Bay Area Updates
SF Opens First New Affordable Housing in Mission in 10+ Years
Bay Area Updates, Brand New Mayor London Breed Celebrates Grand Opening of First New Affordable Housing in the Mission in Over a Decade Thursday, December 17, 2020 1296 Shotwell Street is home to 94 senior and formerly homeless senior residents Mayor London N. Breed today celebrated the grand opening of a 100% affordable housing project in the Mission more...
“Period Poverty” $1M in Free Feminine Products for Santa Clara County
Bay Area Updates, Causes, Getting Help, Uplifting Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know that Santa Clara County is distributing $1 million worth of feminine period products through June 2021 for those in need. The county is partnering with community groups like First 5 and Valley Homeless HealthCare Program to help make sure they can distribute necessary pads more...
ICU Capacity Below 15%. Bay Area Now Under Stay-at-Home Order
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge and ICU capacity declines, San Mateo and 10 other Bay Area counties are under a mandatory Regional Stay At Home Order that takes effect Thursday, Dec. 17, at 11:59 p.m. The order prohibits private gatherings of any size, except for outdoor church services and political demonstrations. more...
San Francisco Now Has a $653 Million Budget Deficit
Bay Area Updates Mayor London Breed Issues Budget Instructions To City Departments Mayor Breed emphasized the importance of funding the City’s COVID-19 response and supporting recovery, while closing the projected $653 million general fund deficit Mayor London N. Breed issued Budget Instructions to department heads to guide the budget process for Fiscal Years 2021-22 and more...
East Bay Parks Says It Won’t Shoot & Kill Cats Anymore
Bay Area Updates, Have Your Voice Heard ABC7 recently reported that, thankfully, the East Bay Regional Parks District will stop shooting its feral cats. ABC7’s I-Team had initially investigated a little-known policy that allowed the park staff to shoot and kill cats that pose a threat to wildlife. The East Bay Regional Park staff had enacted this policy more...
SF Gave First COVID-19 Vaccine to Health Care Workers Today
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID Testing, COVID-19 Updates, Uplifting, Vaccines San Francisco Administers First Covid-19 Vaccine To Health Care Workers Doctor at San Francisco General Hospital is first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in San Francisco First round of vaccines in San Francisco to be allocated to acute care facilities, in accordance with the State of California’s vaccine prioritization plan San Francisco, CA — Mayor London more...
SF’s Newest Beach & Waterfront Park Now Open
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, City Discoveries, New Parks, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy A brand new park has opened in San Francisco. Linking the Mission Bay and Dogpatch neighborhoods, Crane Cove Park is a 7-acre bayfront park in the Port’s Southern Waterfront that’s transformed an inaccessible industrial shoreline into a stunning vista. The park is part of the Blue Greenway, a necklace of waterfront public more...
The Warriors Must Pay Back $45 Million in Debt to Oakland
Bay Area Updates The Golden State Warriors tried to ditch their debt to Oakland for the renovations to their former home at the Oakland arena; however, after losing their appeal to the California Supreme Court, the Warriors must pay up. The team owes $45 million to the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority for the work more...
BART Asks Congress for Help Due to 90% Drop in Ridership
Bay Area Updates, Have Your Voice Heard, Support the Bay BART ridership is down by 90% since the start of the pandemic, and they’re facing a $30 million budget deficit. KRON4 recently reported that on Wednesday, December 9, some of the country’s biggest transit providers, including BART, held a virtual rally in order to apply pressure towards the federal government to more...
Bay Area’s Dangerous I-680 Mountain Shortcut Closed for Good
Bay Area Updates Thanks to KPIX for letting us know that Morrison Canyon Road, a narrow street that turned into a dangerous commuter shortcut for traffic looking to bypass the I-680 has been permanently closed to cars. After a two-year temporary trial, last week the Fremont City Council voted unanimously to imposed a permanent more...
San Francisco’s New Gun Buy-Back Event
Bay Area Updates, Causes Mayor London Breed Announces Gun Buy-Back Event Mayor Breed, San Francisco Police Department, and United Playaz will host a gun buy-back event in SoMa, this Saturday, December 12th from 8:00am until 12:00pm Mayor London N. Breed, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), United Playaz, George Floyd’s family member and friend, and anti-gun more...
Is Anyone Enforcing Stay-at-Home Order in Bay Area?
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Many sheriff’s departments in Southern California have pushed back against their stay-at-home order and have publicly stated they will not be enforcing the order. Thanks to ABC7 for reaching out to each county here in the Bay Area to find out what level of enforcement is currently taking place for the more...
SF’s New “Cigarette Ban” Might Not Pass After All
Bay Area Updates, Brand New Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that after voting 10-1 last week to approve a “cigarette ban” ordinance aimed and curbing smoking inside apartment buildings, the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday reconsidered the matter and voted 6-5 to instead send the matter back to committee. The goal of the more...
SF Gives $5,000 to Outdoor Businesses Forced to Close
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Outdoor Dining, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Mayor London Breed Announces New Measures to Financially Support Local Small Businesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic Following the most recent Stay at Home Order, San Francisco will defer Unified License Fees, provide up to $1 million in support for operators of Shared Spaces, and release an additional $3.2 million in zero more...
Most Bay Area Gardens Are Still Open
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Things to Do, What's Closed / What's Open While many museums and attractions have had to shut down again due to the current Stay-At-Home orders, thankfully this time around, most gardens are still open. Get some fresh air and stop smell the flowers (through your facemask, of course). Bay Area Gardens Updated 12/7/20 at 10pm Japanese Tea Garden – SF (Golden Gate Park) more...
