Neighborhood merchants are reeling from the effects of lockdowns — such as an ongoing spate of window-breaking and other vandalism — even while the Castro joins the rest of San Francisco in moving into the less restrictive red tier of COVID-19 reopenings.That and updates from gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and bisexual Assistant District Attorney Matt Donahue, his office's liaison to the neighborhood, were the focus of the virtual Thursday meeting of the Castro Merchants.Dave Karraker, a gay man who is a spokesperson for, and board member of, Castro Merchants, told the B.A.R.
late last week that the association is launching the Castro Window Recovery Initiative."As of this morning, our spreadsheet where businesses are recording.