The SOMA West Community Benefit District works to improve the lives of all people in our neighborhood.

To make a service request please email: [email protected] 24/7 or call/text: (415) 960-7228 or (415) 937-3533 during business hours. For evening hours, please contact our new Night Shift ambassadors. You may also use https://sf311.org/ or the free app that is available at that page. To see a map of our district, please click here. For up-to-the-minute news and event listings, please also visit our Facebook page.

The SOMA West Community Benefit District works to improve the lives of all people in our neighborhood.

To make a service request please email: [email protected] 24/7 or call/text: (415) 960-7228 or (415) 937-3533 during business hours. For evening hours, please contact our new Night Shift ambassadors. You may also use https://sf311.org/ or the free app that is available at that page. For up-to-the-minute news and event listings, please also visit our Facebook page.

COVID-19

The SOMA West Community Benefit District is working hard to help our community during this crisis. Please visit this page to learn what we are doing, and how we can help you.

About / F.A.Q.

Learn who we are and what we do. Includes our Frequently Asked Questions and Board of Directors list. Also see our Services page for more detailed information about our services.

Services

As a San Francisco Community Benefit District (CBD), we are chartered to help everyone in our community. Learn more about our services and the areas we cover.

Events

You are encouraged to get involved with the SOMA West CBD. Please see our events page to learn how you can do that.

Blog

The SOMA West CBD blog page contains news, updates, and general background information. Please let us know if there is anything you would like to see included.

Contact

You are encouraged to contact us via email or phone should you require services, or if you would like to learn more about what we do.

Documents

Here is where you can access important SWCBD documents, including our formation documents, cleaning reports, and graffiti removal consent form.

Read our current SWCBD newsletter, view previous issues, and sign up to be on the list.

Meetings

See our upcoming SOMA West meetings, learn how to join, and review agendas for our past meetings.

SOMA West images courtesy of Janet Delaney. Use arrows to scroll. Click on any image to enlarge.

Blog

May, 2021 Monthly Operations Report

May, 2021 Monthly Operations Report

Some highlights from our May, 2021 Monthly Operations Report: We picked up 47,450 total pounds of garbage. April's trash haul represents a -4% increase from April. Sweeping made up 35 percent of all tasks. We completed 18,647 total cleaning tasks, 6,449 sweeping tasks, 4,065 hazardous tasks, and much more. [. . .]

SOMAWest CBD: SOMASapiens – Scott Morrow

SOMAWest CBD: SOMASapiens – Scott Morrow

SOMA West resident Scott Morrow describes his slide into homelessness and what it is like living on the street in SOMA. Like many people who are homeless, he was housed for many years right here in San Francisco. And also like many people who are homeless, he has no [. . .]

Cruise + Six D6 Community Leaders Discuss Business Innovation!

Cruise + Six D6 Community Leaders Discuss Business Innovation!

About this event On June 2, 2021 from 4 PM to 5PM, join Cruise and six community leaders from San Francisco District 6, for a compelling and in-depth discussion about the challenges being faced by small business in the city right now, and how new technology being developed by [. . .]

Memorial Weekend Block Party!

Memorial Weekend Block Party!

MEMORIAL WEEKEND BLOCK-PARTY: Dope Performers, Cool Vendors, and the BEST Brunch Spots are located on Folsom Street between 7th & 8th Street. May 30th 12pm-7pm Featuring: Antons Pizza / Terroir SF / Decant SF / Roccos Cafe / Cat Club SF and Trademark . $100 prize for Best Dressed. Follow BigBlackBrunch on [. . .]

Funding Opportunity: SOMA Cultural Anchor Fund

Funding Opportunity: SOMA Cultural Anchor Fund

We are sharing this funding opportunity at the request of Community Vision. SOMA Cultural Anchor Fund Letters of Interest Due July 23, 2021 The SOMA Cultural Anchor Fund provides capital grants for arts and culture nonprofits that have been negatively impacted by the 5M development project and have [. . .]

SOMA West CBD – SOMASapiens: Circle Community Acupuncture

SOMA West CBD – SOMASapiens: Circle Community Acupuncture

The SOMA West neighborhood in San Francisco features myriad unique small businesses. Here is a short SOMASapiens video documentary about Circle Community Acupuncture. They are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and their purpose is to provide and promote public access to affordable acupuncture. They make acupuncture accessible by offering a [. . .]

Live Painting & Whiskey Tasting with Jane Kim

Live Painting & Whiskey Tasting with Jane Kim

Spark your creativity and attend a live painting event with Jane Kim followed by a special whiskey tasting on Saturday, May 29th! About this event Spring is in the air! In celebration of her current solo exhibition Poached, Pruned, Peeled at Palette Gallery, Bay Area artist Jane Kim, founder of Ink Dwell studio, [. . .]

SOMA West CBD – SOMASapiens: San Francisco Pole & Dance

SOMA West CBD – SOMASapiens: San Francisco Pole & Dance

The SOMA West neighborhood in San Francisco is home to many unique small businesses. Here is a short SOMASapiens video documentary about San Francisco Pole & Dance. By stepping through the doors at a Pole & Dance studio you aren’t just taking a fitness class, you are joining a [. . .]

April, 2021 Monthly Operations Report

April, 2021 Monthly Operations Report

Some highlights from our April, 2021 Monthly Operations Report: We picked up 49,175 total pounds of garbage. April's trash haul represents a -9% increase from March. Sweeping made up 36 percent of all tasks. We completed 19,017 total cleaning tasks, 6,884 sweeping tasks, 4,016 hazardous tasks, and much more. [. . .]

The SOMA West Community Benefit District works to improve the lives of all people in our neighborhood.