Yesterday evening, the SFMTA Board unanimously approved making Page Street a permanent slow street. The Slow Streets program, and especially Page Slow Street, has been one of the great transportation successes of the pandemic. Page has provided a safe space for pedestrians, families, and seniors to recreate while also providing safe east-west passage as part of the City's emerging bike network.

Supervisor Preston today announced significant changes to how the city responds after a traffic fatality. The newly released plan will provide greater transparency by requiring SFMTA, DPH, and SFPD to display publicly online and at the fatality site information on what led to the crash, SFMTA notes on actions and observations, access to the traffic fatality tracker, and an update on SFPD’s investigation.

The SFMTA and Supervisor Preston have reached a joint agreement under which the SFMTA will paint the nearly 1,000 San Francisco bus stops that lack unobstructed curb access for riders within the next 18 months. The agreement came shortly after the SFMTA board approved a new proposal, to update SFMTA’s policies to prevent parking in bus stops, following Supervisor Preston’s unanimous Resolution at the Board of Supervisors last year.

Less than two weeks after shutting down the Tenderloin Center with no replacement, Mayor Breed broke her administration’s previous commitment to open a Wellness Hub in the Tenderloin within six months, following a question at the Board of Supervisors meeting today from Supervisor Dean Preston.

On Tuesday, Supervisor Dean Preston introduced an ordinance to ban the Mayor and other City leaders from requiring their appointed commissioners to submit undated resignation letters prior to their appointment. The legislation comes in response to revelations that the Mayor required undated resignation letters as a condition of appointment to Commissions, undermining the independence of commissioners.

Earlier today, Supervisor Preston introduced a Resolution calling on internet monopolies to provide access to high-speed internet services to seniors and disabled people at all low-income housing and in digitally redlined BIPOC neighborhoods. The Resolution urges the big providers to expand eligibility and adjust costs for their low-income programs up to 80% of Area Median Income (AMI) to reflect needs in San Francisco. Supervisor Preston’s announcement follows Senior and Disability Action's (SDA) ongoing #FreeWifi campaign that kicked off in the Spring of 2021.

The City committed today to prioritize ongoing operations at the Oasis Inn as emergency family shelter weeks before its scheduled closure, following a unanimous vote by the Board of Supervisors. The Oasis Inn is a 58-room, emergency drop-in family shelter located at 900 Franklin Street.

In a rare move, the Board of Supervisors today changed course on the San Francisco Police Department’s (SFPD) proposed policy to use military robots to kill, explicitly banning the practice in a dramatic reversal.

To combat the displacement of families experiencing homelessness during the holiday season, Supervisor Dean Preston introduced legislation today urging the Mayor and Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to prioritize ongoing operations at the Oasis Inn as emergency family shelter, including efforts to acquire the property. The Resolution is co-sponsored by Supervisor Catherine Stefani.

A powerful cross-section of civil rights, racial justice and labor groups took to San Francisco City Hall this morning to demand elected officials reject authorizing SFPD robots to use deadly force.

Protocol Breaks New Ground with Proactive Outreach to Neighbors Traumatized by Gun Violence.

Robust Housing Package Activates Three Dormant Sites, Including $1 million to Jumpstart Parcel K in Hayes Valley.

As San Francisco grapples with how to meet dramatically increased affordable housing production targets set by the state, Supervisor Dean Preston is calling on California officials to make use of what he calls the “perfect opportunity site for affordable housing” – the large surface level parking lot at the DMV field office.

Resolution responds to Administration’s lack of a plan to prevent fatal overdoses and a gap in services for hundreds of daily visitors to the Center.

Four months after the Mayor announced the December closure of the Tenderloin Center, the Mayor and the city’s Department of Public Health revealed at a hearing today that they still have no plan in place to ensure a continuity in services for the 400 vulnerable San Franciscans who visit the center daily.

On Tuesday, November 1st, Government Audit and Oversight Committee chair Dean Preston introduced legislation calling for new anti-corruption audits. Preston successfully fought for funding for increased anti-corruption capacity for the City’s Budget and Legislative Analyst (BLA) during this year’s budget process. The announcement for the proactive audits comes on the heels of two revelations of government corruption and misconduct which continue to affect public trust.

Vacant homes in San Francisco have skyrocketed from approximately 40,000 in 2019 to more than 60,000 in 2021, a 52 percent increase in just two years, according to a report released today by the City’s Budget and Legislative Analyst. An estimated 15% of all homes in San Francisco are empty, by far the highest rate among major cities in the country, the report found.

Today, Supervisor Dean Preston introduced a Resolution urging Mayor London Breed and the Department of Public Health (DPH) to open a “wellness hub” in the Tenderloin or Civic Center area before closure of the Tenderloin Center and to ensure no gap in services for the hundreds of residents who rely on the Center every day. DPH recently released an Overdose Prevention Plan that features “wellness hubs” as a central part of the City’s response to the drug overdose crisis. Currently, approximately 400 people daily are served by the Tenderloin Center. The Mayor has announced it will close in December. Preston and health advocates have spent months asking for a commitment to a replacement site and services before the Tenderloin Center closes, but no such commitment has been made to date by the Administration.

The Government Audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will hold a special emergency hearing following revelations that the Mayor requires many of San Francisco’s most powerful commissioners to provide her with signed, undated resignation letters prior to their appointment. The Mayor’s resignation letter practice was discovered after documents were released via a public records request which included an undated resignation letter that Police Commissioner Max Carter-Oberstone said the Mayor’s Office had him sign as a condition of his reappointment this past spring.

Sup. Preston Holds Hearing to Investigate Reasons for Pause and Clarify How Renters Can Still Get Help