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Unlike restaurants or stores that could offer carryout or limited service, concert venues were shut down entirely by the COVID-19 pandemic. After months of delay, a $16 billion federal relief program has started releasing funds, but venue operators say they need the money now. (File photo by Natalie Griffin)
WASHINGTON – Federal officials have awarded $45.3 million in COVID-19 relief funds to 68 Arizona concert venues, a vast improvement over the single grant awarded a month ago but still far short of the need, advocates say.
The Arizona funding was part of the $3.2 billion awarded as of Tuesday by the Small Business Administration under the $16 billion Shuttered Venue Operators Grant.
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Bay Briefing: Hunger stays at pandemic-crisis levels in S.F.
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Belkin Herrera (right) and her sister Dilenia Hernandez receive a box of groceries from the Mission Food Hub in San Francisco.Santiago Mejia/The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Monday, May 24, and those strange lights in the night sky over the weekend weren’t visitors from space instead, think SpaceX. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Are food hubs the answer to S.F. hunger crisis?
Before the pandemic, 1 in 4 San Franciscans was at risk of hunger because of low income. As unemployment exploded, the problem only grew, with needs highest among communities of color. The city pumped money into new programs, and the Human Services Agency expects to spend $81 million on food insecurity this fiscal year up from $22.5 million the year before.
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