San Francisco’s Department of Public Health plans to close the medical clinics in specialized youth centers, and shift patients and staff to larger primary care sites as it responds to deep cuts to federal and state Medi-Cal funding.
Category: Health
Posted inCity Hall, Food Systems, Health
As Food Insecurity Rises, Elected City Officials Explore New — and Revive Old — Strategies to Address It
Despite dire statistics, city officials disagree on how to address food insecurity. Supervisor Bilal Mahmood is proposing an ordinance to incentivize stores to open.
Posted inCalifornia, Environment, Health, Housing
State Vulnerability Metric Overlooks SF Neighborhoods, Excluding Them From Billions in Funding
Several dense San Francisco neighborhoods — including Chinatown, the Mission and swaths of SoMa — scored too low in the recently updated tool, CalEnviroScreen 5.0, to qualify for a preliminary list of the state’s most disadvantaged communities.
Posted inHealth, Law & Justice
Anti-Abortion Activist Avoids Second Jury Trial
The court might dismiss a case against Anastasia Rogers stemming from a social media image depicting a reproductive healthcare volunteer beneath the words “unalive them,” if she meets diversion agreement conditions.
Posted inCity Hall, Community, Economy & Business, Elections, Government & Politics, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Immigration, Neighborhoods, Public Safety, Social Justice, Social Services, Transportation
San Franciscans Speak Out on the Top Issues Facing Their Neighborhoods
In this street interview series taken during the “No Kings” protest in March, people across the city spoke candidly about what matters most where they live, and what they want local leaders to pay attention to.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Health, Law & Justice, Public Safety
Trauma Inside San Francisco’s Women’s Jail
Women held in San Francisco’s county jail said they were forced to strip naked while deputies filmed them and male officers watched and laughed — allegations that have triggered lawsuits, multiple investigations and renewed scrutiny of how the jail system treats women with histories of trauma, mental illness and abuse.
Posted inHealth, Law & Justice
SF Anti-Abortion Activist Faces Jury Trial Over ‘Unalive Them’ Video
A San Francisco anti-abortion activist is scheduled to go to trial next week in a case testing where protest ends and intimidation begins outside clinics.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, From the Newsroom, Health, News
Audio: A Conversation About Reproductive Health Care in the US
Listen to the recording of our March 2 discussion with Diana Greene Foster and Mariana Horne about reproductive health care in the United States. These experts in reproductive health care access shared their perspectives on what has changed since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. […]
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Government & Politics, Health, LGBTQ+
Federal Pressure on Transgender Care Reaches San Francisco Clinics
A sweeping federal campaign to curb gender-affirming care for minors is testing the limits of Washington’s authority over medicine and placing San Francisco clinics at the center of a national legal battle, leaving transgender adolescents uncertain about whether their treatment will continue. Federal policy debates about transgender health care are already affecting the San Francisco […]
Posted inEnvironment, Health, Neighborhoods
Remembering the Bayview Activist Who Fought for Community’s Health and Dignity
Marie Harrison did not initially choose to be an activist. Yet the battles around housing, energy and pollution turned a self-identified “milk and cookies” mom into an environmental justice warrior in Bayview-Hunters Point.