In a series of stories, Lydia Chávez, founder and executive editor of Mission Local, reports that San Francisco’s approach to coronavirus testing fails to respond to the disproportionate rates of cases among Latino and Black people in the Mission and the city’s southeastern neighborhoods.
Category: Coronavirus
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Coronavirus, Elections, Essential Workers, Labor
Mail Workers Struggle on Without Federal Stimulus as Election Approaches
With an infusion of $25 billion to help the postal service weather the coronavirus pandemic still in limbo awaiting consideration by the Senate, local mail workers continue to work extended hours under difficult conditions to beat back delays in mail delivery. Carriers and other mail workers are also grappling with absences as coronavirus spreads to and among staff.
Posted inCoronavirus, Health, Law & Justice, Opinion
On the Inside of an Outbreak: How COVID-19 Spread in San Quentin
We had zero infections inside San Quentin since the lockdown was implemented. We thought we’d be going back to school soon, attending college classes, self-help and enjoying contact visits with family. But, on May 30, buses pulled up from a Chino prison where COVID-19 had run rampant. One hundred and twenty-one men exited those buses, some showing symptoms of COVID-19, according to medical personnel working in the prisons receiving area.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Community, Coronavirus, Social Services
‘Voices of the Community’ Begins Airing on KSFP
A new radio series examining how nonprofit organizations in San Francisco are managing challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic begins broadcasting today on KSFP 102.5 FM in San Francisco. “Voices of the Community” is produced by George Koster and will air Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Posted inCity Hall, Coronavirus, Economy & Business, Education
S.F. Hotels, Museums and Some Schools Could Reopen this Month
San Francisco Mayor London Breed said the city may soon be able to reopen more businesses and even some schools, but only if the Labor Day holiday doesn’t cause a spike in case
Posted inCity Hall, Coronavirus, Economy & Business, Health
Outdoor Service for Gyms and Hair Salons Begins on Sept. 1
Starting on Sept. 1, many gyms, hair salons and barber shops in San Francisco will be allowed to serve customers if they can find a way to do so outdoors.
Posted inCommunity, Coronavirus, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Neighborhoods
What Crowding Looks Like During a Pandemic: Dismal Days in the Tenderloin
In a pandemic that mandates physical distancing, survival in the poverty-suffused Tenderloin is endangered by relentlessly overcrowded conditions, a dearth of open public spaces and limited mobility. Neighborhood residents suffer the city’s second-highest rate of COVID-19 infections — eclipsed only by the Bayview — and five times that of neighboring Nob Hill.
Posted inCoronavirus, Economy & Business, Housing, Law & Justice
How Pandemic Eviction Protections Work in S.F.
On Tuesday, Mayor London Breed extended until Dec. 1 her order blocking most evictions in the city. But that is just one aspect of eviction regulations, which are robust and complicated. Here’s how they affect renters.
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Breed Extends Eviction Moratorium to Dec. 1
Mayor London Breed Tuesday gave San Francisco tenants an additional month to figure out how they will cover rent and avoid eviction, in light of economic hardships resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the soonest landlords could legally evict for nonpayment of rent is Dec. 1. That’s a month later than the previously announced eviction moratorium was set to end. The information was initially made public in a web post from the Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco. The San Francisco Public Press received confirmation of these changes from Hugo Ramirez, a staff member at the Mayor’s office.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Community, Coronavirus, Neighborhoods
Treasure Island Organizer Fights to Make Residents Heard
When the shelter-in-place order went into effect in San Francisco to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Treasure Island was going into a different kind of isolation than the rest of San Francisco. The island has extremely limited public transit service, just one grocery store, no public school and experiences frequent blackouts.