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
Homelessness
Leader Urges School District to Host Tent Camp
The president of the San Francisco Unified School District board plans to propose next week that the district offer at least one of its campuses as one of the city’s first-ever approved tent camps for homeless people.
Immigration
Teachers Pledge to Funnel Crisis Checks to Undocumented Neighbors
Teachers in San Francisco have begun pledging their federal coronavirus relief checks to undocumented members of their communities.
Housing
Facing Criticism, SFSU Offers Partial Refund for Students to Leave Housing During Pandemic
San Francisco State University students say they still don’t have clear guidance from the administration about whether they must leave university housing and take all of their belongings with them because of the coronavirus pandemic and statewide shelter-in-place order. With continued uncertainty, more students who had planned to keep their campus housing say they have changed course again and are heading home or to other locations for the rest of the spring semester. Over email, the university housing department confirmed that, “on a prorated basis, refunds for room and board and meal plans will be provided for residential students who have left housing.”
Coronavirus
SFUSD Closes Schools for Three Weeks in Response to Coronavirus Pandemic
San Francisco plans to close all public schools for three weeks as a containment measure against the coronavirus pandemic, according to Mark Sanchez, president of the San Francisco Unified School District board.
coronavirus
Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, SFSU Students Received Conflicting Messages About Student Housing
Students at San Francisco State University are grappling with conflicting directions from campus administrators about student housing during the coronavirus outbreak.
Education
March 2020 Election Guide: Prop A
City College Improvements, Job Training —
Proposition A would authorize the City College of San Francisco to issue up to $845 million in bonds to pay for repairs and upgrades to facilities, as well as training programs to prepare students for local jobs in the science, arts and technology fields. Property tax revenue would pay off the issued bonds.
California
March 2020 Election Guide: Prop 13
Facilities Construction at Public Schools — Proposition 13 would authorize a $15 billion state bond measure to provide matching funding to districts for renovation and construction of facilities. $9 billion are slated for K-12 schools, and $6 billion for public higher education institutions. The measure prioritizes districts that have health and safety needs, like lead in their water, or that are too small to raise adequate funds through taxes.
Education
State Bond Measure Would Authorize $15 Billion for School Construction
A California proposition on the March ballot would issue $15 billion in state bonds for facilities construction at public schools.
Community
From Career Coaching to Immigration Help, SF Public Library Offers Far More Than Books
Nearly half a million people in San Francisco say they visit their local library branch every month — for books, sure, but the library offers services for a variety of needs.
