It has been a heavy week in our nation and locally where our Asian American communities have been the target of senseless violence. Our Asian American communities have seen an uptick in violence and over 4000 documented cases through StopAAPIHate.org. We will continue to stand against and denounce all violence. Whether it be the violent attacks on Asian elders and community members, the 20 homicides in District 10 last year, or crimes against anyone here in our City. We will continue to provide resources and implement our public safety plan to stop violence in San Francisco.

In this update: 

• D10 Public Safety Forum 3/22
• D10 Budget Town Hall 3/24
• COVID-19 Reopening, Testing, & Vaccines
• District 10 Updates
• City Wide Updates
• Sheriff Oversight Board Applications
• Community Announcements

District 10 Public Safety Forum 3/22 @ 6pm

Supervisor Shamann Walton, SFPD Chief William, and District Attorney Chesa Boudin will hold a District 10 Public Safety Forum on: 
Monday, March 22 from 6-7:30pm.

Register and submit questions to community@sfsafe.org or visit https://bit.ly/d10safetyforum. 

Interpretation in Cantonese and Spanish will be provided.

Chinese Flyer 中文版
Spanish Flyer Aviso en español

We are experiencing and hearing a lot of concerns in real time, as the normal foot traffic of walkable areas that generate "eyes on the street" has all but completely dried up during the pandemic. 

We will be addressing crime and public safety during a global pandemic including strategies to address crime trends and break-ins happening during COVID-19 pandemic. 

District 10 Budget Town Hall 3/24 @ 6pm

COVID-19 Reopening, Testing, & Vaccines

San Francisco is current at the Red-Tier

As of March 3, 2021, San Francisco has moved into the Red-tier of reopening and is expected to move into the Orange-tier soon. We can only reopen if we practice wearing face masks, social distance, and take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

For the most recent reopening updates, please visit: SF.gov/reopening.

For reopenings for specific industries, please visit: https://sf.gov/check-if-business-essential

Detailed health orders can be found here.

“Face Covering” has been revised to make clear that best practices now are to use face coverings that have a good fit, including in order of effectiveness, from least to most effective: two or three ply tightly woven cloth masks; surgical or procedural masks; double masks (such as a surgical/procedural mask covered by a cloth mask); authentic KN95 respirators; or NIOSH-approved N95 respirators (without unfiltered exhalation valves).  Bandanas, scarves, ski-masks, balaclavas, and single-layer neck gaiters are still allowed but are not recommended. 

COVID-19 Testing

• Alemany Farmers Market
  • 100 Alemany Blvd, Walk-through & drive-through
  • Monday. 12:30pm to 4:30pm
  • Tuesday to Thursday, 8:30am to 4:30pm
  • Friday, 8:30am to 12:30pm
• Bayview Opera House 
  • 4705 3rd Street
  • Every Monday & Thursday, 8:30am to 4:00pm
• Southeast Health Center
  • 2401 Keith Street at Armstrong
  • Mondays to Fridays, 8:00am to 5:00pm
• Sunnydale Hope SF 
  • 1652 Sunnydale Ave
  • Tuesdays, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Thursdays, 10:00am - 2:00pm
• Potrero Hill Health Center
  • 1050 Wisconsin Street
  • Mondays to Fridays, 9:00am to 12:00pm, 1:30pm to 3:30pm

COVID-19 Vaccines

In case you missed it, the District 10 Office partnered with Dr. Grant Colfax of the Department of Public Health to answer any questions regarding the vaccine. If you are eligible for the vaccine, please get it. The more San Franciscans who are vaccinated, the closer we can get back to a thriving San Francisco. 

To sign up for the vaccine, please visit: www.sf.gov/getvaccinated

To view the recording of the town hall, please visit: https://fb.watch/4kIdr2JsP5/

San Francisco now has a COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard: COVID-19 Vaccinations Dashboard

We are continuing to work on vaccine access for our most vulnerable populations and everyone in the district. In District 10, we have been administering vaccines at the Southeast Health Center, SF Market, Southeast Community Facility at 1800 Oakdale, Ave SF General Hospital, and a few pop ups in our public housing communities. We will have more pop ups soon. We are working hard as an office and with the Department of Public Health to increase vaccine access.

District 10 Bayview Hub - Now Open!

District 10 Updates

Hazard Pay for Grocery & Drugstore Workers Passed Unanimously! 

Prop D: Sheriff’s Oversight Inaugural Notice!

Herz Recreation Center

$2 Million for the Emergency Family Relief Fund

San Francisco Dream Keeper Initiative

Supporting Assembly Constitutional Amendment 3 (ACA 3)

City Updates

District Attorney District 10 Community Liaison Team

City Initiatives for Gun Violence and to Prevent Repeat Offenses

• 85% of those impacted by gun violence are Black and Latino men, even though they comprise less than 10% of the City’s total population.
• 29% of all violent firearm crimes in 2019 took place in San Francisco’s Bayview, Potrero Hill, and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods, with a quarter of all the City’s homicides for the past five years occurring there.
• Those at the highest risk of gun violence in San Francisco are primarily Black and Latino men, ages 18-35, with justice-involvement and social connections to each other.

• Develop communication tools across agencies to inform one another of identified persons who have committed repeated, recent offenses in the same category of crime;
• Ensure that when persons are booked into jail, their probation, parole, and/or federal probation status as well as the existence of any warrants will be immediately confirmed and communicated to justice partners;
• Ensure that every booking notification is reviewed and evaluated;
• Establish verification processes to ensure that holds are placed each and every time someone is arrested while on probation or parole;
• Communicate across agencies regarding any contextual information or specific issues that may warrant consideration for detention;
• Provide updated information to the Court regarding any previous noncompliance with court orders regarding conditions of release, including any failures to comply with electronic monitoring; and
• Establish communication procedures both to and from justice partners regarding any decisions to refer a case to another agency and any updates as to actions taken by that agency.

San Francisco will have two rental assistance programs 

The Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development is currently finalizing a multi-lingual online application and guidelines for a community-based program that will target assistance to the most vulnerable tenants. The City is planning to launch this program in late-April. 

The State of California is operating a separate rental-assistance program. To learn more about the State's Emergency Rental Assistance Program, visit HousingIsKey.com.

You can also call the State's CA COVID-19 Rent Relief Call Center at 833-430-2122 for assistance and to check eligibility. 

Each program will have its own set of guidelines. San Francisco tenants and landlords will not be able to receive the same assistance from both programs. 

The Potrero Yard Modernization Project will replace the obsolete two-story maintenance building and bus yard with a modern, three-story, efficient bus maintenance and storage garage, equipped to serve the SFMTA’s growing fleet as it transitions to battery electric vehicles.

A modern Potrero Yard will better serve our customers by facilitating more reliable and convenient bus service, and by making service more resilient in the event of a natural disaster.

For more information: https://www.sfmta.com/projects/potrero-yard-modernization-project

Article by the Potrero View: https://www.potreroview.net/three-teams-compete-for-potrero-yard-modernization-project/

Community Announcements

Visit the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (HPNS) virtual community room March 22—March 26, 2021. Navy project managers lead you on an audio tour of several stations in a new live event space.  Posters, documents, and videos allow you to learn about the Shipyard, how the Navy protects the public during environmental cleanup, and ongoing radiological retesting activities. In addition, initial radiological soil sample results for Parcel G are available.

Participate in a live question and answer session on March 25, 2021. Derek Robinson, P.E. (HPNS Environmental Program Manager) moderates two live question and answer sessions on March 25, 2021. Cleanup team members will be available to answer your questions about the Navy’s ongoing activities at HPNS. The live events begin at 12:00 pm at 5:30 pm. They are scheduled for approximately one hour each. Entry to the Live Q&A Sessions will be available in the HPNS Virtual Community Room.

The website address for the HPNS Virtual Community Room is visualmedia.jacobs.com/HPNS_March2021

Jobs Now! Program Wage Reimbursement for Small Businesses

• 100 percent reimbursement for first 3 months
• 50 percent reimbursement for the next 3 months
• Employee must be on a scheduled for permanent work after 6 months
• Limit of reimbursement for 2 employees per business
• The program is available for small businesses in SF only (less than 15 employees)
• The rehired employees must be SF residents and qualify for the Jobs Now program by demonstrating low income.

$7500 E-Bike Grant

Grants of $7,500 from the Bay Area Air Quality District (BAAQMD) under the Clean Cars for All program (www.BAAQMD.GOV/CleanCarsforAll) for income-qualified Bay Area residents of Disadvantaged Communities to retire an older high polluting car and replace it with one or more E-bikes plus accessories plus Clipper Card credit. 

What it covers:
Applicants receive a $7,500 PEX (prepaid) card for use to purchase an e-bike. Households may purchase as many as one e-bike per member of the household up to the $7,500 grant limit. E-bikes must be labelled Class 1, Class 2 or Class 3 and must be approved by the program staff before purchase. Related accessories can be included when purchased at the same time as the e-bike. Covered accessories include safety items, such as helmets, bright jackets or vests, and lights, security items such as locks, GPS trackers and BikeLink membership, cargo carrying additions such as racks, panniers, child seats and trailers, plus basic tools. This subsidy is large enough to cover the entire cost of a fully loaded cargo bike with all necessary accessories or at least two commuter bikes. 

The remaining balance after e-bike and accessories are purchased will be automatically converted to public transportation funds that can be loaded on to a Clipper card .

A new cyclist Buyers Guide and other support materials were developed by the E-Bike Project to assist potential program participants who have no previous familiarity with e-bikes - or in some cases even with bikes.

Summary of who qualifies:

The BAAQMD e-bike grant program is currently funded as an expansion of the BAAQMD Clean Cars For All program.  

CCFA Participants must: 

• live in a qualifying zip code. See chart on the CCFA Eligibility page. Currently based upon CA Disadvantaged Communities (DAC)  (see below).  
• have income at or below 400% of the current Federal Poverty Level as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (See chart on the CCFA Eligibility page).  

The vehicle to be scrapped must be: 

• at least 15 years old, 
• currently functioning, 
• less than 10,000 pounds and 
• registered by the applicant with the CA DMV for the last two years. 

The vehicle will be transferred to an authorized dismantler to be scrapped and recycled. There are, of course, further requirements and various exceptions listed on the CCFA Apply page and the linked 2020 CCFA Terms and Conditions(pdf)