San Francisco’s LGBTQ community, led by a city supervisor, is calling on the federal government to greatly step up distribution of vaccines against monkeypox, a highly infectious virus now spreading mostly through male-to-male sex.

The city is home to more gay, bisexual and transgender men than anywhere in the country, Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said Tuesday, which makes residents among the most vulnerable to the virus. He introduced a resolution urging the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prioritize vaccine distribution based on risk.

“Gay and bisexual men are once again being failed by our federal government,” Mandelman said on the steps of City Hall, invoking memories of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. He was joined by the city’s top health officials, Dr. Grant Colfax and Dr. Susan Philip, and representatives of other communities at heightened risk for monkeypox, including transgender people and sex workers.

“Would monkeypox receive a stronger response if it were not primarily affecting queer folks?” Mandelman asked rhetorically as supporters hissed.

He and other speakers drew comparisons not only to the early years of the HIV epidemic — when the government was slow to respond to the public health emergency hitting primarily gay men — but to the COVID-19 pandemic, where federal officials have made the coronavirus vaccine as easy as possible for everyone to get.

dr Grant Colfax, director of health, joined public health officials during a press conference outside City Hall calling for more support from the federal government to combat monkeypox.

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San Francisco’s public health experts said they aren’t seeing the feds prioritizing monkeypox the same way.

“We are literally beginning our federal partners to provide more vaccine,” Colfax said, noting that the city’s health department has received only 2,888 vaccines from the state since early June — and it took until this week to get 2,300 of them.

Yet the monkeypox hotline at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation is ringing off the hook, “getting one to two calls per minute,” said Tyler TerMeer, chief executive at the agency, which held a monkeypox virtual town hall Tuesday evening.

Across the country, 866 monkeypox cases have been reported, including 148 in California, according to the CDC. Of the state’s cases, 40% are in San Francisco — up sixfold in the past month, to 60.

OnTuesday, Dr. Erica Pan, state epidemiologist with the California Department of Public Health, revealed that scientists have detected monkeypox in Bay Area wastewater surveillance systems, the first such occurrence in the country.

“This implies there’s a lot more disease there than we realize,” she said in an online health update.

Pan said the state is giving a vaccine, called Jynneos, mainly to people who have been exposed to monkeypox: lab workers who do testing, doctors and others who treat infected patients, and people who have attended an event where someone had a confirmed case.

A cousin of smallpox, the disease generally is not deadly, and most people recover without treatment. But its painful lesions can last for weeks. Other symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches and chills.

Children and people with medical conditions that make them more vulnerable can have more severe cases.

Two patients are hospitalized for monkeypox at UCSF, one of only four or five hospitals in the state with Tpoxx, a drug to treat smallpox, said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a UCSF infectious disease expert who appeared with Pan.

Unlike COVID-19, monkeypox is not generally transmitted through respiratory droplets, although it can be caught through kissing and breathing at close range. It spreads mainly through intimate contact, and most cases so far have been reported among male-to-male partners.

The White House announced its vaccine strategy on June 28, and said it will allocate 296,000 doses “over the coming weeks,” and 1.6 million doses “over the coming months.”

People stood in long lines to receive the monkeypox vaccine at San Francisco General Hospital.

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Noting that the US Department of Health and Human Services has said it will buy enough additional vaccine to fully vaccinate about 2 million people through 2023, Mandelman said that’s not enough.

More than 4.5 million men in the US say they have sex with other men, the supervisor said, citing a 2016 study in the journal JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. The same study indicates that in San Francisco, 18.5% of men have sex with other men.

Having to wait five to seven days to get monkeypox test results is also a problem because people may pass along the virus before they know they have it, Paul Aguilar, HIV chair of the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, said from the City Hall steps, where he joined Mandelman.

Philip, the city’s health director, blamed the testing problem on a bottleneck at the state level but said new labs are opening, and “we’re hoping to speed up the process.”

Mandelman’s resolution would require the Board of Supervisors to urge the CDC to release a vaccine prioritization plan “based on the risk of contracting the virus and medical vulnerability.”

The board would also call on the Department of Health and Human Services to buy and distribute enough vaccine for every at-risk person to easily get it.

The board is expected to vote on the resolution next week.

Chronicle staff writer Catherine Ho contributed to this report

Nanette Asimov is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: nasimov@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @NanetteAsimov

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The newly renovated 155-room sky-high urban retreat offers dramatic city views from everyone spacious guest room, impressive new private terrace suites, a 40th floor open-air terrace – The Overlook, and Four Seasons signature hospitality and services.

With a bold new look, ubiquitous city views, and legendary Four Seasons service, Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco At Embarcadero debuts its newly renovated 127 guest rooms and 28 suites, lobby, and fitness center, as well as its dramatic private Terrace Suites and reopening of the 40th floor open-air terrace, The Overlook. Primely located atop a 48-storey landmark building, Four Seasons Embarcadero offers unparalleled, sprawling city and Bay views spanning the Golden Gate Bridge and iconic skyline, as well as walkable access to some of San Francisco’s best neighborhoods such as Jackson Square and the Embarcadero waterfront .

Phased over the past two and a half years, the completion of the multimillion-dollar renovation included beautifully appointed rooms and suites by luxury design firm Marzipan, a state-of-the-art fitness center with Precor cardio and strength training equipment, and a refreshed lobby, and corridors. Ideal for business trips and leisurely getaways – and times that mix a bit of both – Four Seasons Embarcadero offers spacious guest rooms and luxurious suites with ample open space and separate sleeping and living areas – perfectly equipped for lounging or remote work. The spa-like bathrooms boast deep soaking tubs, as well as plush amenities including Codage Paris bath and beauty products, for the ultimate city refuge from which to unwind and restore.

Two premium private Terrace Suites – the Golden Gate Terrace Suite and the Embarcadero Terrace Suite – are newly debuted, showing panoramic views of the city and Bay. The suites offer an expansive 2,000 square feet (185 square metres) of indoor and outdoor living space, encompassing a living room, dining room, kitchenette, powder room, rain shower, elegant freestanding soaking tub, and – at 800 square feet (74 square metres) – some of San Francisco’s largest private terraces.

Marzipan took inspiration for the hotel’s chic interior from San Francisco’s world-class views, as well as the city’s signature character and history, with touches such as furniture and lighting inspired by the famed cable cars, and ornate metallic detailing and exquisite wallcoverings woven with threads of gold to pay homage to the city’s Gold Rush past. The new design presents a distinctive aesthetic with welcoming floor plans that allows guests to truly make themselves at home. Outfitted in a clean, contemporary style and a tranquil, cool-toned palette, the guest rooms present sophisticated and eclectic interiors that seamlessly support the urban landscape and are enhanced by bright colors and abstract imagery that capture the spirit of San Francisco. Layered in luxury with natural wood floors, a warm palette of textures complements vibrant splashes of colour, hand-tufted wool rugs, and bespoke millwork detailing that frames the windows, creating an intrinsic sense of place.

The completion of the renovations also coincides with the July 1 reopening of one of the property’s defining features – The Overlook, the open-air terrace located on the 40th floor, featuring panoramic views of the Golden Gate Bridge and marina with exclusive access for hotel guests for a host of future events and activations.

Located in San Francisco’s bustling Financial District atop the iconic 345 California Center building, the lifestyle-driven property affords guests a dynamic connection to San Francisco, enhanced by Four Seasons signature hospitality and services. Exclusive to hotel guests, Four Seasons Embarcadero looks forward to announcing a series of experiences, in partnership with prominent Bay Area thought leaders and brands within the food and beverage, wellness, art, and fashion industries.

Four Seasons Embarcadero offers first-rate amenities and services, including a state-of-the-art fitness center on the third floor that welcomes guests with ample natural light from wall-to-wall windows that overlook the energetic Sansome Street and Financial District, as well as Sky Bridges across floors 40-48 that connect the two towers of the Hotel while providing scenic views through floor-to-ceiling windows. Four Seasons Embarcadero offers all-day dining at The Lounge & Bar with a menu of elevated bar bites and hearty entrees, alongside craft cocktails, draft beers, and an exceptional list of curated wines. Additionally, guests may enjoy an impeccable menu from the comfort of their guest rooms or suites with 24-hour in-room dining. Still to come, Four Seasons Embarcadero will unveil a brand-new signature restaurant featuring the best of California cuisine that showcases locally sourced produce and the finest wines.

Four Seasons Embarcadero serves as an ideal home base for a memorable San Francisco adventure. The hotel is surrounded by renowned Michelin-starred restaurants and top global company headquarters, and is just minutes from the Embarcadero waterfront, the historic Ferry Building, the California Street cable car lines, and some of the city’s best neighborhoods and attractions.

Hotel website

Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero
222 Sansome St
San Francisco, CA 94104
United States

+1 415-276-9888

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The resident lounge terrace on One Steuart Lane

We see this as a golden opportunity to own a home in an iconic San Francisco estate.

SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB)
October 05, 2021

After more than a decade of construction, the much-anticipated One Steuart Lane is now complete and welcoming its first homeowners in what is the city’s last chance to live in a new condominium on the San Francisco waterfront.

The premier, ultra-luxury building continues to fetch the highest price per square foot in San Francisco, with bay view homes selling for over $ 4,000 per square foot, a price the city has not seen since 2018, according to renowned sales and marketing broker Polaris Pacific; One Steuart Lane has sold several apartments that exceeded this threshold.

Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), one of the most influential architecture, interior design, engineering and urban planning firms in the world, One Steuart Lane is a unique residential building in San Francisco, the exterior of which is gleaming with solid Roman travertine from quarries in North – and central Italy. Beautiful and durable, it is the same stone from which the great works of early Rome were built.

“With One Steuart Lane, our goal was to strike an effortless balance between a deeply modern sensibility and a timeless presence in San Francisco,” said Christopher Brandt, senior vice president of asset management at Paramount Group, Inc., the developer of One Steering lane. “The team took inspiration from the waterfront, and every element of the building was artfully constructed to maximize bay views, including floor-to-ceiling windows, impressive patios and balconies that open out from the living space. We see this as a golden opportunity to own a home in an iconic San Francisco property. “

Starting this week, four extraordinary model houses are available for viewing by private agreement. Two were designed by Liaigre and the other by FrenchCalifornia and ASH.

Priced from $ 1.2 million to over $ 10 million, each residence evokes a sense of unparalleled sophistication, with expansive glass windows and two-meter-high ceilings that enhance the colors emanating from the water. The residences range from one to three bedroom apartments ranging in size from approximately 900 to 3,000 square feet, as well as remarkably large penthouses measuring up to 6,200 square feet.

When the first residents moved in, they were greeted by the 24-hour concierge in the beautifully designed two-story lobby and served by a private, closed valet parking service for their cars. In their free time, they enjoy the timeless common spaces, designed by Rottet Studio and showcasing the European brands Molteni Group and Liaigre, as well as an extensive collection of amenities on the second floor, the centerpiece of which is the flexible indoor / outdoor owner’s lounge. This lovely space includes a gourmet kitchen and dining room with a lush terraced garden and outdoor grills overlooking Cupid’s Span and the bay. In the adjoining room there is a state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor wellness center, which is complemented by a fitness center with a private training area, an outdoor hot spa, an Effegibi sauna and a steam bath, as well as a vertical shower system with massage jets and optional aromatherapy.

To maximize this connection, SOM created the building’s exclusive collection of Waterfront Terrace Residences every three to four floors. These houses have huge sliding glass doors, some as tall as 4.50 m wide and 2.70 m high, that separate at the corner to fully open the houses to their wrap around 12 m high terraces and city and bay views to open. Blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor living, these residences are fully furnished with intricately designed wall unit dividers designed by Habitat Horticulture Experience like no other in a residential San Francisco building.

“Our holistic design approach has enabled us to build a striking tower that fits seamlessly into the urban fabric,” says Mark Schwettmann, Design Director at SOM. “The location of One Steuart Lane was the central inspiration for this project. This extraordinary, last of its kind, waterfront site provided information about the building: shape, structure, space, materiality and detailing. “

Beyond its physical beauty, One Steuart Lane achieves the highest environmental standards in the city without sacrificing luxury. With the goal of LEED Gold certification, the building is considered a leading example of sustainable architecture and design on the west coast. Key ecocentric features include a state-of-the-art mechanical system that allows heat to be transferred from one side of the building to the other, making it possible to take advantage of San Francisco’s bright sunlight even on cooler days. Rooftop solar water heaters provide renewable energy and save 250,000 pounds of CO2 emissions annually compared to a gas boiler. The commitment to the union of beauty and performance ends at the top of the tower, where vacuum tube solar arrays collect energy while gently filtering light through the top of the building.

Sales at One Steuart Lane have remained strong during the Covid-19 pandemic. The majority of the recent buyers are from San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, which underscores the attractiveness of the building’s location and offering. Owners include those looking for the “right size” to accommodate the more common work-from-home and entertainment-from-home setups that require larger living space, empty nests that are now touring the world and the ones Freedom want to lock up and leave without the maintenance of a high-maintenance apartment, first-time buyers who prefer the waterfront location, and those looking for a pied-à-terre that allows them to be present in the city for occasional work and social events.

“This unique opportunity to live in a modern, world-class building on the San Francisco waterfront makes One Steuart Lane the first choice for home buyers who insist on the best of city life,” said Paul Zeger, partner at Polaris Pacific, who oversees the Sales and marketing. “The rebirth of the Embarcadero, which began in 1989, culminates in the addition of this elegant residential complex.”

To learn more and to schedule a private appointment, visit OneSteuartLane.com or call 415-904-2540.

Via One Steuart Lane

Located directly on the popular Embarcadero of San Francisco, One Steuart Lane is the last opportunity for a new housing development on the city’s most sought-after waterfront. The 20-story building is refreshingly intimate and has 120 exquisite condominiums, many with unobstructed views of the bay and bridge, as well as private outdoor living spaces with wraparound patios. The meticulously designed One Steuart Lane strikes an effortless balance between a deeply modern sensibility and a timeless presence in San Francisco. The iconic development features architectural and residential interiors from renowned Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and amenity interiors from Rottet Studio – a fitting family tree for the city’s last opportunity for exceptional waterfront living. Residents are offered unrivaled open and endless views, from Cupid’s Span and the Ferry Building clock tower to the Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island and beyond. There is nothing like One Steuart Lane in San Francisco and maybe the whole world. Please visit OneSteuartLane.com for more information.

Paramount Group, Inc.

Paramount Group, Inc., headquartered in New York City, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust that owns, operates, manages, acquires, and redevelops high quality class A office properties in select submarkets of New York City’s central business district, San Francisco. Paramount is focused on maximizing the value of its portfolio by leveraging the sought-after locations of its assets and proven property management skills to attract and retain quality tenants. For One Steuart Lane, Paramount Group is supported by Project Management Advisors Inc. (PMA), a national real estate advisory firm that offers advisory services.

SRE Group Ltd.

SRE Group Ltd., founded in 1993 was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1999. (Share Code: 01207.HK) and became a member firm of CMIG Jiaye under the China Minsheng Investment Group in 2015. After more than 20 years of development and growth, SRE Group Ltd. successfully established with a range of high-end residential and mixed-use projects in more than 20 major cities including London, San Francisco, Sydney, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. In accordance with the concept of “Finance + Industry + Real Estate” integration and in order to accelerate the progress of corporate transformation, SRE Group Ltd. implemented a dual strategy of real estate investments and development in order to gradually build up three core businesses: development of the financial city complex, characteristic urban development as well as asset mergers and acquisitions.

About Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is a global collective of architects, designers, engineers and planners who are responsible for some of the most technically and environmentally advanced buildings and important public spaces in the world. From a strategic regional plan to a single piece of furniture, SOM’s designs anticipate changes in the way we live, work and communicate and have brought lasting value to communities around the world. The company’s approach is highly collaborative and its interdisciplinary team is involved in a variety of international projects with creative studios around the world.

About Polaris Pacific

Polaris Pacific is the premier real estate sales and marketing group for today’s new residential community. Based on a 30-year track record in the western United States, Polaris Pacific specializes in new developments and uses the latest tools and technologies to create a clear path forward. Long-term customer relationships with industry leaders form the company’s innovation platform and make Polaris Pacific the indisputable expert in key urban markets. Please visit PolarisPacific.com for more information.

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Professor Aron Walsh was named to Web of Science’s 2020 list of Frequently Cited Researchers.

The 2020 List of Frequently Cited Researchers identifies influential researchers from around the world who have been most cited by their peers over the past decade. Selected researchers have authored several frequently cited articles and found to be among the top 1% by subject and year citations on the Web of Science.

These researchers represent the top 1% of their fields of expertise, meaning that researchers and social scientists highly cited by the world’s population are 1 in 1,000.

Professor Aron Walsh said, “When you present your new research to the world, it is difficult to know who is watching. While we always have to take citation metrics with a pinch of salt, it’s comforting to know that my work is widely read. I made the list thanks to the efforts of my research group and my staff. “

Imperial is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, which a Commitment not to consider journal-based metrics in evaluating the research performance of employees or candidates for recruitment.

Current research

Chemical Science, Vol. 11, No. 43

Professor Walsh’s group deals with the theory and simulation of energy materials such as solar cells, fuels and batteries. That year, his group developed a new technique or predicted the upper limit for the efficiency of converting solar energy into crystalline materials published in Energy and Environmental Science. The approach enables the rapid selection of next generation solar energy materials without expensive or toxic elements suitable for terawatt scale application.

His most recent discovery in collaboration with NIMS in Japan is a novel organic crystal, which is built up from a radical tetrathiafulvalene derivative and which leads to exceptional electrical conductivity. The publication was featured on the cover of Chemical Science.

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Powerful unions in San Francisco represent 39,000 city workers and $ 5 billion in wages.

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The San Francisco Bay Area is home to wonders of the modern world like the Golden Gate Bridge and Silicon Valley, as well as powerful progressive politicians like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Governor Gavin Newsom, and U.S. Senator (and Vice President hopeful) Kamala Harris.

But the city is in trouble. Whenever we open the books, San Francisco is consistently among the worst tax and spending offenders.

In fact, the city’s $ 1.5 billion budget deficit doesn’t prevent 18,759 highly paid employees from bringing home salary packages worth $ 150,000 (or more) annually.

We found truck drivers loaded with $ 262,898. City painters earn $ 270,190; Firefighters earn $ 316,306; and plumbers who clean up $ 348,291 every year. A deputy sheriff made $ 574,595 last year – of which $ 315,896 in overtime.

On average, the city’s 44,526 workers received wages and benefits that cost taxpayers $ 131,335 each. Four in ten – 18,749 city workers – received a compensation package of more than $ 150,000 per year.

In addition to the basic salary, the salary package also includes retirement, health, overtime, pension and other benefits.

Mayor’s Office – San Francisco Mayor London Breed cost taxpayers $ 452,421 – the highest paid mayor in the country. Breed has a salary of $ 342,974 and additional performance perks of $ 109,447. Incredibly, there are thirty-one more people in their office with total salaries in excess of $ 200,000 per year.

Police and Sheriff Departments – The city’s 4,418 law enforcement staff cost taxpayers $ 831 million last year in compensation for an average cost of over $ 188,000 per person. The police are called “peace officers”.

Since San Francisco is both a city and a county, there is both a sheriff and a police department. Sheriff MPs run the prisons, enforce civil judgments and keep legal proceedings safe while police patrol the city.

Police Chief William Scott earned $ 434,613 ($ 338,482 salary and $ 96,131 in benefits). Four deputy chiefs (police and management) received between $ 346,528 and $ 445,539. Then there were 195 employees with salaries and perks greater than $ 300,000 each.

Matt Dorsey, the director of strategic communications, responded to our request for comment by saying that the recent reforms were costly to successfully implement.

Sheriff Paul Miyamoto made a total of $ 357,570. In total, the sheriff paid over $ 100,000 in overtime to fifty employees, including $ 315,896 in overtime to a deputy sheriff for a total of $ 574,595.

In response to our request for comment from Nancy Hayden Crowley, Director of Communications, the sheriff said, “My department continues to work on creative solutions to meet our minimum staffing requirements and the public safety challenges we all face on a budget.”

In total, the two departments employed 3,775 people – or about 8.5 out of ten employees – with comp packages that exceeded $ 100,000.

Most Popular Job Titles and What Public Employees Do in San Francisco.

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Fire Department – The fire brigade had two bosses last year. Outgoing boss Joanne Hayes-White retired with an annual pension of $ 311,560, and boss Jeanine Nicholson replaced her in May 2019.

Last year, Hayes-White received $ 386,727 and Nicholson received total compensation of $ 442,722. Cash settlement is not the whole story, however. The department maintains a two-bedroom landmark, valued at $ 2 million, as the chief’s residence.

A fire protection lieutenant earned $ 415,111 – more than double his base salary of $ 184,791, with a whopping overtime of $ 230,320. Fifteen employees received over $ 100,000 in overtime alone.

Just 389 of the 1,559 Fire employees did not bring a six-digit Comp package home with them last year.

Public works – Human litter cases on the streets of San Francisco rose to 31,000 in 2019 – an all-time high. The agency in charge of cleaning up the mess has a quarter of a billion dollars ($ 224 million) budget devoted to staff costs alone.

Public Works has 1,790 employees, including truck drivers ($ 218,495), arborists ($ 206,107), and general workers ($ 188,975). The team members of the self-proclaimed “Poop Patrol” cost taxpayers up to US $ 184,000 each.

San Francisco’s self-titled “Mr. Clean, ”said Mohammed Nuru, Public Works Director, best known for his failed efforts to keep feces and hypodermic needles out of the public eye.

In 2019, Nuru earned $ 380,120 total compensation, and his base salary alone rose to $ 65,000 over eight years. Apparently it wasn’t enough. In February 2020, the FBI arrested Nuru in an alleged porta potty scandal.

Human waste complaints reached an all-time high in 2019.

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Homeless Services and Supportive Housing – In 2016, the city added a new agency to help its homeless residents. As of 2019, the department had 148 employees, of whom 53 earned more than $ 100,000.

Director Jeff Kosinsky brought home up to $ 238,182 annually, but the city’s homeless population continued to grow each year. The population rose to 8,000 that year (up 17 percent), and complaints of human litter on the city’s streets rose from 18,246 (2016) to 31,000 (2019).

Incredibly, the department can still claim a “good” job compared to other California cities: In Oakland, the number of homeless has almost doubled over the same period.

Department for the Status of Women (DOSW) – DOSW is committed to “making San Francisco the best place for women and gender-specific people to live, work and study in the US”.

The agency deals with projects such as how many public spaces are named after women. The total compensation for the six full-time employees at DOSW in 2019 was $ 1 million.

However, our auditors also found that DOSW is saving money for its predominantly female cadre of “political scholarship holders”. These interns receive $ 20 an hour while other San Fran government internships in civil engineering, surveying, and similar functions pay $ 29.50 an hour.

War Memorial Opera House – This opera house employs 25 people (out of 120) on six-figure salaries, including a patrol officer who brings in total compensation of $ 164,399. While the summer and fall performance season was canceled or put online, our auditors could not find any reports of layoffs or even wage cuts.

Asian Art Museum – This museum cost the city’s taxpayers $ 7.8 million in compensation for workers last year and is closed to visitors this year.

In 2019, Director Jay Xu earned total compensation of $ 302,145, including a salary ($ 220,563) and benefits ($ 81,582). Other high earners included the assistant director ($ 248,463), a maintenance superintendent ($ 200,802), a curator ($ 200,046), and a librarian ($ 174,355).

The long-term financial situation in San Francisco looks dire.

The city has guaranteed $ 8.1 billion to fund retirees and retirees who haven’t been funded. Each resident of the city owes $ 9,000 to cover the unfunded liability. This is evident from data provided by the Truth In Accounting (2018) organization on tax accountability.

While the city is struggling to balance its books in the face of remarkable economic and social upheaval, the unions are not cooperating. Representing the 44,525 city workers in San Francisco, the organized labor force aggressively hit back against a recent proposal to halt the raise.

San Francisco is a progressive utopia, so well-meaning fiscal hawks have to cry much louder – or they don’t even have a voice at the table.

NOTE: Each agency mentioned in the piece received two requests for comment.

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