Hoping to get a new higher education campus in The City’s ailing downtown, San Francisco Mayor London Breed hosted Friday a group of representatives from historically Black colleges and universities to forge ties that are already producing educational exchanges and could lead to new satellite-school operations.

San Francisco could see new colleges and universities coming to downtown.

Mayor London Breed on Friday will join city and business leaders to announce new efforts to bring Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, to downtown San Francisco. The initiative is called Black 2 San Francisco and led by the Human Rights Commission.

San Francisco is partnering with historically Black colleges and universities to bring educational programs to the city this summer as local leaders seek to attract a permanent satellite campus to help revitalize downtown.

There is a push in San Francisco to encourage Historically Black Colleges and Universities - also known as HBCUs - to open up new, satellite campuses downtown.

Downtown San Francisco has some space and vacant buildings that city leaders would like to fill.