District 5
Tenderloin
One of San Franciscoโs 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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Latest News
Why does Matt Dorsey have no competitive challenger? Start with the D6 map.
2022 redistricting moved out key progressive base in District 6 and left would-be challengers facing smaller, hard-to-reach electorate
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TEnderloin BUzz
Tenderloin Buzz: The Tenderloin Museum will be closed for longer than expected
The Tenderloin Museum is staying closed for the rest of the summer due to water damage… and other happenings in the Tenderloin this week.
People We Meet
People We Meet: Joel Hernandez wonโt be your Heritage Month artistย
Duality is a recurring theme in Hernandezโs life and features heavily in his solo exhibition in the Tenderloin this month.
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People We Meet: St. Anthonyโs 93-year-old volunteer Beryl Voss, who never misses a shift
Meet Beryl Voss, 93, a volunteer at St. Anthony’s who shows up every Monday to feed the nearby homeless population.
Tenderloin Buzz: โHidden gemโ Rye turns 20, and the history of a riotย
A local bar turns 20, a new sandwich shop opens and a live DJ, every week… here’s what’s happening in the Tenderloin.
Soccer, Spider-Man, and an all-purple getup: It’s back-to-school day in San Francisco
At the brand-new Mission Bay School, grandparents flew in from Maryland to celebrate “a really exciting day for our family.”
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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.
โWe canโt 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. Itโs 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 โgreenway.โ Years later, itโs 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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