Garrett Leahy, Author at 48 hills

Housing

First sanctioned tent city opens in SF

May 14, 2020

San Francisco's first city-sanctioned safe sleeping site began operations yesterday afternoon. The site, referred to as the Safe Sleeping Village, has 50 spaces for...

Housing

Homeless advocates try to take over hotel room

May 11, 2020

When police arrived to the Marriott Grand Marquis hotel this morning, they issued an ultimatum to a group of activists there: Leave room 235...

News + Politics

SF measure would allow all residents to serve on commissions

May 7, 2020

On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to put on the fall ballot a City Charter amendment that would allow all San Francisco...

Housing

Physicians, advocates stage die-in outside mayor’s house

April 30, 2020

"House us now! House us now!" A group of UCSF physicians associated with the Do No Harm Coalition, activists from the Coalition on Homelessness, the...

DJs and musicians scramble for income in devastated scene

April 24, 2020

Governor Newsom's announcement last Tuesday that live shows and concerts are unlikely to happen until there is a COVID-19 vaccine, which may be as...

News + Politics

Campaign seeks to close jail at Hall of Justice

April 16, 2020

On Wednesday, the NoNewSFJail Coalition and its member organizations asked San Franciscans via social media and on their website to participate in a “Digital...

COVID

For taxi drivers, COVID is a brutal dilemma

April 3, 2020

“I can’t even afford to go to work,” said taxi driver Colin Marcoux, who has been driving a cab for over two decades. COVID has...

Housing

SF cops keep telling homeless people to move

March 26, 2020

At 10:11 pm on March 17, five SFPD officers approached a man sitting on the sidewalk at Stockton and Union Streets, according to a...

Culture

Leading drag and performance venue closes indefinitely

March 25, 2020

Since its opening in 2015, the cabaret/theater/nightclub Oasis, on 11thSt. in Soma, has been a “lighthouse” for queer creative culture, in the words of...

Arts + Culture

Arts workers struggling after performances are cancelled and venues closed

March 15, 2020

UPDATE: We are keeping a running list of artist and worker resources here, as well as including the opportunity for those affected by the...