Supervisor Rafael Mandelman - Press Releases
2025
- 05-07-2025 - Supervisor Rafael Mandelman Introduces Hearings on Behavioral Health and Substance Use Treatment in San Francisco
- 05-06-2025 - Supervisor Rafael Mandelman’s Legislation to Establish Historic Landmark Districts in Mission Dolores Neighborhood Passes Unanimously
- 04-21-2025 - Rafael Mandelman Statement on Violence in Castro
- 04-15-2025 - Castro Upper Market Entertainment Zone Passes Unanimously By Board Of Supervisors
- 02-25-2025 - President Rafael Mandelman Introduces Legislation to Provide Relief to Property Owners Caught Up in Cleanup of Santos/Curran Scandal
- 02-25-2025 - Board President Rafael Mandelman Introduces New Legislation To Streamline City Contracting Processes
- 2-4-2025 Board President Rafael Mandelman Introduces Legislation To Establish The Castro Upper Market Entertainment Zone
- 1-8-2025 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman Elected Unanimously As Board President
2024
- 12-4-2024 New Legislation Passed Allowing San Francisco To Apply For Prop 1 Funding
- 11-26-2024 San Francisco Finalizes Purchase Of Permanent Home For The Nation’s First LGBTQ History Museum
- 10-1-2024 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman Introduces New Legislation To Expedite The Revival Of Gay Bathhouses In San Francisco
- 6-4-2024 City Administrator Releases Low-value Contracting Report, Recommends Updates to Procurement Process
- 3-12-2024 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman Announces Hearing on Implementation of Place For All, Two-Year-Old Legislation Mandating End to Unsheltered Homelessness
2023
- 10-31-2023 Supervisor Mandelman Unveils November 2024 Charter Reform Package for ‘Effective Governance’
- 10-24-2023 SFCTA Chair Mandelman Statement on DMV Suspension of Cruise Operations in San Francisco
- 9-12-2023 Supervisor Mandelman Announces Hearing on San Francisco Police Department’s Plan to Restore Traffic Enforcement
- 7-25-2023 Board of Supervisors Approves Supervisor Mandelman’s Resolution Supporting Senator Scott Wiener’s Proposal to Raise Funds to Save Bay Area Public Transportation
- 7-19-2023 Board of Supervisors Unanimously Approves Supervisor Mandelman’s Resolution Championing Governor Newsom’s Proposal to Reform California’s Behavioral Health System
- 5-23-2023 Supervisor Mandelman Asks San Francisco Police Department for Plan to Restore Traffic Enforcement
- 4-25-2023 San Francisco Board of Supervisors Repeals 12X Boycott of 30 U.S. States
- 4-25-2023 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman Joins District Attorney Brooke Jenkins Calling for New Enforcement Tools for SFPD to Curb Stunt Driving Sideshows
2022
- 9-13-2022 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman Requests Analysis of Citys Business Tax Revenue in Midst of Uneven Downtown Recovery
- 5-10-2022 San Francisco Supervisors Call On State To Reject Bill That Would Undermine Building Electrification Efforts
- 5-10-2022 Supervisor Introduces Transportation Funding Measure For November Ballot
- 4-05-2022 San Francisco supervisor calls on State to streamline permitting for residential rooftop solar panels and battery storage
- 3-22-2022 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman to introduce expanded “A Place for All” ordinance to provide shelter for everyone willing to accept it
- 3-15-2022 San Francisco could welcome back its queer bathhouses under new zoning proposal
- 2-15-2022 San Francisco Supervisor Announces Renewed “fourplex” Proposal For Single-family Neighborhoods
- 1-25-2022 San Francisco Supervisor Wants to Rein in Monster Homes in Central Neighborhoods
- 1-11-2022 San Francisco to name city street after Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence co-founder
2021
- 12-7-2021 San Francisco Board of Supervisors calls on Congress to pass H.R. 5502 – the INFORM Consumers Act with no further amendments
- 11-30-2021 San Francisco suspends cannabis business tax amid concerns about ongoing illegal sales
- 10-26-2021 Supervisors double down on housing services protections for longtime tenants
- 7-27-2021 San Francisco Supervisor Introduces Legislation To Allow Fourplexes In Single-family Neighborhoods
- 6-30-2021 Supervisor Releases Housing Affordability Report, Announces New Affordable Housing Strategies For District 8 Neighborhoods
- 6-15-2021 San Francisco Supervisor Seeks To Protect Housing Amenities For Longtime Tenants
- 5-18-2021 San Francisco to declare country’s first Queer and Transgender Asian and Pacific Islanders (QTAPI) Week May 22nd-May 29th
- 5-18-2021 San Francisco Supervisor introduces legislation to allow fourplexes in single-family neighborhoods
- 5-11-2021 San Francisco Supervisor wants buildings to save more water as drought intensifies
- 5-4-2021 San Francisco designates first landmark honoring lesbian history for longtime home of LGBTQ pioneers Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin
- 2-2-2021 San Francisco Supervisor Proposes More Housing, Fewer Monster Homes in Residential Neighborhoods
- 1-26-2021 San Francisco Supervisor Calls on State to Accelerate Electric Vehicle Transition in California
2020
- 10-22-2020 San Francisco Launches Effort to Landmark Longtime Home of LGBTQ Icons Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin
- 9-15-2020 San Francisco seismic retrofit deadline extended by one year to support small businesses during COVID-19
- 7-28-2020 Decades after San Francisco closed its gay bathhouses, they can now reopen as part of the city’s COVID-19 economic recovery
- 5-19-2020 San Francisco closes “monster home loophole”
- 4-28-2020 San Francisco Board of Supervisors and Board of Education support Safe Sleeping Sites for unsheltered people to combat COVID-19
- 4-21-2020 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman calls for Safe Sleeping Sites for unsheltered people to combat COVID-19
- 3-31-2020 Board of Supervisors calls for State and Federal action in response COVID-19 epidemic
- 2-11-2020 Decades after San Francisco closed its gay bathhouses, a new law paves the way for their return
2019
- 12-10-2019 San Francisco Supervisor Introduces Resolution in Support of Trump’s Impeachment
- 7-30-2019 Zoning Changes Approved to Address Vacant Storefronts in Upper Market
- 6-25-2019 San Francisco to create Castro LGBTQ Cultural District
- 6-18-2019 Supervisor Mandelman introduces hearing on status of worker rights in California’s gig economy
- 3-20-2019 San Francisco to allow cannabis sales & consumption at events thanks to law authored by Supervisor Rafael Mandelman
- 2-26-2019 San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman introduces resolution declaring Climate Emergency
2018
- 10-26-2018 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman introduces legislation to help restaurants closed for mandatory earthquake retrofits continue to operate using food trucks
- 10-2-2018 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman calls for hearing on city’s street tree maintenance program
- 9-18-2018 Supervisor Mandelman introduces legislation to build more residential care facilities
- 9-18-2018 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman Introduces Changes to SF Cannabis Laws