Author: AdminSFLD

The next meeting of the Land Use Committee Meeting is set for Tuesday, November 19, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Land Use Committee Meeting Zoom Link. Facebook page.  Contact the committee chair.

The next meeting of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Board of Directors will be Wednesday, November 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. This is our Annual Meeting, and will welcome our newly-elected Board Members and new President.  As always, all are welcome to attend, and time is reserved for public comment.  ASL interpretation provided if requested ten days in advance. To participate, use the Board of Directors Meeting Zoom link, or call 1-408-638-0968 and use Meeting ID: 847 8906 0820 and Passcode: 972086.  Facebook page.  Draft agenda (coming soon).  Minutes of past Board meetings. Please contact manager@sflcd.org if you have questions.

The next meeting of the Diversity & Membership Committee will be on Thursday, December 5.  Diversity & Membership Committee Zoom link.  Contact the Committee chair to get on the mailing list for this Committee, or for more info!

The Fundraising Committee meets as needed.  Please contact the Fundraising Committee chair to get on the mailing list for this Committee, or for more info!

A Governance and Legislation Committee meeting will be scheduled when needed. Please contact the Governance and Legislation Committee chair to sign up, or for more info!

We send out a newsletter each month, right before our Board Meeting.  Do you get it?
If not, view a recent newsletter, then sign up to get it monthly.

Speaking of newsletters, the SOMA West Community Benefit District does a great one, highlighting events — both social and political — affecting our part of the City.  Subscribe to the SOMA West Community Benefit District newsletter.

San Francisco has ten Cultural Districts, each supporting a unique aspect of the City’s cultural mosaic You can learn about the San Francisco Cultural Districts Program, and subscribe to a Cultural Districts newsletter, published quarterly by the Mayor’s Office of Housing & Community Development.

We keep adding links to our Resource Guide page.  Use it!

Threats to our South of Market businesses and institutions can arise quickly, and may require a quick community response.  SOMA Action network sign-up link.

If you have not yet seen it, please read our Statement of Solidarity, and consider what you personally can do to fight racism, injustice, and abuse of police power.

The next meeting of the Board of the Friends of Eagle Plaza is scheduled for Wednesday, November 13 or December 11, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm.  You can be added to the “Friends of Eagle Plaza” mailing list.  You can make a donation to the Friends of Eagle Plaza. You can like and follow them on Facebook.  You can learn more about the Plaza’s design, construction and stewardship on the Friends of Eagle Plaza website, or you can write to info@eagleplaza.org.

Here are a few generic safety suggestions:

• Pick up a free safety whistle at bars and other venues around the Cultural District!
  • Blow three times if you need assistance.
• Narcan and fentanyl test strips provided by the Cultural District are also widely available.
  • Please view this Overdose Prevention in Nightlife – Training Video, featuring Kochina Rude
• For emergency safety or medical issues, please dial 911.
• For non-emergency police matters, please call the SFPD at 415-553-0123.
• For outdoor cleanliness issues please use https://sf311.org/  — The Soma West CBD will receive the notification, and get on it ASAP.
• For graffiti removal, or other cleanliness- or safety-related services, visit somawestcbd.org/services.
• If you are visiting from a location without dedicated bike lanes, be extra alert wherever you see green pavement markings.
• Respect pedestrian crosswalk lights and “no pedestrian crossing” signs.
• Be respectful and polite to people on the street, but remain alert.
• Before you leave with someone you meet in a bar, introduce them to a friend, an event host, a bartender, or the door security staff, and listen to any feedback they may offer about them.
• Do not leave your beverage unattended.
• Be part of the solution.

We are a membership organization; our members elect our Board of Directors and our President. Three Board seats (each for a three-year term) and the Board President (for a one-year term) are elected each year.

You could be on the ballot. Now is the time to consider running.

Nominations open on July 3, 2024, and close at 5:00 pm Pacific Time on Friday, August 2, 2024.  

Being a Director of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District means having a voice in the future of our South of Market neighborhood: helping it to thrive during current challenges and remain the vibrant, safe, and uniquely kinky space we all love and enjoy.

For more information, or to nominate yourself, please review the full information on our Nominations Page.

Full information

Nomination Form