurants can reopen indoor dining at 25% capacity, up to 100 people.
San Francisco begins to plan how to allow limited indoor dining
Christien Kafton reports.
SF Mayor London Breed pushes for extension of small business eviction protections
Breed said commercial leases are normally controlled by the state government, but when Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order in March over the coronavirus pandemic, it allowed local governments to enact commercial eviction protections.
San Francisco allows indoor gyms, barbershops, nail salons on Monday with limits
Word broke Thursday that San Francisco health officials were allowing gyms, barbershops, hair and nail salons as well as massage services to operate indoors, but with limits starting Monday, September 14.
San Francisco Mayor says Ocean Beach parking lots closed after Burning Man celebration held Saturday
Breed wrote that talk of people returning on Sunday prompted the closure order and she said law enforcement will be patrolling the area.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed holds an update on COVID-19
The Mayor held a virtual press conference shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Friday, August 28, 2020.
Salons, barbershops and gyms get permission to soon open in San Francisco
Public Health officers paused future reopenings in the city as they saw an increase in infections and hospitalizations. The city ultimately landed on the state's COVID-19 monitoring list where it remains.
Mayor details proposed COVID budget, case numbers trending in right direction
The proposed budget allocates $446.1 million to make sure the city has the financial means to meet citywide priorities set forth by the COVID-19 Command Center, Breed said.
SF 'Street Crisis Response Team' to replace police on behavioral health calls
San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday announced the creation of a new 24-hour Street Crisis Response Team that would be used to respond to behavioral health emergencies in the place of law enforcement.