San Francisco will once again vote on a ballot measure that would allow 16-year-olds to vote on local issues this fall. While the measure narrowly failed to pass in 2016, advocates are more optimistic this time around, citing a political climate of renewed youth activism on issues such as Black Lives Matter.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors voted to roll out emergency-transit only lanes for the 14 Mission, the 19 Polk, the 44 O’Shaughnessy and the 43 Masonic lines.

While SF has implemented the infamous red-carpet lanes occasionally over the years, this is the first time the Board has moved to roll out so many lanes so quickly. The effort is aimed at keeping vital public transit lines moving quickly as congestion recovers but transit revenues remain low, forcing service reductions.

Despite strenuous opposition from the hotel industry, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors advanced legislation that would impose cleaning and COVID-19 prevention measures for hotels and offices. While hotel owners argued that the requirements would impose onerous new regulations on an already struggling industry, the Board argued that these measures were necessary to protect the lives of workers and guests.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is facing increasing backlash over Facebook’s refusal to take down inflammatory posts by President Trump, as nurses at the hospital bearing his name are pushing for it to be removed and several large advertisers boycott Facebook.

City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Controller Ben Rosenfield released a joint Public Integrity Review report Monday detailing how lax and rolled-back oversight of the Department of Public Works allowed disgraced former Director Mohammed Nuru and others to engage in fraud at the public expense, and recommended reforms to correct the lack of oversight.

While Mayor Breed praised the decision and pledged to immediately implement the recommended reforms, Supervisor Matt Haney has announced his intention to turn the recommendations into a proposal for anti-corruption legislation.

As California and Bay Area coronavirus cases surge and regional hospitalizations for COVID19 begin to spike, additional Bay Area counties are added to the Governor's watch list as Newsom hints at renewed county or statewide restrictions.

Meanwhile, California health officers are receiving harassment, protests and death threats over their recommendations from disgruntled residents, and the Bay Area’s surging unemployment falls below the statewide 16.3% average in Tuesday’s coronavirus roundup.

The San Quentin COVID19 outbreak continues to rage, with over 1,000 confirmed cases among inmates, 89 among staff, and 40 transferred to Bay Area hospitals for critical care as of Monday evening. One out of every four people incarcerated in San Quentin has been infected, with 42% of the inmate population considered to be medically vulnerable. Officials looks to failures in the system, including overcrowded prisons and lack of testing, to explain this preventable outbreak.

Supervisor Shamann Walton is proposing a ballot measure to create additional accountability in the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, through the creation of a new investigative agency and oversight panel with subpoena power that regularly reports to the Board of Supervisors.

While some are balking at the $3 million annual price tag, Walton and other supporters argue that it is necessary to hold law enforcement officers accountable.

The San Francisco Association of Realtors and other real estate industry groups filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block and remove the COVID-19 Tenant Protection Ordinance, authored by D5 Supervisor Dean Preston, which prevents landlords from evicting tenants for non-payment attributed to coronavirus but does not waive the rent owed, stating it is unlawful and conflicts with state law.