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Tenderloin
One of San Francisco’s smallest but densest neighborhoods in the heart of the city, the Tenderloin community’s grit and resilience keep its character alive.
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‘Moderates’ helped Bilal Mahmood oust S.F.’s leftiest supe. Now, some say he’s too progressive.
Bilal Mahmood’s support for a tax on companies with highly paid CEOs has some in the C-suite mad.
NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE GUIDE
TEnderloin BUzz
Long-awaited trashcans hit S.F. streets, Tenderloin gets a roadway mural, and more
In this Tenderloin Buzz: A new Larkin Street event series, a monthly street corner activation, and new “Slim Silhouette” trashcans are here.
People We Meet
People We Meet: Ranjit Brar’s ‘horrible’ road led him back to San Francisco
For a time, Ranjit found himself selling drugs, stealing cars, committing identity theft, anything to make it through the night.
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S.F. set to lose 450+ shelter beds in Tenderloin
San Francisco is on track to lose hundreds of shelter beds as the city began closing multiple homeless shelters in recent weeks.
Dog bites in S.F. are rising. In the Tenderloin, they’re skyrocketing.
The Tenderloin district police station has launched a dog enforcement operation with the tongue-in-cheek working name, “Paw Patrol.”
S.F. homeless man who brawled with Lurie’s security jailed again
Tony Phillips, the man charged for assault on Mayor Daniel Lurie’s security detail, was arrested three days after his release.
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Green space
It took years, but this empty Tenderloin lot is finally a soccer field
Two years ago, a Tenderloin elementary schooler dreamed of having a soccer field on the empty lot next to his class. It now is.
‘We can’t have nice things:’ S.F. keeps adding public spaces in the Tenderloin, then axing them
Brand new benches and planters are being removed on Taylor after less than a year. It’s not the first time.
This Tenderloin street closed to cars and opened to kids. It could be a model for S.F.
Elm Alley next to the Tenderloin Community Elementary School invites kids to play in the road. Advocates say the city needs more like it.
The Tenderloin got $2M to create a ‘greenway.’ Years later, it’s still an empty road.
The Golden Gate Greenway was envisioned as a vibrant, car-lite public space in the Tenderloin. Years into planning, it’s still an empty road.
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