Effective May 6, San Francisco enters the state's yellow tier — indicating minimal COVID-19 transmission — allowing many activities to resume for the first time in over a year, Mayor London Breed and Health Director Dr.
Grant Colfax announced May 4. The previous day, the San Francisco Department of Public Health announced that it would relax its outdoor mask mandate for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people, mirroring changes announced last week by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Department of Public Health. "This is an incredible milestone for us to hit as we move forward on our path to recovery, and it is possible because of how well we are doing in our efforts to vaccinate everyone we can in