NEW: #COVID in 2020 closed schools and stores and cast social inequities in stark relief. Now we're seeing signs of an #SF that is more civic-minded. Reforms that have been elusive for years helped renters, businesses, the unhoused, and others. thefrisc.com/5-silver-linin… 1/
The changes hardly offset the pandemic’s toll; more than 500 of our neighbors are gone. But there are clear improvements spurred by COVID. We’re taking a closer look at 5 of them — streets, spaces, homelessness, housing, and Muni. 2/
With Slow Streets and Shared Spaces in particular, we're looking at an inconceivably quick set of transformations, the most dramatic since @SundayStreets kicked off in 2008. Can you imagine the ordeal something like that would have required pre-COVID? 3/ 
Volunteers cooked meals and donated tents for the unhoused, and voters approved $250 million more in homelessness services; @LondonBreed's team slowly moved people to hotels. Now we're planning to add 1,500 supportive housing units and fund outreach for mental health crises. 4/
Among tenant advocates, the COVID response could be construed as a proof of concept, demonstrating the extent to which we can help renters given proper resources and motivations, according to @AdamLBrinklow. The word "eviction" was all but excised from #SF's vocabulary. 5/
As for @sfmta_muni, which is ramping back up, alterations will connect routes that previously did not overlap and extend to areas that lacked service before, like the Bayview, Park Merced, and Visitacion Valley.
https://twitter.com/jeffreytumlin/status/13987142625922580486/
It'll take years to assess the full impact of #COVID, and we're not all past the pandemic yet. But for the first time in 15 months, things are looking up. Here are 5 silver linings, and keep pushing for more thefrisc.com/5-silver-linin… 7/7
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