At an SFMTA meeting Tuesday, Mission District residents voiced concerns and a lack of community outreach for the bike rental program, Ford GoBike, in their neighborhood. While many locals are not opposed to bike rental programs, instances of vandalism at Ford's bike stations have taken place in the Mission and Bay Area at large, indicating a less nuanced message. 

As San Francisco has tried to strengthen its protections for immigrants and the San Francisco Police Department has released new guidelines for officers, a new working group is now refining the policies previously laid out. One of the main points of concern is the SFPD’s participation in joint task forces with outside agencies. Which have lead to immigration arrests even when there was an explicit agreement to refrain on the part of the outside agency.

Measure RR passed last year giving BART much needed money for infrastructure improvement, but this has lead to the quandary of when this work will take place. BART officials are suggesting moving the train start time from 4am to 5am. The change was already going to take place in the fall of 2018 for the retrofitting of the Transbay Tube, but starting the change as soon as this year would create more time for maintenance that will keep trains running long term. 

The Health Commission will vote Sept. 5 on the impact that the closure of St. Luke’s Skilled Nursing and Subacute Care unit will have on the City. At the moment there is no replacement, and due to the nature of the care needed patients could be moved as far as LA.