At a rally asking for more pandemic relief to immigrants, Supervisor Hillary Ronen and other supervisor representatives were asked to keep Right to Recover permanently funded. Photo by Annika Hom. Taken on Feb. 12, 2021.

Hello Readers:

The Right to Recover fund that provides workers without a safety net, two weeks of wages at minimum wage – as an assist that at least allows them to stay home with Covid-19 – keeps running out of money.

Today a Board of Supervisors committee heard from plenty of experts about why that is a problem.

In other news:

  • Muddy’s on Valencia and 24th streets closed and Reformation has been cleared out.
  • Hundreds of renters have been threatened with evictions
  • And on the tracker, cases in the Mission and elsewhere are falling.

Stay safe,

— Lydia

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Community, docs urge SF to permanently fund Right to Recover

At a Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday, doctors and community organizers urged the city to permanently fund a program that supports low-income workers who test positive for Covid-19 and have no paid sick leave. 

Hundreds of SF Renters Threatened With Eviction During Pandemic (SF Public Press)

Within days, Johnson said, their landlord began pressuring her to leave. On Sept. 15, she received an eviction notice, stating that she had five days to move out of their Hunters Point apartment. The couple had never added Johnson’s name to the lease — a fact the property owner cited to claim that Johnson and her stepson were illegally squatting in the home they shared with Austin.

“He wasn’t even in the ground yet before they were expecting us to vacate the apartment,” Johnson said.

Covid Tracker: 334,211 cases, 376 deaths

As vaccinations have stalled, new case numbers, hospitalizations, and positivity rates continue to slowly decline.

Muddy’s Coffee House closes and Reformation sits empty

Muddy’s Coffee House, near the corner of 24th and Valencia streets, has closed after 27 years.

“It is with a very heavy heart that we have to close the doors to Muddy’s,” states a note taped to the window of the now-empty coffee shop. 

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