The Vapor Room, a cannabis dispensary in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, will permanently close after its founder, Martin Olive, was shot seven times in an apparently random attack last month.

Lurie announced the new "hospitality zone" Thursday, saying the task force began operations last weekend. It's part of a campaign promise to create a dedicated police district to cover San Francisco's major commercial corridors.

San Francisco has launched a new police task force to help revitalize the city’s most prominent commercial areas and make both residents and tourists feel safer in the downtown core. The “hospitality zone task force” began operating last weekend,