President Biden’s Bay Area visit Thursday and Friday is expected to disrupt traffic in parts of San Francisco’s downtown, Nob Hill and Chinatown neighborhoods, as well as along Highway 101.
The president will reportedly land at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View around 10:40 p.m. before arriving in San Francisco around 11:15 p.m., according to Roll Call’s calendar.
According to reports, the president is due to attend two fundraisers, including one Friday at the Portola Valley home of Vinod Khosla, a billionaire venture capitalist whose investment portfolio includes everything from software companies to DoorDash and Instacart.
Travel to the fundraisers will likely require the presidential motorcade to take Highway 101 into San Francisco late Thursday and out of the city on Friday.
The president last visited the Bay Area in February, attending a dinner in San Francisco and a fundraiser in the South Bay enclave of Los Altos Hills.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is closing California Street between Powell and Taylor streets and Mason Street between Pine and Sacramento streets all day Thursday and Friday due to the president’s visit.
Transit officials are also rerouting the 1 California bus line, and the California Cable Car Line route will instead be served by buses due to the street closures.
More details about the route changes and alternate stops are available on the SFMTA’s website.
George Kelly can be reached at gkelly@sfstandard.com
