A new report from the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury is urging Mayor Lurie and the Board of Supervisors to adopt a better emergency warning system, as AlertSF has been deemed inadequate, and that old outdoor siren is too expensive to fix.
As ABC 7 reports, the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury says the city has spent years without a clear plan for how to warn residents during emergencies. They’re recommending that Mayor Daniel Lurie and the Board of Supervisors either commit to a modernized outdoor warning system or develop digital technology that’s more effective than AlertSF, which they argue doesn’t provide enough useful information during emergencies.
As SFist reported previously, San Francisco’s 119 outdoor sirens sounded a test every Tuesday at noon for decades. The World War II-era system was taken offline in December 2019 after officials raised concerns about cybersecurity following the hacking of Dallas’ emergency sirens, which blasted for 90 minutes after someone gained unauthorized access…