{"id":358390,"date":"2026-06-12T21:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T21:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/358390\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T21:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T21:20:13","slug":"tenderloin-buzz-safe-zone-in-the-works-sunday-streets-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/358390\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenderloin Buzz: \u201cSafe Zone\u201d in the works, Sunday Streets returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cTenderloin Buzz\u201d is a recurring update on changes, tidbits and other news from the Tenderloin. Got news? Send us tips at tips@missionlocal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"MapA map of a proposed \u201csafe zone\u201d in the Tenderloin. Image from Tenderloin Community Action Plan<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been hearing for months that the \u201csafe zone\u201d for kids envisioned in the Tenderloin Community Action Plan\u2019s \u201cinvestment blueprint<\/a>\u201d last year is moving forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The idea is modeled after the Harlem Children\u2019s Zone<\/a> in New York City, and the proposed zone covers over a dozen square blocks that have been identified as having a \u201chigh concentration of families, children, and youth services.\u201d Plans include safety measures like expanded street cleaning, increased police presence, signage identifying the area, murals, and programs for kids.<\/p>\n

Esan Looper of the Tenderloin Community Benefit District, who is involved in the planning stages, tells us the groups involved in planning the zone, which include the district attorney and the mayor\u2019s office \u2014 are \u201cin the process of aligning\u201d on the finer details of the plan in meetings this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gotta get to brass tacks, [like] can we do all of that?\u201d Looper said. \u201cOnce we know more we\u2019ll be rolling it out to the community for their input.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\"A young boy draws in the street during Sunday Streets in the Mission. Photo by Molly Oleson<\/p>\n

Sunday Streets\u2019 kicks off in the Tenderloin this weekend once again, despite having its funding slashed by the Department of Public Health this spring. When the beloved event of 17 years was cut, private money started flooding in, including from once-Congressional hopeful Saikat Chakrabarti. Chakrabarti has promised to match donations up to 50,000 through the end of June \u2014 that fundraiser<\/a> is still going.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That means five blocks of Ellis Street between Mason and Larkin will be shut to vehicle traffic for the afternoon, in line with the event\u2019s ethos to reclaim car-congested streets in the name of health. We hear there will be a talent show and a lip sync battle, a drag queen will roast public figures, and the Exploratorium will host science and art activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The block party is on June 14 from noon to 4 p.m. Check out the event page<\/a>, or sign up to volunteer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"MarbleThe entrance to Little Saigon, at Larkin and Eddy streets. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan. <\/p>\n

Saigon Sandwich, one of the few treasured holdouts in this city where you can still get a b\u00e1nh m\u00ec for $5.50, is opening a new location near Fisherman\u2019s Wharf, as reported<\/a> by the San Francisco Business Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new location at Anchor\u2019s Landing (alongside In-N-Out and the new Taco Bell Cantina) will serve alcoholic beverages such as soju cocktails, beer and wine \u2014\u00a0and they say they will keep their affordable prices.<\/p>\n

\"AThe ground floor former market at 155 Hyde St. is boarded up. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan. <\/p>\n

City Attorney David Chiu filed a lawsuit<\/a> against Golden Tiger LLC and its owner Adam La, for leaving residents of a 52-unit building 155 Hyde St. without power or other utilities for months after a June 2025 fire.<\/p>\n

According to Chiu, Golden Tiger allowed residents to move back in and gave them butane-powered camping stoves to cook and heat water. The city stepped in, ordered the building vacated, and helped relocate 89 people in September.<\/p>\n

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Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival is back for Pride month, and there\u2019s a Tenderloin connection \u2014 a screening of \u201cFire Within,\u201d a documentary that follows four lives in the Tenderloin for a year: two support group facilitators at Glide Memorial Church, and two people struggling with addiction and homelessness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Roxie Theater will screen the film on June 22. For more details, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Eleni is a staff reporter at Mission Local with a focus on criminal justice and all things Tenderloin. She has won awards for her news coverage and public service journalism.<\/p>\n

After graduating from Rice University, Eleni began her journalism career at City College of San Francisco, where she was formerly editor-in-chief of The Guardsman newspaper.<\/p>\n

Message her securely on Signal at eleni.47<\/p>\n

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