Charge
Visa has moved about 1,000 workers into a 300,000-square-foot building at Dr. Maya Angelou Lane and Toni Stone Crossing in Mission Rock. It’s one of only a handful of major new buildings constructed in San Francisco since the pandemic, after Visa signed a lease for all of its office space in 2019. According to the credit card company, the 13-story office was designed around flexibility and collaboration for the remote-work era, with a mix of individual seats, 98 private phone booths and conference rooms. Workers are required in the office about half of each week.
Free Food
Last month the District 10 Community Market opened at 5030 Third Street, offering low-income Bayview, Dogpatch, and Potrero Hill residents complimentary groceries. Entry into the market is limited to people living in the 94124, 94107, or 94134 zip codes who receive public assistance – CalFresh, Medi-Cal, CalWORKs – or earn less than 300 percent of the federal poverty level; $45,180 for a single adult, $93,600 for a four-person family. Shoppers must have children in their household or a diet-related illness and be referred by a community organization. Once fully vetted customers are issued a grocery card—similar to a Costco pass—from one of the sooq’s partnering nonprofits. The shop will likely be open Wednesdays and Fridays; members can visit every two weeks. San Francisco’s Human Services Agency sets the weight in pounds each shopper can take. The market is stocked exclusively with food; no baby formula, medicine, household supplies, or alcohol are available. Bayview Senior Services manages the store.
Armageddon
“When there are no more fish in the sea, this chef will be ready,” shouted a recent The San Francisco Standard headline, assuring readers that, even with the wholesale extinction of every fish swimming in salty waters, they’ll still be able to enjoy “a remarkable, all-vegan alt-omakase.” What a relief! The View looks forward to more such anti-doom scrolling headlines, along the lines of, “Intense climate change-induced heat wave makes frying eggs on the sidewalk a breeze!” and “Forget about Ozempic; low-cal meals caused by collapse of agriculture the new IT diet!”… Who can blame the Standard, though? There’s something very San Franciscan about focusing on the next best place to eat, travel to, or watch even while the world deteriorates around us. Let’s raise our $20 craft cocktails to the end of the world!