cancelation of the in-person Castro Street Fair, other topics — such as the neighborhood's struggle with homelessness and the 18th Street closure — were discussed by city officials.Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said that he is "cautiously optimistic" the city has "turned the corner" on hospitalization rates following a rise in COVID-19 indicators that began in June."In the middle, end of June our rate of transmission went way up," Mandelman said. "It had something to do with reopening. ...
We're still relatively high compared to the six months we've been dealing with this, but it's trending in the right direction."Mandelman said that this may open the door to businesses reopening quicker than he'd anticipated, but that now is.