When we talk about getting the basics right in this city, that starts with having the workforce in place to deliver the critical city services our residents deserve. Our busses don’t arrive on time without operators. Our streets don’t get clean without the people picking up trash and washing the…

As our City bounces back from COVID, we have continued the work to bring back transit service. Most of our lines are back, and Muni is faster and more reliable than it has been for decades. We continue to add more services as soon as new transit operators finish their…

During COVID, San Francisco saw more deaths from overdoses than we did from COVID-19. This is both a testament to the City’s comprehensive response to COVID, as well as the significant challenges we are facing as Fentanyl has flooded our City. In San Francisco, we reached a record high of…

Our economic recovery will be built on a foundation of a strong transportation system. The good news is that we have made real progress improving and expanding Muni service since last year. We completed major projects like the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit corridor, making Muni faster and more reliable…

San Francisco’s Downtown is recovering slowly and in an uncertain environment due to new and evolving work from home policies. San Francisco is not alone in this position. Our office attendance is currently hovering just below 40% pre-pandemic levels, which is in the same range as cities like New York…

Housing Priorities — Fall 2022 San Francisco, like cities across California, is currently undergoing an update to our Housing Element — which is an every eight-year process to determine how much housing we should be building. The number we need to meet, as set by the state housing goals, is…

San Francisco responded to the pandemic in incredible ways to create safe and welcoming spaces for our residents to gather. City staff, community groups, and residents came together to prioritize public health and support San Franciscans with programs during a really difficult time. One of these programs, Slow Streets, gave…

SF reported its first case of monkeypox on June 3 and cases have continued to increase since then. The risk to the general population from this virus is believed to be low as this is not a disease that spreads easily through the air like COVID. However, this is the…

Our recent Point in Time Count found that San Francisco saw a 15% reduction in unsheltered homelessness since 2019 and an overall reduction in homelessness. San Francisco was the only county in the Bay Area that saw this level of decrease. …