Mid-Market News and Notes

The Pink Triangle is lit, the Pride flags are waving along Market Street, more tourists are coming to the city, and the Warriors are in the NBA Finals at Chase Center. If it was foggier, we might just call it summer. This week, both the Orpheum and Golden Gate Theaters have shows-Cats and Hadestown. If you’re looking for a good bite, Villon in the Proper Hotel and Jikasei Mensho in the Twitter building, have made Eater SF’s hottest restaurant’s this month. If it’s time for a change, some of the best apartment deals are in new buildings along Mid-Market. For dog lovers, Civic Center CBD will host a pop up meet and greet event with pet service provider Wags to Riches along with some accordion music from 11am-1pm at the new UN Plaza Dog Run at Mc Alister and Leavenworth, next to Arsicault Bakery which is open on the weekends. Just no food inside the dog run please.

Mayor London Breed announced her proposed city budget of $13.95 billion for the 2022-23 fiscal year and $13.85 billion for 2023-24. At a press event in Union Square on June 1st, Mayor Breed spoke about rewarding the workforce that has kept the city moving throughout the pandemic as well as significant investments in public safety, community health, and economic development including a $50M package to support small business and the city’s economic core, including Mid-Market. In addition, she has proposed $25.4 in the budget to continue the Mid-Market/Tenderloin Community Based Safety Program over two years.

For a deeper dive on the proposed budget, the SF Chronicle’s Data Spotlight has created an interactive breakdown of the budget by city departments.

The Tenderloin Center, formerly Tenderloin Linkage Center at 1172 Market Street, was granted a 6 month lease extension through the end of the calendar year on December 31, 2022. The hours for the center are 8am to 8pm. It is no longer expected to become a 24-hour facility. The center was open as part of the Tenderloin Emergency Initiative

The city is currently seeking community feedback on street conditions via a survey that will be open until June 10, 2022. More information and survey link below.

Tenderloin Public Polling Survey 2022 The City of San Francisco is interested in your feedback regarding efforts to improve street conditions in the Tenderloin. The questions will take approximately ten minutes to complete. Your answers will be anonymous and will be used to improve the City’s programs in the Tenderloin. 

Please complete the survey by June 10, 2022. Responses after that day will not be considered. Thank you so much for taking the time to complete and share this survey with Tenderloin residents.

We are currently continuing to expand the safety program within our current boundaries to fulfill a contiguous zone of service. The areas highlighted in lavender represent where will be in the next several weeks. Recent expansions occurred along Turk Street, 6^th Street, and Market between 8^th and 9^th.

The Community Based Safety Program calls for the presence of ambassadors, provided by Urban Alchemy Practitioners, to be present in the area daily from approximately 7am to 7pm. They engage with compassion and respect to support people in need, address safety issues, and cleanliness of the area.

By the numbers, April 2022:

This program is made possible with $8.8M in funding

support from the Mayor, over two years, and requires

at least $3M more from the private sector over that time.

Urban Alchemy Definitions of Service Engagements and Interventions

Positive Engagements

1-3 minute engagements to build positive relationships and serve as community connector. Practitioners provide visitors, residents, and neighbors directions, district information, service connections and resource information.

Inviting Space, Social Norm Interventions

Intervention with a neighbor or resident to invite them to participate in creating a safe and inviting public space for all by maintaining a path clear of debris. Practitioners make a good faith effort to interrupt anti-social behavior including but not limited to public urination/defecation, littering, and general noise disturbances.

De-Escalation Interventions

Practitioners assist with relational and other interventions to help contain mental health episodes, and to prevent or interrupt street violence. Solutions may include referring to appropriate service personnel like EMTs, HOT, or, lastly, the police.

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