here.The Muni-33 bus that normally operates on 18th Street has been suspended as part of SFMTA's response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and so Muni service would not be affected by the proposed street closure.Castro Merchants President Masood Samereie stated to the B.A.R.
that the association will make an announcement with further details when the proposal is completed. Mandelman, also a gay man, is on the city's economic recovery task force.
As the B.A.R. previously reported, Mandelman said at a virtual Castro Merchants meeting in May that "There may be times Castro Street is closed off to traffic."Some merchants asked if Jane Warner Plaza could be turned into a Shared Space.