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106-651: Since the 1980s, restrictions on high-rise construction have shifted new development to the adjacent South of Market (SoMa) area surrounding the Transbay Transit Center . This area is sometimes called the South Financial District by real estate developers, or simply included as part of the Financial District itself. The early 2020s have seen high office vacancy rates in the Financial District, driven by remote work since

212-875: A 2010 Census illustrated the Filipino population to reach 36,347 Filipino in the city which 5,106 live in South of Market District. Within the SOMA Pilipinas' official borders—Market to the north, Brannan to the south, 2nd the east, and 11th to the west—are several streets named after Filipino historical figures, including Rizal, Lapu-Lapu, and Mabini, and are located between Folsom and Harrison Streets. A former Filipino district existed near North Beach, prior to its gentrification, called Manilatown . Dianne Feinstein Dianne Emiel Feinstein ( née   Goldman ; June 22, 1933 – September 29, 2023)

318-644: A 54-cent-per-gallon tariff on imported ethanol. These subsidies had resulted in an annual expenditure of $ 6 billion. In February 2019, when youth associated with the Sunrise Movement confronted Feinstein about why she did not support the Green New Deal , she told them, "there's no way to pay for it", and that it could not pass a Republican-controlled Senate. In a tweet after the confrontation, she said that she remained committed "to enact real, meaningful climate change legislation". Conversely,

424-568: A Chinese staff member who worked for 20 years as Feinstein's personal driver, gofer and liaison to the Asian-American community was caught reporting to China's Ministry of State Security . According to the reports, the FBI had contacted Feinstein five years earlier warning her about the employee. The employee was later interviewed by authorities and forced to retire by Feinstein. No criminal charges were filed against him. Feinstein supported

530-580: A U.S. presidential inauguration . She chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee from 2009 to 2015 and was the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2017 to 2021. Feinstein's last years in office were marred by poor health and concerns about her mental acuity to serve. In February 2023, Feinstein announced she would not seek reelection in 2024. Seven months later, she died in office at

636-517: A comparatively large district of the city as well as a much smaller neighborhood. While many San Franciscans refer to the neighborhood by its full name, South of Market, there is a trend to shorten the name to SOMA or SoMa, probably in reference to SoHo (South of Houston) in New York City , and, in turn, Soho in London . Before being called South of Market this area was called "South of

742-404: A cost of $ 60 million. Feinstein helped win federal funding for the bulk of the work. The system closed for rebuilding in 1982 and was completed in time for the 1984 Democratic National Convention . Feinstein also oversaw policies to increase the number of San Francisco's high-rise buildings. Feinstein was seen as a relatively moderate Democrat in one of the country's most liberal cities. As

848-636: A newer project entitled 50 First Street, to be designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). In addition, the Cesar Pelli and Hines Group have also proposed another 1,070-foot (366 m), 61-story office tower. The Salesforce Tower , formerly named the Transbay Tower, was completed May 2018. The neighborhood consists of warehouses, auto repair shops, nightclubs, residential hotels, art spaces, loft apartments, furniture showrooms, condominiums and technology companies. A major children's park

954-463: A preeminent town there, who focused their pueblo settlement efforts in the Pueblo of San José with its extremely fertile land. It was not until 1835 that the first settlers established themselves on the shore of Yerba Buena Cove, with the first town plan surveyed in 1839. Yerba Buena's potential as a seaport made it the eventual center for European and American settlement. After gold was discovered in

1060-690: A second bipartisan, bicameral reauthorization of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act's activities with senators Catherine Cortez Masto , Jacky Rosen , and Alex Padilla on March 1, 2023 – six months before her death. Feinstein co-sponsored legislation in 2006 with Barbara Boxer that permanently protected approximately 300,000 acres of wilderness in Northern California, namely the King Range, Yolla-Bolly Middle Eel, and Trinity Alps wilderness areas, along with 21 miles of

1166-668: A severe illness as a child". From 1955 to 1956, Feinstein was a fellow at the Coro Foundation in San Francisco, an organization that provides young people with political experience. Governor Pat Brown appointed her to the California Women's Parole Board in 1960. She served on the board until 1966. Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. She remained on

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1272-587: A sizable population of transients, seamen, other working men living in hotels, and a working-class residential population in old Victorian buildings on smaller side streets and alleyways giving it a "skid row" reputation. "South of Market in the land of ruin You get all manner of action Tinsel tigers in The Metal Room Stalking satisfaction. They got 'em packaged up for love and money Tattooed tots and chrome spike bunnies Check my conscience at

1378-572: A strong national defense. Feinstein supported abortion rights during her Senate career. In 2003, she voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act , a proposal to ban intact dilation and extraction , although the proposal eventually became law. After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Feinstein called for congressional action to protect abortion rights and stated her support for lifting

1484-458: A supervisor, she was considered part of the centrist bloc that included White and generally opposed Moscone. As mayor, Feinstein angered the city's large gay community in 1982 by vetoing legislation which would have extended city-employee benefits to domestic partners . In the 1980 presidential election , while a majority of Bay Area Democrats continued to support Senator Ted Kennedy 's primary challenge to President Jimmy Carter even after it

1590-665: A target of the New World Liberation Front , an anti-capitalist terrorist group that carried out bombings in California in the 1970s. In 1976, the NWLF placed a bomb on the windowsill of her home that failed to explode. The group later shot out the windows of a beach house she owned. After San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White on November 27, 1978, Feinstein became acting mayor, as she

1696-414: A third stint as the board's president, the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk drew national attention. Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor and became the first woman to serve in that position. During her tenure , she led the renovation of the city's cable car system and oversaw the 1984 Democratic National Convention . Despite a recall attempt in 1983 , Feinstein

1802-403: Is a service that connects callers with services and programs: including basic needs, physical and mental health, employment assistance, and seniors support. The local Academy of Art University owns several buildings in the neighborhood, primarily for academic and administrative purposes. SOMA is home to many of San Francisco's museums, including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) ,

1908-544: Is also home to the few big-box stores within San Francisco. The South of Market Health Center ensured health care access to comprehensive care by providing mental and physical health problem services to close the gap on health disparities. It provides agencies with programs including finances, health care, food assistance or job training. In terms of sexual health, the district's San Francisco City Clinic offers sexually transmitted disease (STD) tests and treatment, in addition to counseling and condoms. 211 United Way Bay Area

2014-489: Is home to many of the city's museums, to the headquarters of several major software and Internet companies, and to the Moscone Conference Center . The area's boundaries are Market Street to the northwest, San Francisco Bay to the northeast, Mission Creek to the southeast, and Division Street, 13th Street and U.S. Route 101 ( Central Freeway ) to the southwest. It is the part of the city in which

2120-464: Is home to numerous corporate headquarters, including half of San Francisco's eight Fortune 500 companies— Wells Fargo , Salesforce , Visa , and Gap — as well as Levi Strauss , Kimpton Hotels , Dodge & Cox , Prologis , Docusign , Yelp , and SoFi among others; and formerly Bank of America , Bechtel , Pacific Bell , Crocker Bank , Transamerica , Chevron , PG&E , McKesson , URS , and Charles Schwab among others. The headquarters of

2226-820: Is managed by the Bureau of Land Management in partnership with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as part of the National Landscape Conservation System. Perhaps Feinstein's greatest contribution to public lands conservation came through her advocacy for California's Mojave and Sonoran deserts . She authored landmark legislation in 1994 that established Death Valley National Park , Joshua Tree National Park , and Mojave National Preserve , and designated another 7.6 million acres of California desert as federal wilderness. This California Desert Protection Act

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2332-487: Is served by more than two dozen Muni bus and rail lines, including one cable car line , as well as Montgomery Street Station and Embarcadero Station in the BART system. The nickname "FiDi" is occasionally employed, analogous to nearby SoMa . The area is commonly referred to as "Downtown" as well, although "Downtown" may include the broader Union Square, Chinatown, Tenderloin , and SoMa districts as well. The District

2438-423: Is the largest remaining wild run of these fish in the lower 48 states. The Trinity Alps Wilderness encompasses rugged mountains, alpine meadows, myriad pristine lakes and streams, 550 miles of maintained hiking trails, and California's third-largest swath of previously unprotected old-growth, predominantly Douglas-fir forest. Feinstein also helped secure $ 250 million in federal matching grants to purchase

2544-551: The Los Angeles Times wrote that Feinstein had emphasized her centrism when she first ran for statewide offices in the 1990s (when California was more conservative than it became during Feinstein's later career). Over time, she moved leftward as California became one of the most Democratic states in the nation. In 2013, The New York Times called her a "liberal lioness". Feinstein was known for her advocacy of gun control, abortion access, environmental protection, and

2650-680: The New York Times editorial board, publicly urged Feinstein to resign. She resisted calls to resign. However, she requested temporary removal from the Judiciary Committee; Senate Republicans declined this request. Feinstein returned to the Senate on May 10, 2023, amid continuing concern about her capacity to serve. Feinstein was the first woman to chair the Senate Rules Committee (2007–2009) and

2756-649: The 110th Congress , Feinstein authored an amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, mandating all major sources of greenhouse gasses to annually report their emissions to the Environmental Protection Agency . These emissions disclosures in turn inform EPA's nationwide, multi-sector inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks, which is submitted to the United Nations in accordance with

2862-874: The Black Butte River in Mendocino County. The King Range Wilderness , part of the King Range National Conservation Area , has the longest stretch of undeveloped coastline anywhere in the lower 48 states; its Lost Coast is often considered the "crown jewel" in the National Landscape Conservation System . The Yolla-Bolly Middle Eel Wilderness, which surrounds the Middle Fork Eel River , hosts roughly half of California's summer-run steelhead population. The river

2968-738: The COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated an exodus of business from the downtown core of San Francisco. Adjacent to the Financial District to the west is the Union Square shopping district . To the northwest is Chinatown , and to the north is North Beach and Jackson Square . To the east lies the Embarcadero waterfront and the Ferry Building . To the south lies Market Street and the South of Market district. The Financial District

3074-446: The COVID-19 pandemic , particularly among tech companies. Several owners of office buildings and hotels have defaulted on their loans, raising concerns about the effect on San Francisco's tax revenues and the financial stability of local government services. Many retailers have also cited high levels of crime, open-air drug use, homelessness , doubts about San Francisco's viability as a relevant commercial center, and closed storefronts in

3180-557: The Caldron and the Slot , it was the sexual center of San Francisco during this period. This community had been active in resisting the city's ambitious redevelopment program for the area throughout the 1970s. But as the AIDS epidemic unfolded in the 1980s, the ability of this community to stand up to downtown and City Hall was dramatically weakened. The crisis became an opportunity for

3286-660: The Framework Convention on Climate Change . Feinstein co-sponsored (with Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn ) an amendment through the Senate to the Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011 that eliminated the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit. The Senate passed the amendment on June 16, 2011. Introduced in 2004, the subsidy provided a 45-cent-per-gallon credit on pure ethanol, and

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3392-691: The JPMorgan Chase Building , 555 Mission Street , 101 Second Street , the Four Seasons Hotel , The Paramount , and the Millennium Tower . According to TRI Commercial, the traditional Financial District provides approximately 30 million square feet (2,800,000 m) of office space, and the South Financial District offers about 28 million square feet (2,600,000 m). In the 2020s,

3498-630: The Metreon , is built on top of Moscone North. SOMArts, one of four cultural center facilities owned by the City and County of San Francisco, is located on Brannan Street between 8th and 9th streets. Many small theater companies and venues are situated in the SOMA, including the Lamplighters , The Garage, Theatre Rhinoceros , Boxcar Theater, Crowded Fire Theater, and FoolsFURY Theater . Due to

3604-588: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the Administrative Procedure Act . As a result of Feinstein's legislation, average fleet fuel economy for new automobiles will climb to approximately 60 miles per gallon by 2032, cutting greenhouse gas emissions from passenger and commercial vehicles in half without impeding automotive performance or degrading traffic safety. During

3710-551: The Rincon Center complex. Parks and plazas located there include Sue Biermann Park; Justin Herman Plaza , which is the current location of the city's New Year's festivities, and Transamerica Redwood Park. St. Mary's Square and Portsmouth Square are near the borders of the district, but are usually considered as part of Chinatown. Several consulates are located in the financial district. Countries with consulates in

3816-603: The Sierra Nevada Foothills in 1848, Yerba Buena's location on the natural harbor of San Francisco Bay acted as a magnet for European and American settlers, as well as gold and job seekers from a multitude of countries. Following Californian independence and American annexation and the California Gold Rush , the area boomed rapidly and the Bay shoreline, which originally ended near Montgomery Street,

3922-615: The Supreme Court of California on December 4, 1978, becoming San Francisco's first female mayor. Molinari was selected to replace Feinstein as president of the Board of Supervisors by a vote of eight to two. One of Feinstein's first challenges as mayor was the state of the San Francisco cable car system , which was shut down for emergency repairs in 1979; an engineering study concluded that it needed comprehensive rebuilding at

4028-1008: The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts , the Museum of the African Diaspora , the American Bookbinders Museum , the California Historical Society , the Zeum, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum . The Old Mint , which served as the San Francisco Mint from 1874 to 1937, was restored over an eight-year period and reopened to the public in 2012. The Center for the Arts, along with Yerba Buena Gardens and

4134-420: The bipartisan omnibus public lands package passed in 2019, furthering landscape conservation and outdoor recreation opportunities in the California desert. The combined acreage of the 1994, 2000, and 2019 acts of Congress, in concert with the presidentially authorized national monument designations, protect the largest tract of public lands anywhere in the lower 48 states and the second-largest desert preserve on

4240-465: The " freeway revolt " in the city years earlier. The skyscraper revolt led to the city imposing extremely strict, European-style height restrictions on building construction citywide. Due to these height restrictions , lack of buildable lots, and changes in the local real estate market, new development in the area has shifted to South of Market Street since the 1980s. The area south of Market, east of Third Street , north of Folsom Street , and west of

4346-786: The 12th district of the United States Federal Reserve is located in the area as well. Prior to their disestablishment, AirTouch , South Pacific Air Lines , Pegasus Aviation Finance Company , and the Pacific Exchange all had their headquarters in the Financial District. There are several shopping malls in the area, including the Crocker Galleria, the Embarcadero Center , the Ferry Building Marketplace , and

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4452-473: The 1950s pushed a new population into this area in the 1960s, the incipient gay community , and the leather community in particular. The Tool Box at 399 Forth Street was the first leather bar in South of Market, opening in 1962. From 1962 until 1982, the gay leather community grew and thrived throughout South of Market, most visibly along Folsom Street, since it was a warehouse area that was largely deserted at night. Site of various sex clubs and bars, such as

4558-499: The 1980s and 1990s, some of the warehouses there served as the home to the city's budding underground rave , punk , and independent music scene . However, in recent decades, and mostly due to gentrification and rising rents, these establishments have begun to cater to an upscale and mainstream clientele that subsequently pushed out the underground musicians and their scene. Beginning in the 1990s, older housing stock has been joined by loft-style condominiums. Many of these were built under

4664-537: The 1984 Democratic National Convention, there was considerable media and public speculation that Mondale might pick Feinstein as his running mate. He chose Geraldine Ferraro instead. In 1982, Feinstein proposed banning handguns in San Francisco, and became subject to a recall attempt organized by the White Panther Party . She won the recall election and finished her second term as mayor on January 8, 1988. Feinstein revealed sensitive details about

4770-491: The 7,500-acre Headwaters Forest, the world's last unprotected, intact, old-growth redwood forest. Her 1999 legislation also guaranteed the continued conservation of 12 ancient redwood groves by bringing them under federal management. Several threatened species call the Headwaters Forest home, including coho salmon , the northern spotted owl , and the marbled murrelet . The resulting Headwaters Forest Reserve

4876-713: The Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act, the Climate Action Rebate Act also failed to make it out of committee. However, a separate battery storage tax credit bill co-sponsored by Feinstein was ultimately incorporated into the Inflation Reduction Act , legislation she also supported. Feinstein, who spent her childhood visiting the lake, regarded Lake Tahoe as "a national treasure" and "the Jewel of

4982-595: The Asian Art Museum in October and Pistahan Parade and Festival in August. Undiscovered SF, held monthly, promotes economic activity and awareness of SoMa Pilipinas. It supports retail concepts, restaurants, and businesses by giving skill-set building workshops and professional services like accounting and crowdfunding to prepare businesses for growth and sustainability. The Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District

5088-414: The DMZ And roll on in, gonna roll in it, honey But I get a feelin like when big things collide Like the crack before the thunder, like I really ought to hide And here comes Metal Angel, she looks ready to ride; & What's that she's tryin' to show me..? What's that you're tryin' to show me..?" Grateful Dead , Picasso Moon (1989) The waterfront redevelopment of the Embarcadero in

5194-446: The Democratic nomination, but lost the general election to U.S. Senator Pete Wilson , who resigned from the Senate to assume the governorship. In 1992, Feinstein was fined $ 190,000 for failure to properly report campaign contributions and expenditures in that campaign. In 1991, Wilson resigned from the Senate to take office as governor of California. Feinstein ran for U.S. Senate in a 1992 special election to complete Wilson's term. In

5300-423: The Democratic primary, she defeated Joseph Alioto and California State Controller Gray Davis . In November, she faced Republican John Seymour , whom Wilson had appointed to the Senate the previous year. Feinstein won the November 3 special election, 54.3%–38%. Like Feinstein, Barbara Boxer was first elected to the Senate on November 3, 1992. Because Feinstein was elected to complete an unexpired term, she

5406-439: The Embarcadero is sometimes called the South Financial District , or simply included as part of the Financial District itself. To encourage new development south of Market, and to help fund the replacement for the Transbay Terminal , many height limits were raised in the area. As a result, nearly all new high rise construction since the 1980s (and for the foreseeable future) has taken place South of Market. Notable examples include

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5512-556: The Financial District include France , Brazil , Guatemala , Japan , Luxembourg , Mexico , Ireland , the Netherlands , Singapore , and the United Kingdom . The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office is located in the Financial District. South of Market, San Francisco South of Market ( SoMa ) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California , situated just south of Market Street . It contains several sub-neighborhoods including South Beach , Yerba Buena, and Rincon Hill . SoMa

5618-443: The High Sierra". She founded the Lake Tahoe Summit in 1997 and successfully authored the landmark Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2000. This act of Congress formally created the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit within the National Forest System and authorized $ 900 million in federal spending over ten years for invasive species control, stormwater management, environmental protection, and fire risk mitigation projects throughout

5724-410: The Lake Tahoe watershed. Later in 2016, Feinstein co-sponsored with senators Barbara Boxer , Harry Reid , and Dean Heller a bipartisan seven-year extension of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, authorizing another $ 415 million to combat invasive species, improve water quality and forest health, restore habitat for fish and wildlife, and reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfires. She co-sponsored

5830-437: The Rosenburgs, were from Saint Petersburg , Russia. Although they were of German-Jewish ancestry, they practiced the Russian Orthodox (Christian) faith, as was required of Jews in Saint Petersburg . Christianity was passed down to Feinstein's mother, who insisted on her transfer from a Jewish day school to a prestigious local Catholic school, but Feinstein listed her religion as Judaism. She graduated from Convent of

5936-557: The SOMA Pilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage District. The relationship between SOMA Pilipinas and the Philippines is established in the resolution: "Whereas, Filipino immigration patterns to San Francisco are rooted in the conquest and subsequent colonization of the Philippines by the United States in 1898, the American colonial regime in the Philippines from 1899-1946, and ongoing, often unequal and imperialist US-Philippines relations from 1946 to present." The City of San Francisco certified Tagalog as its third official language in 2014, and

6042-422: The Sacred Heart High School in 1951 and from Stanford University in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts in history. According to multiple sources , Feinstein's mother was abusive. Feinstein's sister, Yvonne Banks, said their mother had unpredictable moods. Later, Feinstein's mother received a brain scan that found that the part of her brain responsible for judgment had atrophied , "possibly because of complications from

6148-411: The Senate filibuster rule to allow such legislation to pass with a simple majority. When Feinstein first ran for statewide office in 1990, she supported capital punishment . In 2004, she called for the death penalty in the case of San Francisco police officer Isaac Espinoza, who was killed while on duty. By 2018, she opposed capital punishment. In 2007, Feinstein led a bipartisan effort as part of

6254-434: The Senate, President Biden issued an executive order containing several of its provisions, including directing the Treasury Department to study climate-related financial risks. In addition, Feinstein co-sponsored with Senator Coons the Climate Action Rebate Act of 2019 - legislation that would create a nationwide carbon fee and dividend program to decarbonize the American economy and transition it to net-zero . As with

6360-495: The Slot", a reference to the cable cars that ran up and down Market along the slots through which they gripped cables. While the cable cars have long since disappeared from Market Street, some "old timers" still refer to this area as "South of the Slot". Since 1847 , the official name of the South of Market area has been the "100 Vara Survey" (alternately "100 Vara District") or simply "100 Vara" for short (with "100" sometimes spelled out). The "100 Vara Survey" derived its name from

6466-411: The South of Market area is officially known as 100 Vara. During the mid-19th century, SOMA became a burgeoning pioneer community, consisting largely of low-density residential buildings, except for a business district that developed along 2nd and 3rd streets, and emerging industrial areas near the waterfront. Rincon Hill became an enclave for the wealthy, while nearby South Park became an enclave for

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6572-419: The South of Market area was served by several streetcar lines owned by the Market Street Railway Company , including the No. 14 Mission Street electric railway line, the No. 27 Bryant Street line, the 28 Harrison, 35 Howard, 36 Folsom, 41 Second and Market, and the No. 42 First and Fifth Street line. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, South of Market was home not only to warehousing and light industry, but also to

6678-508: The South of Market has become a hub for museums and performances spaces. Intersection for the Arts is also based in the neighborhood, a non-profit which supports local Bay Area artists. The San Francisco institution was founded in 1965 in the Tenderloin, but has moved within the city to its current location in SoMa. Intersection supports the arts by offering local artists resources, fiscal sponsorship, and exhibition and performance spaces. The area has long been home to bars and nightclubs. During

6784-405: The Sunrise Movement tweeted that Feinstein had reacted with "smugness and disrespect", and that "her reaction is why young people desperately want new leadership in Congress." Later in the 116th and 117th Congresses , Feinstein authored the Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act, to prepare U.S. financial institutions for risks posed by climate change. While Feinstein's bill ultimately died in

6890-448: The West ") is considered the traditional heart of the district. Under Spanish and Mexican rule , the area had been the site of a harbor named Yerba Buena Cove with a small civilian outpost named Yerba Buena that served to support the military population of the Presidio and the Mission Dolores . The sandy, marshy soils of the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula discouraged the Spanish, and later Mexican governments from establishing

6996-493: The age of 90. By the time of her death, Feinstein was the oldest sitting U.S. senator and member of Congress. She was also the longest-serving U.S. senator from California and the longest-tenured female senator in history. Feinstein was born Dianne Emiel Goldman on June 22, 1933, in San Francisco to Leon Goldman , a prominent surgeon, and his wife, Betty (née Rosenburg), a former model. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland . Her maternal grandparents,

7102-502: The area was largely rebuilt with low-rise, masonry-clad buildings ranging from six to twelve stories in height. During the late 1920s, several Neo-Gothic high rises, reaching 300 to 400 feet in height, were constructed, including the Standard Oil Building , Russ Building , Hunter-Dulin Building , Shell Building , and the Pacific Telephone Building . With the onset of the Great Depression and statewide height restrictions due to earthquake fears, few new buildings were constructed, and

7208-580: The area's gay rights history, the Folsom Street Fair is held on Folsom St between 7th and 12th Streets (now between 8th and 13th Streets). The smaller and less-commercialized leather subculture-oriented Up Your Alley Fair (commonly referred to as the Dore Alley Fair) is held in late July on and around Folsom St. Also home to the annual How Weird Street Faire featuring dancing and costumes, held in early May along seven city blocks including Howard and Second streets. Several Filipino cultural events are held such as Filipino American History Month Celebration at

7314-410: The area, and many of the quake's fatalities occurred there. Following the quake, the area was rebuilt with wider than usual streets, as the focus was on the development of light to heavy industry. The construction of the Bay Bridge and U.S. Route 101 during the 1930s saw large swaths of the area demolished, including most of the original Rincon Hill. From the late 19th century to the mid-20th century,

7420-442: The areas in and around the adjacent Union Square. The area is marked by a cluster of high-rise towers in the triangular area east of Kearny Street , south of Washington Street, west of the Embarcadero that rings the waterfront , and north of Market Street . The district includes Northern California's two tallest buildings, the Salesforce Tower and the Transamerica Pyramid . Montgomery Street (sometimes called " Wall Street of

7526-429: The authority cited. From 1848 until the construction of the Central Freeway in the 1950s, 9th Street (formerly known as Johnston Street) was the official (and generally recognized) boundary between SoMa and the Mission District. Since the 1950s, the boundary has been either 10th Street, 11th Street, or the Central Freeway. Similarly, the entire Mission Bay neighborhood may or may not be counted as part of SoMa, Excluding

7632-469: The board for nine years, serving as its first female president from 1970 to 1971, with additional tenures from 1974 to 1975 and January to December 1978. During her tenure on the Board of Supervisors, she unsuccessfully ran for mayor of San Francisco twice, in 1971 against Mayor Joseph Alioto , and in 1975 , when she lost the contest for a runoff slot (against George Moscone ) to Supervisor John Barbagelata . Because of her position, Feinstein became

7738-423: The boundaries of the pueblo in a southerly direction by creating a new subdivision. At the time, the streets of San Francisco were aligned approximately with the compass points, running north to south, or east to west. Each block was divided into six lots 50 varas on a side. (A vara is about 33 inches (84 cm).) O'Farrell decided that the streets in the new subdivision should run parallel with or perpendicular to

7844-482: The city (in the name of public health ) to close bathhouses and regulate bars - businesses that had been the cornerstone of the community's efforts to maintain a gay space in the South of Market neighborhood. In 1984, as these spaces for the gay community were rapidly closing, a coalition of housing activists and community organizers started the Folsom Street Fair , in order to enhance the visibility of

7950-437: The committee. In mid-2022, NPR and other outlets ran stories questioning Feinstein's cognition. On October 22, 2022, Feinstein said that due to family matters, she was not interested in serving as president pro tempore in 2023; the position is traditionally held by the senior member of the Senate's majority party. In February 2023, Feinstein said she would not seek reelection in 2024 and that she intended to retire upon

8056-525: The community at a time when people in City Hall and elsewhere were apt to think it had gone away. The fair also provided a means for much-needed fundraising, and created opportunities for members of the leather community to connect to services and vital information (e.g., regarding safer sex ) which bathhouses and bars might otherwise have been ideally situated to distribute. Redevelopment plans were first outlined in 1953. These plans began to be realized in

8162-570: The completion of her term. Feinstein's two-month hospitalization for shingles in early 2023 effectively stalled many of the Biden administration 's judicial and executive nominees. Feinstein served on the Judiciary Committee , which was evenly split between Democrats and Republicans without her. Representatives Ro Khanna , Dean Phillips , and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , along with a group of California progressive organizations and

8268-410: The cover of "live-work" development ostensibly meant to maintain a studio arts community in San Francisco. During the late 1990s, the occupant of the "live-work" loft was more likely to be a "dot-commie", as South of Market became a local center of the dot-com boom , due to its central location, space for infill housing development, and spaces readily converted into offices. A major transformation of

8374-413: The district remained relatively low-rise until the late 1950s. Due to new building and earthquake retrofitting technologies, the height restrictions were lifted, fueling a skyscraper building boom. This boom accelerated under mayor Dianne Feinstein during the 1980s, something her critics labeled " Manhattanization ". This caused widespread opposition citywide leading to the "skyscraper revolt" similar to

8480-568: The endorsement of the California Democratic Party 's executive board, which opted to support State Senator Kevin de León . Nevertheless, Feinstein finished first in the state's " jungle primary " and was reelected in the November 6 general election , defeating de Leon, 54.2–45.8%. Feinstein has been described as "a titan of US political history who notched countless legislative achievements" in her Senate career. She

8586-517: The entire Mission Bay neighborhood puts the southeastern boundary at Townsend. Redevelopment agencies, social service agencies, and community activists frequently exclude the more prosperous areas between the waterfront and 3rd Street. Some social service agencies and nonprofits count the economically distressed area around 6th, 7th, and 8th streets as part of the Mid-Market Corridor. The terms "South of Market" and "SoMa" refer to both

8692-730: The fall of 2020, media reports indicated that Feinstein was experiencing cognitive decline and short-term memory loss. She responded that there was no cause for concern and that she had no plans to leave the Senate. After her performance at Amy Coney Barrett 's October 2020 Supreme Court nomination hearings was criticized, Feinstein did not seek to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee or serve as its ranking member in 2021. Articles in The New Yorker and The New York Times cited unnamed Democratic senators and aides expressing concern over her age and ability to lead

8798-473: The first to chair the Select Committee on Intelligence (2009–2015). Feinstein became the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017, and was the first woman to hold that position. On March 28, 2021, she became the longest-serving U.S. senator from California ever, surpassing Hiram Johnson . On November 5, 2022, Feinstein became the longest-serving female senator in U.S. history. In

8904-492: The first to chair the Select Committee on Intelligence (2009–2015). She became the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017, and was the first woman to hold that position. Her committee assignments for the 118th Congress were as follows: She previously sat on the Foreign Relations Committee (104th Congress) and Energy and Natural Resources Committee (107th–109th Congress) In 2018,

9010-519: The hunt for serial killer Richard Ramirez at a 1985 press conference, antagonizing detectives by publicizing details of his crimes known only to law enforcement, and thus jeopardizing their investigation. City & State magazine named Feinstein the nation's "Most Effective Mayor" in 1987. She was a member of the Trilateral Commission in 1988. Feinstein made an unsuccessful bid for governor of California in 1990. She won

9116-498: The island. She promoted stronger business ties between China and Taiwan over confrontation, and suggested that the U.S. patiently "use two-way trade across Taiwan Strait as a platform for more political dialogue and closer ties". She believed that deeper cross-strait economic integration "will one day lead to political integration and will ultimately provide the solution" to the Taiwan issue . On July 27, 2018, reports surfaced that

9222-685: The late 1970s and in the early 1980s with the construction of the conference center, Moscone Center , which occupies three blocks and hosts many major trade shows. Moscone South opened its doors in December 1981. Moscone North opened in May 1992, and most recently Moscone West in June 2003. With the opening of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1995, the Mission and Howard Street area of

9328-585: The neighborhood was conceived during the 2000s with the Transbay Terminal Replacement Project, which broke ground in August 2010 and opened in August 2018. In addition, new high rise residential projects like One Rincon Hill , 300 Spear Street , and Millennium Tower are transforming the San Francisco skyline . In 2005, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority proposed to raise height limits around

9434-523: The new Transbay Terminal. This led to proposals for more supertall buildings, such as Renzo Piano 's proposal for a group of towers that includes two 1,200-foot. (366 m) towers, two 900-foot (274 m) towers, and a 600-foot (183 m) tower. The 1,200-foot (366 m) towers would have been the tallest buildings in the United States outside of New York City and Chicago . Renzo Piano 's complex has since been canceled, and replaced by

9540-514: The only existing road in the area, Mission Road (later Mission Street), and thus be aligned with the half-points of the compass, i.e., northeast to southwest, and northwest to southeast. He also decided to make the new blocks twice as long and twice as wide, with each lot 100 varas on a side. Finally, O'Farrell created "a grand promenade" linking the old pueblo with the new subdivision, Market Street. Since then, downtown San Francisco north of Lower Market Street has been officially known as 50 Vara, while

9646-446: The planet. Feinstein supported a conciliatory approach between China and Taiwan and fostered increased dialogue between high-level Chinese representatives and U.S. senators during her first term as senator. When asked about her relation with Beijing, Feinstein said, "I sometimes say that in my last life maybe I was Chinese." Feinstein criticized Beijing's missile tests near Taiwan and called for dismantlement of missiles pointed at

9752-586: The street grid runs parallel and perpendicular to Market Street. The neighborhood includes many smaller sub-neighborhoods such as: South Park , Yerba Buena , South Beach , and Financial District South (part of the Financial District ), and overlaps with several others, notably Mission Bay , and the Mission District . As with many neighborhoods, the precise boundaries of the South of Market area are fuzzy and can vary widely depending on

9858-521: The surface area of the single lots which comprised 100 by 100 varas (275 square feet). According to city documents from 1945, the "100 Vara District" goes from the south side of Market Street to the Ferry. The name is found mainly in history books, legal documents, title deeds, and civil engineering reports. In 1847 Washington A. Bartlett , alcalde (magistrate) of the pueblo (village) of San Francisco, commissioned surveyor Jasper O'Farrell to extend

9964-453: The upper middle class. By the early 20th century, heavy industrial development due to its proximity to the docks of San Francisco Bay , coupled with the advent of cable cars , had driven the wealthy over to Nob Hill and points west. The neighborhood became a largely working-class and lower-middle-class community of recent European immigrants, sweatshops , power stations, flophouses, and factories. The 1906 earthquake completely destroyed

10070-588: The wider Energy Independence and Security Act to significantly reduce automotive greenhouse gas emissions, which accounted for 26 percent of total U.S. emissions at the time. Her legislation, the Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act, raised corporate average fuel economy standards for America's fleet of vehicles by at least 10 miles per gallon between 2010 and 2020 - the largest increase in fuel efficiency in almost three decades. Thereafter, said CAFE standards became subject to periodic adjustments by

10176-468: Was a popular mayor and was named the most effective mayor in the country by City & State in 1987. After losing a race for governor in 1990 , Feinstein was elected to the U.S. Senate in a 1992 special election . In November 1992, she became California's first female U.S. senator; shortly afterward, she became the state's senior senator when Alan Cranston retired in January 1993. Feinstein

10282-877: Was also built for the area on top of Moscone South. The park features a large play area, an ice skating rink, a bowling alley, a restaurant, the Children's Creativity Museum and the restored carousel from Playland-At-the-Beach . The children's park and Children's Creativity Museum are joined to the Yerba Buena Gardens by a footbridge . Many major software and technology companies have headquarters and offices here, including Ustream , Planet Labs, Foursquare , Cloudflare , Wikia , Wired , GitHub , Pinterest , CBS Interactive , LinkedIn , Trulia , Dropbox , IGN , Salesforce , BitTorrent Inc. , Yelp , Zynga , Airbnb , Uber , Advent Software , Pac-12 Networks , Okta , and Yeti . The area

10388-533: Was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party , she served as mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. A San Francisco native, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University in 1955. She was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969 and immediately became the board's first female president upon her appointment in 1970. In 1978, during

10494-620: Was clear Kennedy could not win, Feinstein strongly supported the Carter– Mondale ticket. She was given a high-profile speaking role on the opening night of the August Democratic National Convention , urging delegates to reject the Kennedy delegates ' proposal to "open" the convention, thereby allowing delegates to ignore their states' popular vote, a proposal that was soundly defeated. In the run-up to

10600-620: Was created in SoMa in 2018. The area is bounded approximately by Howard St. on the northwest, 7th St. on the northeast, I-80 on the east and US 101 on the south. There is also an exclave between 5th and 6th streets, Harrison and Bryant. It includes the San Francisco South of Market Leather History Alley , which opened in 2017. In April 2016, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution that established

10706-405: Was filled in and extended to The Embarcadero. Gold Rush wealth and business made it the financial capital of the west coast as many banks and businesses set up in the neighborhood. The west coast's first and only skyscrapers , were built in the area along Market Street . The neighborhood was nearly completely destroyed in the 1906 Earthquake and Fire , as the area's skyscrapers survived. By 1910,

10812-651: Was followed in 2000 by Feinstein's Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Act, designating 272,000 acres in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountain ranges as a national monument . Later in 2016, Feinstein requested President Obama create Mojave Trails , Sand to Snow , and Castle Mountains national monuments under the Antiquities Act . She also authored the California Desert Protection and Recreation Act as part of

10918-561: Was known for her work on gun control issues. In 1994, she spearheaded the passage of a federal assault weapons ban. In the 2000s and 2010s, she investigated "the Central Intelligence Agency's program of detention and interrogation after the Sept. 11 attacks". In 2009, Feinstein chaired the first inaugural ceremony of President Barack Obama . She was the first woman to chair the Senate Rules Committee (2007–2009) and

11024-481: Was president of the Board of Supervisors . Supervisors John Molinari, Ella Hill Hutch , Ron Pelosi , Robert Gonzales, and Gordon Lau endorsed her for an appointment as mayor by the Board of Supervisors. Gonzales initially ran to be appointed by the Board of Supervisors as mayor, but dropped out. The Board of Supervisors voted six to two to appoint Feinstein as mayor. She was inaugurated by Chief Justice Rose Bird of

11130-487: Was reelected five times. In the 2012 election , she received 7.86 million votes, which was, until 2024 , the most popular votes received by any U.S. Senate candidate in history. As a senator, Feinstein authored the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban , was the first woman to chair the Senate Rules Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee , and was the first woman to preside over

11236-540: Was sworn in as a senator in November 1992, while Boxer did not take office until January 1993; therefore, Feinstein became California's senior senator . She also became the first female Jewish U.S. senator. Feinstein and Boxer were the first female pair of U.S. senators to represent any state at the same time. Feinstein was reelected in 1994 , 2000 , 2006 , 2012 , and 2018 . In October 2017, Feinstein declared her intention to run for reelection in 2018. She lost

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