'A rising from the ashes': seeds of hope in San Francisco after tragic year for the most vulnerable

In the first US city to go into lockdown, marginalized communities were devastated by the pandemic. But some see opportunity ahead

Nearly a year ago, the San Francisco Bay Area imposed the country's first lockdown, an early response that set the tone throughout the pandemic. As a result, San Francisco has had some of the lowest case and death rates in the country.

But today, the city is reckoning with a more complicated loss - the businesses that closed and never reopened, the residents who fled, the loss of of cultural institutions that served as safe spaces for marginalized communities.