Proposal Comes After Person Convicted of Soliciting Arson Buys Building in D5

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston’s request to audit the City’s street cleaning operations. The approval comes as street cleanliness continues to be a concern for San Franciscans, with more than half of respondents to the 2023 City Survey sharing their impressions that street cleanliness has worsened in 2023. “Street cleanliness” was also the lowest rated category on the survey.

Affordable housing providers are expected to see tens of millions in funds following the unanimous passage of a law proposed by Supervisor Dean Preston that modifies transfer tax rules to exempt affordable housing refinancing.

For over a decade, a small Tenderloin alley decorated in murals painted by U.S. military veterans has been informally known as Veterans Alley, and today Supervisor Dean Preston has taken the first step toward making the street name official. Since the Tenderloin was redistricted into District 5 last year, Supervisor Preston’s office has been working alongside Veterans Alley co-founder, Amos Gregory, on commemorating the project.

Despite a two decade delay, advocates were encouraged earlier this year when the Mayor’s office committed to starting predevelopment in August of a long-promised affordable project in Hayes Valley. Those promises appear to have again been broken, as Mayor Breed refused to commit to a timeline for affordable housing at Parcel K at a Board of Supervisors hearing today.

The SFMTA Board of Directors will vote today on a recommendation to gut the Hayes Valley Shared Streets program by eliminating two days of the three-day weekend closure to private vehicle traffic. In place since August 2020, the street closure has been a key aspect of the neighborhood’s economic recovery. Yesterday, Supervisor Dean Preston sent a letter to the SFMTA Board objecting to the proposal, and demanding the Board reinstate the three-day closure, or alternatively continue the item to allow time to develop a plan with community leaders to preserve the car-free space. The seven-member SFMTA Board will vote today on the future of the program.

In response to the tragic murder of Banko Brown, the Board of Supervisors has passed the legislation brought forth by Supervisor Dean Preston to ban private security guards from drawing guns to stop shoplifting, a move that will bring San Francisco law into conformity with existing state training regulations on the use of weapons by security guards. This legislation aims to prevent more senseless killings of community members and to better reflect California state law.

Owners of qualifying vacant homes will have to file and pay a tax starting April 30, 2025, under a law passed unanimously today by the Board of Supervisors. The law provides implementation details for the Empty Homes Tax ballot measure approved by 55% of San Francisco voters in November 2022.

Fake news site “BNN News” on Saturday falsely reportedthat District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston had resigned “[a]mid [c]ontroversy [s]tirred by Elon Musk.” BNN News was founded by disgraced serial tech founder Gurbaksh Chahal, who was once called “ Silicon Valley’s Most Self-Destructive Founder.” The story was then reposted on MSN , where the fabricated story remained for over 24 hours despite requests from Preston’s office that the baseless story be removed and retracted.

Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world, called today for San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston to be imprisoned. In a tweet posted early this morning, Musk wrote “Dean Preston should go to prison.”

Today, at the Board of Supervisors, Supervisor Dean Preston will introduce a Resolution calling for the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency (SFMTA) to ban right turns on red. Once implemented, San Francisco would follow New York City’s lead and become the second largest city in the country to ban these turns. Several other large cities like DC and Seattle have begun implementing bans to varying degrees as well.

500 units of Permanent Supportive Housing may soon have new residents, if the Administration complies with the Board of Supervisors’ unanimous resolution urging the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) to fill at least half of the vacant Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) units within 90 days.

Amid rising tensions in the City over a lack of shelter for people experiencing street homelessness, Supervisor Preston introduced legislation today calling on the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (“HSH”) to fill at least half of its vacant Permanent Supportive Housing (“PSH”) portfolio within 90 days.

As the city and the country grapple with severe shortages of financing for affordable housing, green infrastructure, and small businesses, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors formally accepted a plan to create the first municipal bank in the nation.

Following an opaque process to activate UN Plaza in a manner that is displacing the Heart of the City Farmers’ Market, District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston and Board President Aaron Peskin introduced a Resolution today expressing the Board of Supervisors’ concern over the process, urging the Recreation and Parks Department to adopt mitigations requested by the Farmers’ Market and calling for the department to provide clarity to the Board and community on the UN Plaza activation “pilot.”

Following neighborhood outcry and a letter from Supervisor Dean Preston, the SFMTA has agreed to postpone the previously announced July 31 termination, and allow at least one additional month of the Hayes Valley Shared Spaces program. The Hayes Valley program involves weekend closures of the 400 block of Hayes Street to private vehicle traffic, a key component of the neighborhood’s post-pandemic recovery efforts.

Following neighborhood outcry and a letter from Supervisor Dean Preston, the SFMTA has agreed to postpone the previously announced July 31 termination, and allow at least one additional month of the Hayes Valley Shared Spaces program. The Hayes Valley program involves weekend closures of the 400 block of Hayes Street to private vehicle traffic, a key component of the neighborhood’s post-pandemic recovery efforts.

In response to Fillmore residents hit with huge rent increases, the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a law today restoring their rent control protections and closing a loophole in the city’s rent ordinance.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved today a housing package proposed by Supervisor Preston that will add up to 671 homes, unsticking a mixed-use project at 98 Franklin Street, enabling a land dedication for 100% affordable housing at 600 McAllister Street, and jumpstarting the affordable project at Parcel K in Hayes Valley.

As the latest data shows an increase in car break-ins throughout the City in comparison to pre-pandemic levels, Supervisor Dean Preston is calling on city departments, including the Mayor’s Office, the San Francisco Police Department, Recreation and Parks Department, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, District Attorney’s Office, SF Municipal Transit Agency, and Department of Emergency Management to report and present their plans to address the issue to the public at an upcoming hearing.