DEM – New Emergency Operations Center

The existing Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at 1011 Turk St. presents space and technological challenges in conducting trainings, and lacks adequate space for breakout rooms, situational awareness boards, press conferences, staff breaks, and storage. Recent meetings of the City’s Policy Group have identified the desire to co-locate the EOC with the Policy Group so that policy makers would have designated space for briefings and to make essential decisions. Ideally, the City’s EOC would be in a location that facilitates citywide response to all types of hazards and emergencies, as well as readiness, planning, trainings, and exercises for proactive mitigation and preparedness. 

DEM – Citywide Data Center Resiliency Projects

The 1011 Turk St. facility not only operates the 911 Call Center, but also hosts the Citywide Data Center, which contains critical IT systems and communications network equipment used by all City agencies. This equipment includes all fiber network connectivity, VoIP Phones, primary Internet Point of Presence, and the SF Cloud infrastructure. DEM would like to improve the resilience of the building and the data center, with projects including a redundant power feed into the building, creating more space for lab area and storage, improving the base-isolation system to avoid interior water leaks, and modifications and upgrades to power and cooling systems.

DEM – Outdoor Public Warning System

The Outdoor Public Warning System sirens are an audible alarm system whose purpose is to alert residents and visitors about critical life-safety emergencies such as a tsunami, contaminated water supply, or radiological attack. This system was taken offline in 2019 for security and equipment upgrades. DEM and the Department of Technology have identified a portion of the siren network along the coastline (27 sirens) to prioritize upgrading and bringing back online. The upgrades would include a new operating system, stronger encryption for radio communications and hardware that would improve the reliability and security of the siren system.

FIR – Candlestick Development New Fire Station

The new development in the 38-acre site of Candlestick Park will include approximately 10,000 housing units, with one-third designated as affordable housing. The increase in population, building density, and traffic and will warrant a new fire station in an already-identified community facility parcel. The developer’s infrastructure plan includes horizontal development of the site before turning it over to the City for the construction of the new station.

FIR – Hunters Point New Fire Station

As with the Candlestick Park development, the projected growth at Hunters Point shipyard will warrant the development of a new fire station to meet the needs of growing population, traffic, and density in the area.

FIR – EFWS Citywide Expansion 

In late 2021, the SFPUC completed a planning study for a comprehensive, system-wide expansion of the pipeline network to support 2050 population growth estimates and fill-in some the existing gaps in the southern and south eastern portion of San Francisco. The estimated cost for the expansion is $1.95 billion in 2021 dollars. Understanding that an effort on this scale would take several years to develop and achieve environmental and other certifications, a realistic timeline to complete this would be 2034 or 2045. The estimated costs to complete the work on that timeline is $2.945 billion and $4 billion, respectively. 

FIR – Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Strategic Satellite Locations

Creating strategic locations across the city to support on-duty ambulance crews will support SFFD’s efforts toward response equity across all neighborhoods, while also improving on-duty well-being of the Department’s EMT/paramedic employees. These satellite locations would allow dynamically deployed ambulance crews to get out of their vehicles and utilize a facility where they can use the restroom, eat meals, and complete administrative tasks on-duty. Additionally, SFFD intends to incorporate disaster resiliency resources into these facilities, providing additional resources such as caches of medical supplies and oxygen, that will have great value in the event of disasters and/or mass casualty events.

FIR – Dedicated Community Paramedicine Facility

The SFFD’s Community Paramedicine team is projected for continued growth in the future and the current shared space at the Bureau of Equipment is not viable going forward. Creating a new facility dedicated to the Community Paramedicine team’s needs will ensure the resources and space needed to accommodate future growth, and free up additional space for the Bureau of Equipment to operate.

FIR – Second EMS Deployment Facility

The recent increase in personnel and equipment has already pushed the newly opened Ambulance Deployment Facility beyond its intended capacity. Proactively creating a new second deployment facility would allow the Department to support future growth in the EMS division to address increased future demand for emergency services.

JUV – Juvenile Justice Center Replacement

In 2019 the Board of Supervisors passed legislation to close the Juvenile Hall by December of 2021. A Close Juvenile Hall Workgroup (CJHWG) was created to make recommendations on a new place of detention and services to be provided to justice involved youth. Mayor London Breed also announced the creation of the Juvenile Justice Reform Blue Ribbon Panel (Panel). The Panel was charged with making recommendations for comprehensive and system wide reform to the San Francisco juvenile justice system. While these initiatives were undertaken locally, on September 30, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 823 (SB 823), which began the closure of the California’s Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and the realignment of DJJ functions, including the secure commitment of youth, to local jurisdictions.

In March 2021, the Panel presented its Juvenile Justice Reform Plan, and in November 2021, the CJHWG presented their report to the Board of Supervisors. In the same month, the California’s DJJ Realignment Subcommittee voted to use San Francisco’s Juvenile Hall as an interim Secure Youth Treatment Facility (SYTF) for youth who would have been eligible for DJJ commitment prior to DJJ’s closure until such time as the City could provide an alternative secure commitment facility for those youth. 

The Juvenile Probation Department is currently developing a Request for Proposals (RFP) to procure consulting services to create a conceptual design for the replacement of the Juvenile Justice Center, expected to be released in early 2023.

POL – Central District Station Replacement

The Central District Station was constructed in 1972 and the only district station not upgraded in the 1987 SFPD Facility Bond Program. Central Station is below a public parking garage and is among all police facilities the most functionally inadequate – it does not have a community room, the women’s locker room is makeshift, and staffing has already far exceeded the capacity of this building. This station is recommended for replacement, and both a viable swing and permanent site is needed for planning to begin in earnest.

POL – Tenderloin District Station Replacement

Built in the 1920s, Tenderloin Station is housed in a former auto repair garage which had space and operational issues from the start. The station needs a designated evidence processing with evidence transfer lockers connected to a secure evidence storage room adjacent to booking, as well as a secure sally port prisoner processing area. This facility also lacks basic fire safety features such as a full sprinkler system, and a secondary exit out of the basement. A future ESER G.O. Bond would be the most likely source for this project once scoped.

POL – Old Potrero Station Replacement

The department vacated this facility in 1997 with the opening of the then new Bayview station. Potrero station is a historic building, and the department seeks to renovate and restore the facility. This space is in close proximity to Police Headquarters in Mission Bay and could be utilized an annex as civilian staffing continues to grow. A future ESER G.O. Bond would be the most likely source for this project once scoped.

POL – Additional District Station

With new developments in the Southeast, SFPD is anticipating the need for an additional station to meet its operational needs. A future ESER G.O. Bond could be a source for this project once scoped.

POL – New Police Academy

The current SFPD Academy was formerly an elementary school built in the 1960s, and does not have adequate floor space to accommodate training programs. The building also has in need of structural work, as well as asbestos hazards that need abatement.

POL – New Treasure Island Station

As redevelopment of Treasure Island proceeds, and the population grows significantly, a new police station will be needed to support residents and visitors. This project is expected to be fully developer-funded.

POL – Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

It is likely that in the next few years a fully-electric Police Pursuit Vehicle will be available, and if the Department moves toward electrification of its fleet, charging infrastructure will need to be developed.

SHF – Court Holding Facility

The closure of County Jail #4 has eliminated the Sheriff's court holding facilities at the HOJ. Inmates are now being held in temporary holding areas that are designed for other jail operational functions, but there is a need for a permanent solution.

SHF – County Jail #5 Water Line Replacement

The existing water line at County Jail #5 is beyond its useful life, and the old sewage plant on premises must be decommissioned and redirected to the new system. The original lines must then be replaced with a biological habitat project. The old water tank must also be decommissioned and replaced. The Sheriff’s Department has obtained estimates from Public Works for a $15 million project to transfer the water line and create a new connection, and $10 million to decommission and replace the sewage line and water tank. However, a preferred course of action is still to be determined. San Bruno has recently expressed interest in making use of the line, adding a user, and potentially bringing fresh sources to the project.

SHF – County Jail #6 Renovation or Repurposing

The low-security facilities at County Jail #6, recently renamed the County Jail #3 Annex, on the San Bruno Campus in San Mateo County, have not been used for prisoner housing for many years. The Sheriff's Department has reactivated County Jail #3 Annex to create surge housing if needed. The long-term use of this facility must be reevaluated with the closure of County Jail #4 at the HOJ.

SHF – Women’s Resource Center Expansion

To centralize and streamline operations of the Sheriff’s Department’s many service programs for justice-involved people, the Sheriff’s Department could expand the Women’s Resource Center located at 930 Bryant Street. A preliminary concept of such a project was developed in the Sheriff’s Department Facility Assessment, but the project would need more planning and design work to ensure alignment with current City priorities.

SHF – San Bruno Transitional Housing Project

The Sheriff's Office is exploring the possibility of constructing 150 “tiny homes” at the San Bruno complex to provide transitional housing for pre-trial, justice involved persons willing to participate in a pro-social community environment. This project would include case management and other services, including educational opportunities, substance abuse counseling, and mental health resources.