San Francisco Department of Public Health Archives

SF Mayor London Breed Proposes $6.5 Million Program to End Transgender Homelessness

May 31, 2022 3:47 pm

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Tuesday that she would be adding a $6.5 million, five-year program to end all transgender homeless in San Francisco by 2027 to her upcoming two-year city budget proposal. According to her plan that...

San Francisco Adds New COVID-19 Mega-Event Vaccination Requirements

January 13, 2022 2:17 amJanuary 12, 2022 10:02 pm

The San Francisco Department of Public Health issued a new COVID-19 health order this week, changing mega-event vaccination rules above and beyond what is needed by new state requirements. New state requirements announced on December 31st and to come into...

State Health Officials Exempt San Francisco From Returning Mask Mandate

December 15, 2021 12:08 pm

Shortly before the new statewide mask mandate was reinstalled in California on Wednesday, the California Department of Health announced that the city and County of San Francisco would be largely exempt from the order due to a large percentage of...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

AG Becerra Petitions Court to Order Amazon to Comply With Subpoenas

December 15, 2020 2:24 amDecember 14, 2020 9:28 pm

On Monday, outgoing California Attorney General Xavier Becerra petitioned the Sacramento County Superior Court to order Amazon to comply with subpoenas over how the company has protected it’s workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Becerra’s petition says that Amazon has not...

SF Board of Supervisors Votes To Ban Tobacco, Vaping Inside Apartments

December 3, 2020 10:19 pmDecember 5, 2020 6:12 pm

Earlier this week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 to ban all tobacco smoking and vaping from inside apartments in the city. The ordinance, written by outgoing Supervisor Norman Yee, cites that secondhand smoke could travel between apartment...

Proposed SF Ban on Smoking Inside Apartment Buildings Quickly Gains Opposition

November 16, 2020 2:32 pmNovember 17, 2020 12:16 pm

On Monday, significant public opposition began to form around a proposed San Francisco Board of Supervisors bill that, if passed, would ban smoking inside private apartment buildings. The bill, authored by Supervisor Norman Yee, would specifically ban usage inside apartment...