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San Francisco officials appear to have abandoned efforts to open facilities where people can consume drugs under supervision — even as more cities adopt the model to prevent deadly overdoses.
Recent studies show that overdose prevention centers save lives, keep people from consuming drugs in public and do not lead to increased crime.
This is a nonpartisan analysis of the local measures on the San Francisco ballot for the Nov. 5, 2024, election.
John Britt and dozens of other tenants are breathing easier, now that they have government-funded air purifiers. Community groups cut through bureaucracy to put the devices in their hands, in a pilot project that might continue next year if it proves successful enough.
Amparo Vigil is decarbonizing and upgrading her property to help her tenants stay cool during sweltering heat waves.
The project aims to determine how to retrofit multi-unit buildings without displacing tenants, which could happen if the work scaled up across San Francisco and increased rents.
When you think about San Francisco’s Chinatown, the first thing that comes to mind might be its art: pagoda-style architecture and dragon-decorated street lamps that showcase the ancient, exotic culture of a civilization half the globe away.
It might surprise you to learn that Asian artists created little of that art, and the works have seldom told the stories of the local community that has lived there for over a century. Local groups are trying to change that with the Chinatown Artist Registry.
Funding is drying up for food programs that serve some of San Francisco’s most vulnerable, potentially endangering the health of thousands.
The cuts have come from all levels of government, including from City Hall as it has grappled with the fallout of the pandemic.
In her exhibition at San Francisco’s Institute of Contemporary Art museum, artist Suchitra Mattai explores her immigration story and that of her ancestors, as well as the malleability of memory.
The works are entirely fabric, from two-dimensional pieces that resemble paintings to a nearly life-sized house, an ode to where Mattai was born.
Providing records and information to the public can be time consuming, expensive and legally risky, said award-winning journalist Miranda Spivack at a recent event hosted by the San Francisco Public Press.
The San Francisco Unified School District’s plans to close schools and consolidate student populations may save it some money — but officials cannot say how much money, or when.
Meanwhile the district continues to bleed funds as it faces a long-term enrollment crisis.
居住在舊金山西側，由市參事殷嘉立（Joel Engardio）代表的市民表示，他們對他於其他市參事共同發起一項投票提案感到措手不及。該措施旨在永久關閉海洋公路，禁止汽車通行，並將其改造為海濱公園。
民眾說，殷嘉立在支持這項措施之前應該先諮詢他們的意見。一部分正在敦促他修改這項提案或將其從投票中撤回。
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