Urban Alchemy

Rule Changes

As of September 2026: One of five contractors affected by the new law

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to require private street-cleaning contractors to match the wages the city pays its own employees. The Clean Streets and Fair Pay Act targets the 'street ambassador' industry that expanded rapidly as the city outsourced cleanup of visible drug use and homelessness.

Updated Sep 23

Rule Changes

As of September 2026: Expanding within San Francisco

Urban Alchemy, the nonprofit that helped clean up San Francisco's Tenderloin, started patrolling a beachside block in the Outer Richmond in mid-August. Its three ambassadors have so far mostly swept the sidewalk and moved homeless people along.

Updated Sep 18