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Mid Market Stakeholders Advocacy
Update
January 2020
*Please scroll through to the end to see all important information.
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City Leaders Call For Plans to Address Street Conditions
Over the course of 2019 both Mayor London Breed and District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney outlined plans to create safer streets for residents, employees who work in the District and visitors.
Mayor London Breed
announced
in early September an extensive plan to help those living on City streets who are suffering from mental health issues and substance abuse. In the press release, the Mayor's Office notes "T
he initial steps of the new initiative will provide enhanced care coordination, create a multi-
agency pilot to streamline housing and health care for the most vulnerable, and increase access to behavioral health services by expanding hours of the City's Behavioral Health Access Center." The SF Department of Public Health declared there are approximately 4,000 people on San Francisco streets in need of mental health services and noted 230 cases that are being addressed immediately through coordinated care and will expand the program used to address the initial group for others in San Francisco over the coming months.
Supervisor Matt Haney unveiled a 10-point plan in early 2019 to address drug dealing on the street, and in September the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed his proposed ordinance to create a Street-Level Drug Dealing Task Force. Focused on the Mid Market, Tenderloin and Civic Center areas, "the resolution would require the San Francisco Department of Public Health to present a comprehensive emergency plan to improve street level crisis response; increase access to Narcan; expand street outreach; line up emergency responders and public safety personnel," among other elements. Task force members include Curtis Bradford, Porsha Dixson, Janet Ector, Pedro Vidal Flores, Teresa Lynn Friend, Louie Hammonds, Linsay LaSalle, Thomas Wolf and Max Young. The Task Force will submit their first report to the Board of Supervisors and Mayor in March of this year.
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SFPD Meetings and new Market Street Substation Address Conditions
Over the course of 2019, SFPD held monthly meetings at the A.C.T. Strand Theater to discuss conditions along the 1100 block of Market Street and in United Nations Plaza. Meetings will continue in 2020 and the community looks forward to a new SFPD substation opening at 7th and Market.
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Safety Summit
The annual CBD Safety Summit took place in April 2019 at A.C.T.'s Strand Theater. The year's focus was on theft and break-in prevention. Keynote speakers included SFPD Sergeant Patrick Kennedy from the Burglary Unit, and Commander of Municipal Transportation Teresa Ewins, as well as Cypress Security. Speakers covered a variety of prevention techniques to avoid break-ins at home, at work, and in and around public transportation. Attendees also learned how to avoid becoming a victim of personal theft. Multiple safety organizations also provided information before and after the keynotes at lobby exhibition tables. Presenters included: A.L.E.R.T., Applied Video Solutions (AVS), Cypress Security, SF72.org, SF Bike Coalition, SFMTA Park Smart, SF Safe, Vision Zero SF and representatives from the the MMCBD and the co-sponsoring CBD Civic Center.
If you have a safety topic you'd like covered at the 2020 Summit or are interested in event sponsorship, contact: [email protected].
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SF Travel
Clean & Safe Coalition
MMCBD is a member of the SF Travel Clean & Safe Coalition.
The Coalition, led by SF Travel meets regularly with high-level City staff including: the Mayor, the Mayor's Office of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Public Works, SFPD, the Department of Public Health and others; to discuss clean and safe issues.
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CleanSafe365
MMCBD is a participating member of
CleanSafe365. Diverse members, led by the Hotel Council are businesses, merchant groups, civic organizations, community benefit districts and property owners committed to finding and supporting sustainable solutions
for keeping San Francisco clean and safe 365 days a year.
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MMCBD Clean Team; Before & After
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Clean Team
MMCBD's Clean Team continues to addresses cleaning issues 7am-7pm, 7 days per week. The crews continue to make a tremendous difference despite the overwhelming cleaning and safety issues. They are typically the first on the scene to evaluate what solutions are needed. If they are unable to resolve an issue they bring in DPW and/or SFPD to achieve a prompt resolution. Thanks to these hard-working individuals we have someone to call -- and someone who will respond.
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Community Ambassadors
MMCBD's Ambassadors work 7 days a week alongside City agency partners such as the Police Department and the Department of Public Health to improve the quality of life in the District's public open spaces for everyone.
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Pressure Washing
The MMCBD Clean Team continues to pressure wash District sidewalks -- pressure washing over 40,000 linear square feet of the District every quarter.
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Tree Basin Maintenance
The Clean Team continues to oversee tree basins -- keeping them free of weeds (bear with us during the rainy season) and debris, as well as filled and level with the sidewalk to prevent divots that become a tripping hazards.
Thanks to the property owners who are pruning and fertilizing their trees and reporting any damage or vandalism to MMCBD.
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Security Camera Network
Security cameras throughout the District continue to proactively deter criminal activity, and help in prosecuting crimes.
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MMCBD Safety Team
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CBD/SFPD Safety Teams
SFPD has been instrumental in assisting and protecting MMCBD's field staff as they attempt to do their job in the midst of dense and often dangerous anti-social behavior. The team strives to meet the community
, enforce public safety laws; and they have saved numerous people from drug overdoses on District sidewalks.
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Mayor Breed and
Fix-It Team head Sandra Zuniga
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Fix-It Team Coordination
MMCBD works directly with the Mayor's
Fix-It Team -- a strategic task force that interfaces with public and private sector partners to solve difficult cleaning and public safety issues as quickly and efficiently as possible.
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Needle Disposal Efforts Continue to Help District Public Spaces
MMCBD continues to see effort on behalf of City agencies and the private sector to help keep discarded syringes off District sidewalks. Two crews, Urban Alchemy and the Downtown Streets Team, help in this effort of the
removal of needles from public District spaces -- in addition to MMCBD's
Clean Team.
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Bigbelly Trash Cans Continue to Help with Litter Control in District
Renowned, tamper-proof solar Bigbelly trash receptacles have been distributed across the District; over the course of the last few months, we moved a few to new locations along the Market Street corridor to optimize their usage. These trash cans continue to cut down on rummaging, litter and leakage.
MMCBD recently received a grant from the City to install more cans in 2020.
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To request MMCBD services contact the
DISPATCH OFFICE
7 a.m. - 7 p.m. | 7 days per week
415-543-5223
During non-CBD hours call
:
311 or Police Non-Emergency 415-553-0123
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To sponsor more MMCBD clean and safe services
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