A Unified City Strategy is Needed Mayor London Breed gave a powerful speech last Thursday night denouncing drug dealing in the Tenderloin. Speaking at the 6th Anniversary Gala for the Tenderloin Museum,  Breed emphasized drug dealers’  terrible impact on Tenderloin
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632 Bed Project Does Not Serve Neighborhood The San Francisco Board of Supervisors decides on September 28 whether to approve an ill-conceived housing development that the Tenderloin community universally opposes. The Board should reject the 316-unit, 632 bed project (with
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A Giant for Affordable Housing Don Falk, who helped the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) add 37 buildings since 1994, is retiring from the organization. He leaves with a remarkable legacy. Falk’s expansion of affordable housing opportunities during this period
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Holding SFPD Accountable My recent story on the Tenderloin’s recovery led many to ask why the city allows an out of control drug market surrounding the Local 87-owned parking lot at Turk and Hyde. Hyde Street is the main car
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Reopenings Spur Revival Amidst Challenges After some of the most difficult 16 months in its history, San Francisco’s Tenderloin is recovering. Restaurants, bars and public venues are opening, the drug dealer containment zone has shrunk, high-profile murals are underway or
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Promoting Revitalization of Both Neighborhoods (Updated 5/19) San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced today that the city will provide $5 million for an innovative strategy to reduce drug dealing in the Tenderloin and Mid-Market. The Mayor’s “Mid-Market Vibrancy and Safety
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Stakeholders Request Action from City Hall “We live daily with unacceptable and dangerous street behavior, public drug-dealing and drug-use, open-air markets peddling stolen goods, and blocked public rights-of-way that prevent our employees, customers, clients, tenants and residents from safely traveling
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New Housing, Retail Will Energize Post-Pandemic San Francisco From one perspective, San Francisco’s Mid-Market has faced tough times during the pandemic. It has little foot traffic. Cafes, restaurants and once busy retail businesses have closed. There is the sense of
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