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Overview

Tenderloin

The Tenderloin has been San Franciscoโ€™s vice district, a refuge for the countryโ€™s young LGBTQ youth, a landing point for immigrants, and has fiercely upheld protections that allow low-income residents to keep living in this gentrifying city.


Data

Population

32,104 out of 830,235


Places & resources


What to know about District 5

Tenderloin belongs to District 5. So do your neighbors in Hayes Valley, Fillmore, Lower Haight, Haight Ashbury, Alamo Square, Japantown and North of the Panhandle.

Supervisor


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Bilal Mahmood

  • Email: mahmoodstaff@sfgov.org
  • Languages: English, Urdu
  • Term: Elected in November 2024 for a four-year term.
  • Newsletter: Sign up here and read archives here. Visit the district official page.

Legislative aides

Email: sam.logan@sfgov.org

Languages: English

Expertise: Chief of staff and Tenderloin lead, focusing on good governance, public safety, homelessness and immigration

Email: raynell.cooper@sfgov.org

Languages: English

Expertise: Housing and transportation

Email: william.macfie@sfgov.org

Languages: English

Expertise: Constituent services and arts

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