Details have begun to emerge of an accord that would resolve a three-month standoff over the fate of “Site F,” a homeless shelter at Pier 94 in San Francisco.

Supervisor Shamann Walton announced Monday that the site will stay open “for the time being” after a “tentative agreement” was reached between the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) — the city agency responsible for the site — and the Port of San Francisco, where the site is located.

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Joe Dworetzky is a second career journalist. He practiced law in Philadelphia for more than 35 years, representing private and governmental clients in commercial litigation and insolvency proceedings. Joe served as City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia under Mayor Ed Rendell and from 2009 to 2013 was one of five members of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission with responsibility for managing the city’s 250 public schools. He moved to San Francisco in 2011 and began writing fiction and pursuing a lifelong interest in editorial cartooning. Joe earned a Master’s in Journalism from Stanford University in 2020. He covers Legal Affairs and writes long form Investigative stories. His occasional cartooning can be seen in Bay Area Sketchbook. Joe encourages readers to email him story ideas and leads at joe.dworetzky@baycitynews.com.