August 9, 2021
A Message From The Supervisor:
Happy Monday. I hope that this communication finds you healthy and safe. I want to take this time to highlight a few important changes in District 11 and San Francisco's response to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases. Starting this week the Lakeview/OMI Vaccination and Testing Hub will be moving its services over to IT Bookman at 446 Randolph Street. Please note this change and more detailed information can be found in the flyer located within the newsletter. Additionally, please take note of the indoor mask mandate in place. Many of our local businesses are also requiring some additional measures to enter their establishments. As a community, let us please respect our businesses and work collaboratively to get through this surge in cases as safely as possible.
This weekend, we will celebrate the 28th Annual Pistahan parade and festival. This year, the festival will be a special virtual program on Saturday, August 14 and Saturday, August 15 from 11am – 3pm PDT with the theme: “Renew, Recover and Rise Together." The festival aims to create new experiences for discovery, connection and positivity. It is a creative response to bring Pinoy pride to audiences around the world through an online parade, world-class performances, cooking demos, tech talks, public health updates, and many more activities. I am proud to support and stand with the Filipino American community. Mabuhay!
I would like to remind everyone that the Board of Supervisors is currently on August recess. Our office remains accessible to the public through telephone, email, virtual meeting or in person via appointment. We are available by email: safaistaff@sfgov.org or by phone 415-554-6976 (leave a message and we will call you back). You can also check for updates on my Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Stay safe and healthy.
Please note - if you miss my weekly newsletter, you may find it later on the Board of Supervisor’s website. Click HERE to read past newsletters.
Sincerely,
Supervisor Ahsha Safai
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Bay Area Health Officials Urge Immediate Vaccination and Issue Orders Requiring Use of Face Coverings Indoors to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
In light of the surge in cases and increase in hospitalizations due to the highly contagious Delta variant, and also due to recent changes in CDC and CDPH recommendations around masking, the Health Officer has updated the Safer Return Together Order to add indoor universal masking requirements.
Vaccination remains the best tool and highest public health priority to stop the spread of the virus, protect the community and further economic recovery. Most of the new cases are among people who are not fully vaccinated. Also, nearly all of the hospitalizations are of patients who are unvaccinated. The Health Officer continues to strongly urge all individuals who are eligible to get fully vaccinated as soon as they can, and all businesses and governmental entities to consider implementing safety measures to require their employees to get fully vaccinated as soon as possible. But in the meantime, and to help ensure the timely reopening of schools, the Health Officer, consistent with the newly revised CDC and CDPH guidelines and in coordination with health officers from certain other Bay Area jurisdictions (including Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Alameda, Marin, Sonoma and San Mateo counties, and the City of Berkeley), has made the changes detailed here: https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/files/C19-07-Safer-Return-Together-Health-Order.pdf
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Rental Assistance
Right now, San Francisco has over $182 million in rental assistance available for families in need. This support is available to renters and landlords who have experienced financial hardship due to the pandemic, are at risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability, and have a household income at or below 80% of area median income – which is $146,350 for a family of four in San Francisco. There is free assistance available for filling out the required forms. According to the Treasury Department over 45,000 households in California have already benefited from this assistance.
If you are behind on rent payments, you must give your landlord a signed declaration in response to a 15-day notice regarding your payments. However, for payments between September 2020 and September 2021, you must pay at least 25% of your rent within those 13 months in additional to giving your landlord the above declaration. While you cannot be evicted for unpaid rent, starting on November 1, 2021, landlords can take tenants to small claims court for unpaid rent. In response, San Francisco has partnered with Bay Area Legal Aid and other legal service organizations to help with these COVID-19 rental debt matters.
Additionally, if you are having difficulty paying rent or your mortgage, please contact Open Door Legal for more information and rapid legal consultation: https://opendoorlegal.org/vision-zero-displacement/
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BART - August 2 Systemwide Schedule Change
Starting last week, BART will expand its hours and significantly increase service:
- Weekday service will be 5am-12am (currently 5am-9pm) with 15-min frequencies on all lines from 5am-8pm and 30-minute frequencies from 8pm-midnight.
- Saturday service will be 6am-12am (currently 8am-9pm) with 5-line service offering more options for Saturday riders, and for the first time, offering four trains per hour on most lines.
- Sunday service will remain 8am-9pm with 3-line service and 30-minute frequencies to accommodate BART’s critical cable replacement project and other infrastructure rebuilding work.
BART was able to advance the major schedule change by working collaboratively with labor partners to accelerate the hiring, training, and shift sign-up process.
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August 14, 2021 Muni COVID-19 Core Service Changes
Route Restorations
- M Ocean View will return to rail service and resume its full pre-pandemic route between the Embarcadero station and San Jose and Geneva Avenues.
- 5R Fulton Rapid service will be returning from La Playa to the Transit Center Bus Plaza.
- 18 46th Avenue will connect customers from the Richmond and Outer Sunset to Stonestown.
- 28 19th Avenue service will be returning between Daly City BART and the Marina (via Lombard).
- 35 Eureka will provide additional access from hilly districts to Muni Metro and BART.
- 36 Teresita full route will be restored.
- 39 Coit will return, providing high-frequency service in North Beach and Fisherman’s Wharf.
- Muni “school trippers” will run during afternoon peak school hours.
New Route
- 58 Lake Merced will travel along John Muir Drive and Sloat Boulevard, serving communities west of the lake and connecting to shopping destinations, Daly City BART and Muni’s 14 Mission.
Adjusted Route Restorations
- 23 Monterey will resume providing service between Palou Avenue & 3rd Street and Saint Francis Wood and will connect to West Portal Station instead of Great Highway.
- 31 Balboa will provide service from Cabrillo Street and La Playa to Cyril Magnin at Market Street.
- 52 Excelsior will resume providing service between Dublin Street & La Grande Avenue in the Excelsior and Forest Hill Station. Service will be extended to connect to 14th Avenue & Quintara Street via 7th Avenue, Judah Street and 9th Avenue, providing service to Golden Gate Heights via a segment of the temporarily suspended 6 Parnassus.
- 56 Rutland will resume providing service between Visitacion Valley Middle School and Executive Park. Service will be extended to connect to 29 Sunset and Burton High School on Mansell Street.
- 57 Parkmerced will resume providing service along a shortened route between Eucalyptus Drive & Junipero Serra Boulevard and Daly City BART Station, providing direct connections from Stonestown and Parkmerced to BART and KT Ingleside-Third Street. The new 58 Lake Merced will provide service along John Muir Drive.
- 66 Quintara will resume providing service between Vicente Street & 30th Street and 9th Avenue & Judah Street. Service will be extended to provide connections to UCSF and Haight Street & via Parnassus Avenue along a segment of the temporarily suspended 6 Parnassus.
Route Extensions
- 12 Folsom will be extended to the south from Market Street to provide service between Jackson Street & Van Ness Avenue and Caesar Chavez & Bartlett Street. In the Mission, service will run along 26th Street instead of connecting to 24th Street BART Station. South of Market, instead of running along 2nd Street, service will be provided to Rincon Hill via routing along Main Street and Spear Street.
- 48 Quintara/24th Street will be extended to the west from West Portal Station to resume providing service along the pre-pandemic route between 20th Street & 3rd Street and Great Highway & Rivera Street.
For more information on frequency and hours of service, read more on the COVID-19 Muni Core Service Plan.
Expanded Evening Service
In August, Muni service hours will be extended to midnight on 16 key routes to help people traveling later as the city reopens from the pandemic. For those who need to get around after midnight, we are planning to bring back Muni’s full late-night Owl network, including the 5 Fulton Owl and the 48 Quintara/24th Street Owl, providing service from midnight to 5 a.m. (except for the L Owl, which will continue to run from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.). Late-night bus routes will include:
We also plan to extend Metro Bus hours to cover the time span between Owl and rail service.
The K Ingleside Bus, N Judah Bus and T Third Street Bus will operate from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight on weekdays and 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight on weekends.
Metro rail service on the KT Ingleside-Third Street, M Ocean View and the N Judah will run from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekends and on the J Church from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
Restoring All Owl All-Nighter Service
Muni’s full and original late-night Owl network is scheduled to be restored in August, providing service from midnight to 5 a.m. by adding back the 5 Fulton Owl and 48 Quintara/24th Street Owl. Owl service frequency will remain approximately 30 minutes.
Visit our Muni Owl All-Nighter Service page for the full list of Owl routes and service information.
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Coming Soon: Storefront Vandalism Relief Grant
The Office of Economic and Workforce Development is expecting to launch applications for the Storefront Vandalism Relief Grant at the end of August 2021. In the interim, please visit the webpage which includes details on how businesses should prepare in order to apply in the amount of $1,000 or $2,000 to go towards storefront vandalism-related damages. Incidents are retroactive to January 1, 2021. There is also a registration link which allows small businesses to send questions, receive updates, and be notified when the program launches. Click HERE for the website. |
28th Annual Pistahan Virtual Parade & Festival 2021
August 14-15, 11am – 3pm PDT
Livestream on Facebook Live, YouTube Live, and Kumu (@PistahanSF)
Free admission
In its 28th year, San Francisco’s celebration of Filipino culture and cuisine will be a special virtual program on Saturday, August 14 – Saturday, August 15 from 11am – 3pm PDT. As the world begins to emerge from the pandemic, this year’s festival theme is “Renew, Recover and Rise Together.” The 2021 Pistahan Virtual Parade and Festival will be livestreamed on Kumu, Facebook and YouTube. This year’s festival aims to create new experiences for discovery, connection and positivity. It is a creative response to bring Pinoy pride to audiences around the world through an online parade, world-class performances, cooking demos, tech talks, public health updates, and many more activities. For more info, visit pistahan.net. See you all there! |
| Amazing National Night Out events with the Ingleside and Taraval San Francisco Police Department stations. This is a yearly community building event that celebrates preparedness for back to school and focuses on positive relationships between police and community. A special thank you to Mayor London Breed and Chief Bill Scott for their attendance and commitment to the District 11 community. |
Congratulations to Sing Tao Daily on your 83rd Anniversary! Sing Tao Daily provides the local, state, national, and international news to many monolingual, Chinese speaking communities. Many residents of District 11 depend on Sing Tao Daily as their primary news source. Thank you for providing the critical information that our citizens need.
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