We’ve got important updates on our work to support vulnerable residents and businesses, and make sure we are both physically and economically healthy.
Updates from Supervisor Gordon Mar – April 8, 2020
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Press Release: UCSF Using 3D-Printing to Make Protective Face Shields
To meet the pressing need for personal protective equipment, or PPE, for frontline healthcare workers, a multidisciplinary team has mobilized UCSF’s 3D-printing infrastructure to engineer and produce thousands of face shields that can be used by nurses and physicians at UCSF Medical Center and beyond.
Press Release: Public Health Emergency Leave Legislation Passed by SF Board of Supes
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to adopt emergency legislation by Supervisor Gordon Mar to immediately provide two additional weeks of paid leave for hundreds of thousands of San Francisco workers.
SF Assessor Carmen Chu on Facebook Live with COVID-19 Updates April 9 at Noon
Join Assessor Carmen Chu for a Facebook Live to learn more about Covid-19 and “flattening the curve.”
Press Release: Muni Drastically Cuts Service Routes
In the rapidly changing environment caused by COVID-19, the SFMTA is making additional updates to Muni service. While ridership has fallen significantly, our bus operators still serve approximately 100,000 passengers a day – getting nurses, cooks, custodians, and other essential workers to their jobs.
Letter to the Editor: Against Outside Lands Concert in GG Park
It is just plain wrong to fence off an area of Golden Gate Park for three weeks for the benefit of a for-profit corporation even if some benefits accrue to the city.
Sunset Solidarity: Help Each Other
Sunset District Supervisor Gordon Mar urges solidarity and support of fellow community members during this pandemic.
Andytown Coffee and Its Customers Pitch in to Support, Thank Healthcare Workers
Andytown Coffee has joined other local businesses in the healthcare delivery program to support San Francisco hospitals.
Sunset Artists Continue to be Creative as They Fight for Survival
How are artists coping with the new normal emotionally, physically and financially? Unsurprisingly, they are all finding creative ways to survive and stay productive.
Commentary – Quentin Kopp
Quentin Kopp shares his dismay over government investment in education and corruption among government officials.
Sunset Businesses Suffer During Citywide Shutdown
In the Sunset District, the degree to which local businesses are being affected varies based on when they were forced to close and their ability to maintain other ways to generate income. But they are all struggling to support their employees and their customers and await an uncertain future if and when they reopen.
Cooking Together: Cooking Together While Keeping Social Distance
Advice from health care agencies (such as the CDC) about the importance of personal sanitation and keeping social distance from others to protect ourselves may have helped us in minimizing the infected cases of the coronavirus.
Press Release: COVID-19 Update and Census Information from Supervisor Gordon Mar
Updates from Supervisor Gordon Mar on financial assistance available to citizens who need help during the coronavirus shelter-in-place order.
Old-Time Musicians Give Back
By Jonathan Farrell Some fiddling around helps feed the needy while shoppers at Andronico’s on Irving Street get to enjoy some “old-time music.” That is what Dinah Stroe and her group of […]
Businesses Open During COVID-19
Businesses open for pick-up or delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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