How will historians remember the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco?
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Children line up for a parade in San Francisco in 1918, wearing masks and carrying a stretcher. The influenza of 1918-1919 killed more than 3,500 San Franciscans.Courtesy OpenSFHistory.org
For a few weeks, at least, San Franciscans spent the 1918-19 influenza looking out for each other. They closed businesses. They masked. They followed the rules. And then they quickly lost their minds.
In November 1918, San Francisco public health officials declared premature victory over the pandemic and residents tossed their masks in the gutter, only to watch the flu return the following year and kill nearly twice as many citizens. With more than 3,200 influenza victims, the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918-19 was responsible for more dead San Franciscans than the 1906 earthquake and fire.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Wednesday, May 5, that $3.75 million of the San Francisco Police Department’s budget will be funneled into Black-owned businesses as a result of a reinvestment by the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and the San Francisco Human Rights Commission.
Breed said the money will be reallocated as part of an effort to address generations of race-based inequality in the West Coast city.
“Across this country, and in our City, we’ve seen how the Black community’s economic growth and prosperity has historically been disrupted and marginalized,” Breed said in a statement. “This funding is part our efforts to undo the harm of generations of disinvestment and economic inequities. As we work to recover and make San Francisco a better place to live, work, and do business, we have to invest our resources in a way that lifts up and supports African American small businesses owners, entrepreneurs, and the entire communit
All Muni Subway Stations To Reopen May 15, New Routes And Wi-Fi Service Announced
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A San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI) train passes by the UCSF Mission Bay medical center in San Francisco on March 23, 2020. The transit agency announced Tuesday it would no longer transport police to citywide protests.Smith Collection / Gado via Getty Images
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All San Francisco subway stations are scheduled to reopen Saturday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic forced drastic cutbacks in service more than a year ago, according to city officials.
In addition, Muni s full F Market and Wharves route from Fisherman s Wharf to Market and Castro streets will return to service on the historic streetcars.
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San Francisco to reinvest $3.75M from police budget into Black businesses We have to invest our resources in a way that lifts up and supports African American small business owners
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The city of San Francisco has announced a plan to redirect $3.75 million from its police budget to Black-owned businesses.
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London Breed made the announcement in a statement Wednesday, May 5 saying, “Across this country, and in our city, we’ve seen how the Black community’s economic growth and prosperity has historically been disrupted and marginalized.”
“This funding is part our efforts to undo the harm of generations of disinvestment and economic inequities. As we work to recover and make San Francisco a better place to live, work, and do business, we have to invest our resources in a way that lifts up and supports African American small business owners, entrepreneurs, and the entire community,” said Breed.