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City to expand mental health, substance abuse care with 400 new treatment beds
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Thursday that the city will create 400 new treatment beds, 140 of which will open this year, for people experiencing mental health issues...Read More
SF’s health officer to become California Department of Public Health director
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced the appointment of Dr. Tomas Aragon, San Francisco’s health officer, as the new director of the California Department of Public Health. Aragon has...Read More
SF faces ‘major surge’ in new Covid-19 cases
San Francisco is facing a “major surge” of Covid-19 cases, says Dr. Grant Colfax, who heads the Department of Public Health. Colfax at a press conference Thursday said The...Read More
SF again pauses reopening plans as Covid-19 cases spike
San Francisco is hitting pause on yet another reopening phase that would have allowed restaurants to resume indoor dining and bars to serve customers outdoors as of July 13....Read More
SF moves into reopening Phase 2b with outdoor dining, indoor retail
After San Francisco restaurants and other businesses began serving customers outside on Friday, on Monday the city also began allowing retailers, among other places, to reopen. The latest reopening...Read More
SF eyes hospitalizations as some businesses set to reopen next week
As San Francisco works toward partially reopening some businesses for pickup and delivery beginning next week, city health officials said they are keeping a close eye on Covid-19 hospitalization...Read More
Group confirms Covid-19 outbreak at 52-unit Mission District SRO hotel
At least 24 people at a single room occupancy hotel in San Francisco’s Mission District have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Dolores Street Community Services, which manages...Read More
Second Laguna Honda Hospital patient tests positive, bringing facility total to nine
A second patient at Laguna Honda Hospital has tested positive for novel coronavirus, city officials said in an announcement Sunday morning. The tally of confirmed cases is now seven...Read More
City to offer pilot sobering center in Tenderloin this spring
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Thursday that the city will open its first drug sobering center in the Tenderloin neighborhood this spring. The new center, located at 180...Read More
Two coronavirus patients transfer to SF hospital for treatment
A hospital in San Francisco is treating two people from another California county for novel coronavirus, cases that were already previously reported, the city’s Department of Public Health said...Read More
San Francisco names Dr. Anton Nigusse Bland first director of mental health reform
Mayor London Breed appointed Dr. Anton Nigusse Bland to serve as The City’s first-ever director of mental health reform.Read More
Expansion sought for special court for mentally ill
San Francisco supervisor Jane Kim wants to expand The City's Behavioral Health Court citywide to help residents who have mental illness or substance abuse problems.Read More
San Francisco sues massage parlor for allegedly offering prostitution
The city of San Francisco is suing a Financial District massage parlor alleging that the business is in fact a brothel and has been for years.Read More