Carlos Penilla, DrPH, MS
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Photo Journal
San Francisco in the time of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter protests
​May 2020 through August 2020 ©

​On Monday, March 16, 2020, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a shelter-in-place order for the entire city amid coronavirus concerns. (CDC, 2020)

On Monday, May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46 year old Black man, was murdered by a White police officer, Derek Chauvin, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Saturday, August 29, 2020
Dirty cloth face mask on sidewalk
Black Live Matter mural on vacant business
Person sleeping in doorway of San Francisco Superior Court
Brenda's Restaurant open for take out
Cedar St
Thursday, August 27, 2020
San Francisco Cable Car Museum
Broadway St (eastbound)
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Fog over the Bay
COVID-19 honey bear (Leavenworth St)
California St (eastbound)
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Smoke and fog cover the Bay
Social distancing guidelines (Vallejo St)
People living at Washington Square Park
Person sleeping at Washington Square Park
Mason St (northbound)
Mason St (southbound)
Monday, August 24, 2020​
Smoke from Northern California wildfires
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Smoke from LNU Lightning Complex Fire
Smoke from LNU Lightning Complex Fire
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Smoke from wildfires
Smoke from wildfires
Friday, August 21, 2020
Smoke from Northern California wildfires
Social justice banner at Grace Cathedral
Mural at boarded up Yogi Food Market and Liquor (Sutter St)
Construction for social distancing seating at Nob Hill Cafe (Taylot St)
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Smoke from LNU Lightning Complex Fire is visible
COVID-19 public health poster
Social distancing shopping line at Gucci (Stockton St)
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Art galleries boarded up (Geary St)
Art gallery boarded up
Curran Theater
Person living in the doorway of The Goodwill Store (Geary St)
Mural at boarded up smoke shop (Cedar Ave)
Mural at boarded up restaurant (Polk St)
Saturday, August 15, 2020
Alcatraz Island (Leavenworth St)
1228 Union St
Union St alley
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Union Square
Maiden Lane
Taco Guapo (Sutter St)
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Person asleep on sidewalk (Post St/Leavenworth St)
Market St/Kearny St
Someone making bubbles just for fun
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Dirty mask on sidewalk (Leavenworth St)
"Just for Breonna, Elijah, George..." Black Lives Matter
Lyon St
Pacific Ave/Presidio Ave (westbound)
"COVID HOAX 2020" sidewalk mural (Leavenworth St)
The San Francisco Presidio
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Homeless encampment on Eddy St
Sweden Now Has Zero Death From COVID"
Homeless encampment on Eddy St
Sunday, August 2, 2020
2007 Franklin St
Saturday, August 1, 2020
Market St/Montgomery St at dusk
Stockton St (southbound)
Empty San Francisco Union Square
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Grant St (southbound)
Ross Alley/Jackson St
Saint Louis Alley/Jackson St
Jackson St
Priest St
Social distancing guidelines for bank entry
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Geary St Japantown walkway
Two people living near Geary St Japantown walkway
"Black Live Matter" window sign (Geary St)
"Bianca for Congress" sidewalk mural (Bianca Von Krieg)
Alamo Square Parkt
Fulton St
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Person living on the sidewalk
La Boulangerie San Francisco closed for business (Sutter St)
Gaspar Brasserie closed for business
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Two people living on the sidewalk (Post St)
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory football team wearing masks
Homeless encampment on Golden Gate Ave
Sunday, July 19, 2020
Homeless encampment at the SF Embarcadero
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Person living in doorway (Leavenworth St)
Dirty mask on sidewalk (Clay St)
BLM window sign (Clay St)
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
The Regency Ballroom
Person living on sidewalk
Justice for Breona Taylor posters on vacant business
Monday, July 13, 2020
Mural at closed Rambler Restaurant
New physical distancing at One Eleven Sutter
Enclosed "Heart of the City" sculpture at Union Square
Saturday, July 11, 2020
Physical activity six feet apart (Treasure Island)
Dock for small boats on Treasure Island
Radioactive material (Treasure Island)
Friday, July 10, 2020
Shopping six feet apart
"Heroes Work Here"
Person living in doorway of vacant store
Dirty mask near hospital (Bush St)
Bush St (eastbound)
BLM widow sign at Konko Church of San Francisco
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Huntington Park
Sacramento St (eastbound)
Ancient palm tree (Pine St)
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
In the distance, scaffolding for new high-income housing construction
Person in pink sleeping bag
Black Lives Matter mural
Homeless
"Heroes Work Here"
Person living on sidewalk
Sunday, July 5, 2020
George Floyd sidewalk chalk mural
"Empathy Not Apathy" in support of BLM on Hyde St
BLM widow sign on Hyde St
Leavenworth St/Clay St
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Fortino Mario Moreno y Reyes OR Cantinflas (Corner of Sutter St & Grant St.)
Waldo Alley
Monday, June 29, 2020
"I got you covered" ad
Homeless person in Nob Hill
Pine St (eastbound)
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Black Live Matter mural
Homeless man above Stockton Tunnel
Homeless person and new outdoor seating
Stockton Tunnel
Black Live Matter mural
Amid the pandemic people are leaving the city
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Barcelino Men's Apparel open for business
Gallery 444 open for business
Saks Fifth Avenue is back open for business
Used face mask on sidewalk
Sunday, June 21, 2020
Used face mask on street
Sutter St (westbound)
Grocery line in Little Tokyo (Post St)
"I Can't Breathe" BLM sidewalk chalk mural
Used face mask on ground
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Stockton St blockade due to BLM protests
Union Square shops closed for business (Post St)
Westin St Francis shops closed for business
Le Colonial main entrance
Powell St blockade due to BLM protests
Friday, June 5, 2020
Octavia St
Eddy St
Willow St
Sunday, May 31, 2020
California St (eastbound)
Grirardelli Square closed off
Friday, May 29, 2020
Little Tokyo
Sanko Cooking Supply in Little Tokyo
Sidewalk art in the time of COVID-19. "Remember the dead and smile. Thought revives.
Gough St/Sutter St (southbound)
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Empty playground at San Francisco City Hall
Social distancing homeless camp at San Francisco Civic Center
Social distancing homeless camp at San Francisco Civic Center
Social distancing homeless camp at San Francisco Civic Center
Social distancing homeless camp at San Francisco Civic Center
Social distancing homeless camp at San Francisco Civic Center
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Friday, May 22, 2020
Union Square
Bike Rental at Union Square
Union Square
Enclosed "Hearts of San Francisco" Union Square
Mason St/Geary St (southbound)
Social distancing at Union Square

Thursday, May 21, 2020
El Super Burrito open for Take Out
Golden Market open for business
Golden Coffee open for take out

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Flowers at Golden Gate Park
Young ducks at Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park
Old tree at Golden Gate Park

Monday, May 18, 2020
Hyde St/Post St (southbound)

Sunday, May 17, 2020
"Bird Song #3" mural at Oak St/Market ST
Empty Market St (eastbound)
Enclosed 92-foot Venus at 8th St/Mission St
Boarded up Tommy's Joynt
Homeless tents at Van Ness St
Boarded up David's Delicatessen

Saturday, May 16, 2020
Taylor St with view of Alcatraz Island
No pedestrians on Jones St (northbound)
Clay St

Thursday, May 14, 2020
Homeless tents at Olive St/Polk St
Homeless tents on Olive St
Polk St

Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Broadway Tunnel (eastbound)
Broadway St (westbound)
Car Protest - Protect the COVID-19 Workers

Monday, May 11, 2020
Ellis St/Leavenworth St

Sunday, May 10, 2020
For rent sign at Ryokos Japanese Sushi
Empty Powell St/Sutter St (northbound)
No tourists on Powell St/Sutter St (southbound)

Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Empty Jackson St looking toward Oakland Bridge
All Images © 2020 by Carlos Penilla
carlos.penilla@ucsf.edu​
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