Jun Plaza News Today

After 42 years as the home of the farmers market, U.N. Plaza is now officially reopened as a skate park and other activities.

U.N. Plaza has given way to an historic farmers market and its red brick paving, with San Francisco officials set to unveil a skate park and a spate of activities in the space with an event on Wednesday.

Zurich, San Francisco’s sister city, offers lessons and a possible path forward to curb open-air drug use and fatal overdoses. Swiss leaders met with their San Francisco counterparts and shared their insights.

Some Heart of the City merchants have already experienced declining sales since the farmers market moved from its location of 42 years earlier this month to make way for a skate park as part of a pilot program.

Aaron Peskin and Dean Preston believe the community hasn’t been consulted.

U.N. Plazas famed farmers market is moving, upsetting vendors and neighbors.

The move will allow other activities to be installed in the plaza like ping pong and skating.

Other recovery plans include free concerts hosted by Outside Lands promoter.

Tuesdays SF Board of Supervisors meeting was even more abnormal than the setting.

Mayor London Breed's outdoor question-and-answer session with county supervisors about the city's drug crisis at UN Plaza ended abruptly.