LAST MONTH, THE last pop-up of Vacant to Vibrant’s second season opened. Created to bring business to downtown San Francisco, the collaboration between a local nonprofit and the city unveiled its final component to this summer’s cohort: Saintflora, a floral designer with a vivacious aesthetic.

The second iteration of the program marks SF New Deal’s latest experiment in offering three months’ free rent to local businesses as they try a downtown location in a formerly vacant spot.

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Anna Leah comes to Local News Matters from over fifteen years in documentary film – including a docu-series examining the national reach of conspiratorial thinking, never-before-seen materials related to Jeffrey Epstein, and a history of currency. Currently, she is earning a master’s degree in feature writing, investigation, and data at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism (part of CUNY – the City University of New York). She focuses on building empathy with people who are often overlooked or oversimplified. More at annaleah.com.