Brian (Local SF Guide) 
Single-ride tickets leave the MuniMobile app on September 1, 2026 and Muni-only day passes follow on January 3, 2027, as the SFMTA winds the app down. Cable car fares move to a $12 and $18 structure in January 2027.
SB 79, the state law that allows higher-density housing within about half a mile of major transit stops, took effect in San Francisco on July 1, 2026. It applies in eight counties and includes affordability requirements.
San Francisco’s minimum wage rose to $19.61 an hour on July 1, 2026, the city’s annual cost-of-living adjustment. Separate rates apply to government supported employees, and two statewide changes took effect the same day.
The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market runs Saturdays 8am to 2pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am to 2pm at the Ferry Building, with permanent food shops and restaurants inside. Here is how to plan a visit.
Fireworks launch from the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday, July 4, 2026, the third time in the bridge’s history. The bridge closes to traffic from 9 to 10 pm, and Crissy Field, Marina Green, and the northern Embarcadero are the recommended viewing spots.
Esme, a French-inspired California bistro and the first solo restaurant from San Francisco restaurateur Susan Dunn, has opened at 311 Divisadero Street inside the Metro Hotel.
San Francisco supervisors approved the final map for the first phase of the Candlestick Point redevelopment on June 16, 2026, clearing FivePoint to begin construction on streets and utilities this summer.
Californios, the Mexican tasting-menu restaurant in SoMa, earned three Michelin stars on June 24, 2026, becoming the first Mexican restaurant in the world to reach that level.
The Mess Hall, a 6,200-square-foot food hall with three restaurants, a full bar, a coffee counter and a market, opened at the Presidio’s Tunnel Tops on August 15, 2026.
The DeLuxe, the Haight-Ashbury music room that spent years as Club DeLuxe, reopened June 18 at 1511 Haight Street with live music seven nights a week, three years after it closed.
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