Hemmed between Mariposa Street, 23rd Street, Highway 280 and Pier 70, the nine square blocks of Dogpatch makeup one of the few areas of the city that survived the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Labour Behind the Label and others are calling on all brands sourcing from Bangladesh to publicly sign up to take part in the building and fire safety scheme to make transparent, worker-led improvements to the industry.
Chief fire officer Simon Pilling said the county's fire authority was likely to face budget cuts up to 2020 and had to make long-term provision to reshape fire cover.