SFPD’s 2015 Redistricting Plan a Huge Mistake Last week’s U.S. Attorney crackdown on Tenderloin drug dealing drew massive media coverage. The key takeaway: federal law enforcement publicly committed to ensure that the “rule of law” applied in the Tenderloin, where
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Lost 1966 Film to Get Rare Showing The Tenderloin Museum got such a strong response to Ryan Kost’s July 14 San Francisco Chronicle story on Robert Zagone’s film, Drugs in the Tenderloin (“How a lost film reveals past, present of
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Tents Dominate Tenderloin Sidewalks San Francisco’s residential Tenderloin neighborhood has been converted into an encampment free zone. Tents  block sidewalks morning, noon and night. Pedestrians blocked by tents are forced to walk in the street,  with wheelchair users blocked from
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Will SF Finally Do Right by the Tenderloin? Supervisor Matt Haney has scheduled an April 25 10:00am hearing to address open drug dealing in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, Mid-Market and Sixth Street. It’s not clear whether Chief Scott—the person with the
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Breed Speaks Truth About Tenderloin Drug Activities On Thursday, January 24, San Francisco Mayor London Breed talked about the Tenderloin at the U.S. Conference of Mayors. And what she said is something that I have never heard another mayor publicly
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Why the Ongoing Delay in Mission Move? It was the feel good story of the year: In March 2016 self-improvement leader Tony Robbins spent $750.000 to buy a new soup kitchen at 1930 Mission for a group of French nuns
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Reclaiming a Neighborhood’s Lost History The Tenderloin Museum has produced a dazzling new book that revives the lost history of the Tenderloin’s bars, restaurants, hotels and entertainment venues. The Matchbook: Vintage Matchbooks of the Tenderloin can now be purchased at
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