Mid-Market / Tenderloin

Complaints regarding e-scooters, e-bikes, e-motos, and non-electric bicycles riding, speeding, and blocking sidewalks have spiked dramatically across San Francisco. While e-bikes and e-scooters remain vital, low-emission pillars of the city’s eco-friendly transportation grid, community trust is rapidly eroding because rules<br> Read More »

SFPD Reverses Historic Wrong October 1 marked a positive turning point for San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Tenderloin Police Station has returned to its original goal of protecting the Tenderloin. A decade of a wrongheaded redistricting that vastly expanded Tenderloin Station<br> Read More »

Tenderloin Deserves Safer Sidewalks A pit bull attack has highlighted a steep increase in dog bites in San Francisco, particularly in the Tenderloin neighborhood. There were 926 reported dog bites citywide in 2025; Tenderloin dog bites have doubled over the<br> Read More »

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. In January I wrote that 2026 was a Make or Break Year for the Tenderloin. The historic neighborhood was at a tipping point—it would either bounce back from the terrible Covid years or become<br> Read More »

My Summer in the Tenderloin Before I came to the Tenderloin, I thought it would be a good idea to read the book by Randy Shaw, who I would be working for, about the Tenderloin. It’s called The Tenderloin: Sex,<br> Read More »

At the Drake Hotel, site of the New Horizons Transitional Housing Program for those recovering from addiction and incarceration, people are eager to change their lives. Thomas Kaina shows up to the Drake’s weekly meetings, even though he graduated from<br> Read More »

SRO Tenants Boost the Neighborhood Marilyn Chan, 76-year-old resident of the Jefferson Hotel, came to the Tenderloin about 25 years ago and is “not going anywhere.” The Jefferson is run by the Tenderloin Housing Clinic and is part of the<br> Read More »

How SF Can Promote Recovery, Safe Streets. Of all the strategies San Francisco has used to reduce drug-filled sidewalks—- the $22 million Linkage Center, $13 million crisis clinic at 822 Geary, the $6-14.5 million for the RESET Center, and the<br> Read More »