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SF agrees to remove 300 tents from Tenderloin in lawsuit settlement
Mayor London Breed announced Friday the city has settled a lawsuit filed by Tenderloin merchants and the University of California at Hastings, among others, demanding the city clean up...Read More
Project Roomkey funds help shelter 90 San Mateo County homeless residents in hotel
Ninety homeless people considered at high risk have been sheltered at a San Mateo County hotel as part of the county’s efforts to stem the spread of novel coronavirus...Read More
Rec and Park to voluntarily provide location list for safe sleeping sites
San Francisco Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer said Monday that legislation requiring the Department of Recreation and Parks to compile a list of potential “safe sleeping sites” on its properties...Read More
Safe Sleeping Sites can’t come soon enough as homeless encampments grow
San Francisco leaders have shown wide support for an initiative to create Safe Sleeping Sites in an effort to physically distance and provide services to homeless individuals living in...Read More
City launches RV park to shelter 130 East Oakland homeless people through pandemic and beyond
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Tuesday that the city is launching an isolation trailer program to house 130 homeless and medically vulnerable people in East Oakland during the new...Read More
Die-in protesters ‘at wits’ end’ over mayor’s refusal to shelter homeless in hotels
Clad in black and holding red flowers, about 10 people laid on the street in front of San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s home Thursday evening to call attention to...Read More
Covid-19 update: Counties ease up on limited outdoor activities, SF provides 29 RVs for homeless, state expands Farm to...
Public health officers of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties as well as the city of Berkeley extended shelter orders through May 31,...Read More
Fire department believes people occupied abandoned building next to church before fire
The Santa Rosa Fire Department is investigating a fire in an abandoned building near the Cathedral of St. Eugene early Monday morning and said there are indications transients had...Read More
Covid-19 update: Pastor disputes Easter citation, county houses all infected homeless
There were 398 confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus cases and seven resulting deaths when shelter-in-place orders took effect across six of nine Bay Area counties March 17. Friday, one month...Read More
State partners with Motel 6 to shelter homeless, acquires more than 5,000 rooms
California has secured over 16,000 hotel rooms to shelter homeless residents during the Covid-19 pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Santa Clara County leaders announced in Campbell Saturday. “Project Roomkey,”...Read More
Covid-19 update: DA opens probe into Gateway Care, SF surpasses 1,000 cases, Newsom tends to most vulnerable
As of Wednesday, there are more than two million confirmed cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus across the globe — the U.S. accounts for more than 30 percent of...Read More
Supes’ unanimous vote pushes city for 8,000 hotel rooms, prioritizes homeless
San Francisco has less than two weeks to find thousands of additional hotel rooms to shelter the homeless and frontline city workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision was...Read More
Covid 19 update: Bay Area cases surpass 5,000, Trump versus governors showdown looms
President Donald Trump made it clear Monday that he believes it is in his own “total” power to decide when states will reopen from Covid-19 shutdowns. The president said...Read More
Covid-19 update: Outbreak shakes SF homeless shelter, Oakland slows streets, Newsom hopeful but cautious on state trajectory
As the holidays approach for several religious communities, local and state leaders are urging people to “hold the line,” as Gov. Gavin Newsom phrased it Friday. California as a...Read More
Covid-19 update: SF houses domestic violence victims, judge orders four ICE detainees released, seventh patient dies from Hayward facility
Since Wednesday evening, an additional 1,774 people have died in the U.S. of complications related to Covid-19. In California, that number rose by nearly 50 in the same time...Read More
Covid-19 update: BART cuts back service, county issues isolation order, exposure prompts Moscone West reconfiguration
The number of Bay Area deaths related to Covid-19 is nearing 100, though the nine-county region saw the smallest daily increase in two weeks. Here are your local Monday...Read More
SFBay Covid-19 update: virus sweeps through Orinda facility, Contra Costa orders mass quarantine
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued guidance stating that all Americans should wear cloth face coverings as masks when out in public. However, President Donald...Read More
SF homeless shelter resident tests positive for Covid-19
San Francisco officials confirmed Thursday that a resident at one of The City’s navigation centers has tested positive for Covid-19. Officials with the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Services,...Read More
Mountain View passes $800,000 Covid-19 relief package
Ten days after passing a $500,000 rent relief package, the Mountain View City Council passed another $800,000 relief package Friday night to help local small businesses, local homeless and...Read More
Virtual help: Technology connects addicts with support in social distancing times
"Online support is a very important tool."Read More