Coronavirus
Coronavirus testing in the Mission District on April 27, 2020. Barbara Ries / UCSF

Patient, Doctor Describe Living With ‘Long COVID’

07.13.2021
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Bruce Wheeler was diagnosed with COVID-19 last spring, but has never fully recovered, suffering a variety of symptoms of what has become known as “long COVID.” He’s not alone — according to a UC Davis overview of a handful of recent studies, more than one in four COVID-19 patients develop symptoms lasting for months, even if they had mild cases. About 100 potential symptoms have been identified. Wheeler and Dr. Brian Block, who has helped treat him and who is one of the founding clinicians at UCSF’s COVID recovery clinic, talked with “Civic” about the condition and how much is still unclear about its treatment. “I think we cannot overlook the effect of long-haul COVID on those who are trying to work and raise a family.

Climate Change

Environmental Policy Analyst Makes Case for Building Electrification

07.07.2021
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As some California cities move toward building electrification to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Pacific Northwest endures a deadly heat wave, and after recent news in San Francisco that gas lines have been encased in concrete during seismic retrofits, we explore the hazardous tradeoffs of burning fossil fuels in buildings. » Read more

Pastor: Reparations Are Medicine for ‘Evil’ of Inhumane Treatment

07.02.2021
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San Francisco and California have formed advisory committees to formulate a plan for reparations for African Americans, to study and attempt to repair the harms done by slavery, segregation and systemic racism. The Rev. Amos Brown, senior pastor at Third Baptist Church of San Francisco and president of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP, is on both committees. » Read more

Housing
An aerial shot of 2-4 story apartment buildings in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood.

SF Unequally Distributed Affordable Housing, Audit Finds

07.02.2021
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San Francisco has not prioritized neighborhoods with little recent affordable housing construction when deciding which projects to fund, a public audit released this week found.

In the last 10 years, the city has built, acquired or approved for construction about 13,000 housing units for low- and moderate-income tenants in supervisor districts 5, 6, 9 and 10, which include the Hayes Valley, Tenderloin, Mission, Bayview and South of Market neighborhoods. » Read more