The people involved in the protest took their message to City Hall to get the Mayor s attention and received a response from Carolina Morales, a legislative aide to Supervisor Hillary Ronen. We ve been introducing interim control policies that create some legal protections to make sure there are a diversity of businesses, said Morales to the group of demonstrators.
Morales also explained that the city is working on ensuring that incoming projects will have the highest level of affordable housing. The city is also examining programs in the Mission that help low-income people with housing that appear to be underutilized.
Despite the response from the city, demonstrators say the issues are complex and will continue to protest.
So, how will districts make up for the loss of in-person learning?
The grim reality is that in order to make up for the year they lost, it will take money, lots of it, and time, an estimated three to five years. San Francisco has a plan.
When COVID-19 forced schools to close last March, school districts still provided all the services offered in a normal school year, add to that thousands of chrome books and technical support beyond anyone s predictions.
Now one year later, the road to academic recovery will far exceed what districts will have already spent.
Earlier this year the nonprofit Education Resource Strategies analyzed the cost of COVID.
To ensure the COVID-19 vaccines are getting to those hardest hit by the pandemic, San Francisco on Monday launched a pop-up vaccination clinic in the Mission.
San Francisco Department of Public Health s goal is to vaccinate all residents by June 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Department of Public Health says their goal is to vaccinate every resident for the novel coronavirus by June 30, 2021. The news came Wednesday during a special hearing called by a city supervisor.
At the COVID-19 vaccine rollout hearing, District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney announced an emergency ordinance requiring the city to develop a mass vaccination plan, data reporting, and communications strategy.
The city s goal to vaccinate 900,000 people in San Francisco in a six-month timeline, would be achieved through mass vaccination sites and healthcare providers.
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San Francisco, CA Mayor London N. Breed today celebrated the grand opening of a 100% affordable housing project in the Mission at Casa Adelante 1296 Shotwell Street, which is comprised of 94 affordable homes for seniors and formerly homeless seniors. The project is also the first in the City to use the Planning Department s Affordable Housing Bonus program, which resulted in three additional floors and over 33 more units. These 96 new affordable homes represent a new chapter for the residents who have moved in, said Mayor Breed. Housing is more than a place to live it s stability, community, and as we have seen so clearly during this pandemic, it s also essential to public health. Projects like this one and the others that will break ground over the coming years are critical to addressing so many of the challenges we face as a city. As we emerge from this pandemic and work to get our economy and our City budget back on track, we need to make sure that we continue to