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SF Public Library announces pickup service

Patrons can place a hold and pick up library materials, starting at the Main Library on August 10.

All residents should participate in Census, despite memorandum to exclude undocumented immigrants

The San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission, San Francisco 2020 Census Complete Count Committee and the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs release joint statement on memorandum to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census.

SF updates COVID-19 testing capacity and strategy to address surge

SF will add more appointment slots and testing sites, to prioritize high-risk populations and communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

San Francisco placed on state's COVID-19 watch list, reopening paused indefinitely

SF will keep serving communities most impacted by virus, and increasing testing capacity.

SF Zoo to reopen on July 15, other business reopenings paused

SF Zoo and Gardens is reopening with a safety plan. Other reopenings will be dependent on improvement of COVID-19 impact on San Francisco.

Interim guidance released to help plan safer reopening of local schools

Guidance outlines recommendations for public, independent, and parochial schools to follow, to protect students and staff from COVID-19 exposure and transmission.

Pause on reopenings that were scheduled for July 13

Businesses allowed to be open now can continue. Indoor dining and outdoor bars will not move forward on July 13. Other business activities slated for Phase 2C are being evaluated.

New Tenderloin Neighborhood Testing Site launched at GLIDE

New pop-up testing site to provide free, low-barrier COVID-19 testing to Tenderloin residents.

Mayor London Breed announces City has been awarded over $130 million in state funds for affordable housing development, transportation and infrastructure improvements

California Strategic Growth Council’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities and Infill Infrastructure Grant Programs will expedite the construction of crucial affordable housing and infrastructure projects

Office of Transgender Initiatives denounces the Federal Administration’s cruel invitation for homeless shelters to discriminate against transgender people

Yesterday the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed a new rule for federally-funded homeless shelters that would encourage shelters to deny admission to transgender people.