Mayor London N. Breed and Supervisors Board President Norman Yee announced the release of the Economic Recovery Task Force Final Report with efforts to support small businesses and continued focus on equity to keep San Francisco moving forward.

San Francisco Economic Recovery Task Force Releases Final Report

The San Francisco Economic Recovery Task Force (ERTF) released a report and policy recommendations at its final meeting, following months of stakeholder convenings. Called together in early April by Mayor London N. Breed and Board of Supervisors President Norman Yee, the ERTF brought together over 100 leaders from business, hospitality, labor, faith, education, non-profit, and community organizations to guide and inform San Francisco’s economic recovery through COVID-19. The report advances 41 policy recommendations that focus on long-term economic recovery and development, narrowing the gap for vulnerable communities, and providing businesses more opportunities and flexibility to operate and succeed in the short- and mid-term. 

Mayor London N. Breed and Board of Supervisors President Norman Yee today announced the creation of a COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force. The Task Force is charged with guiding the City’s efforts to sustain and recover local businesses and employment, and mitigate the economic hardships that are already affecting the most vulnerable San Franciscans. Their work will support San Francisco organizations and individuals throughout the remainder of the Shelter-in-Place Order, and will lay the groundwork for economic recovery once the City has made meaningful progress containing COVID-19s. 

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To ensure San Francisco is prepared for inevitable natural hazards, including earthquakes and those that are becoming more severe due to climate change, San Francisco is asking for public review of its first ever Hazards and Climate Resilience (HCR) Plan. In addition to meeting local hazard mitigation requirements set by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Plan will serve as the foundation for the City’s next Climate Action Strategy and Community Safety Element update. 
 
The Public Draft of the HCR is available at HCR Public Review Draft Plan on the OneSF website. We invite you to browse the Plan and let us know if you have any feedback by emailing resilience@sfgov.org. 
 

Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake. This is a great opportunity to participate in improving our earthquake preparedness by attending one of the events below: 

The Loma Prieta Anniversary Community Preparedness Fair is being held in the Marina Green fom 3-6pm. Click here to register. For more information from Neighborhood Empowerment Network on the Community Preparedness Fair, click here

Brian Strong (San Francisco's Chief Resilience Officer) will present a speech tonight about Earthquake Resilience in the Bay Area. Click here for more information.

More resources:

Statement from Mayor London Breed on 30th Anniversary of Loma Prieta Earthquake

Here are also a couple stories by John King (Urban Design Critic) from the SF Chronicle: 

Towers in earthquake country - designers say new ones are safe to their core

Earthquake retrofits - Bay Area making progress, but still more to do

Extreme weather is becoming a part of life in #SF. We want to hear your thoughts about how the City can lessen the risks our natural & climate change hazards pose. Take a short survey & help us to shape a resilient SF: http://SurveyMonkey.com/r/SFhazards-English … Survey is open through Sept. 6th. 

On August 1, 2019, Mayor London Breed signed the $12 billion City budget for FY 2020 and FY 2021, with significant investments in housing, homelessness, public health, clean streets, and equity. This budget includes a record-level Capital Budget, with key investments in:

• Street resurfacing
• Right-of-way accessibility and mobility improvements to curb ramps and street structures
• Renewals to core building systems like elevators and HVAC systems
• Essential kitchen facility and roof repairs and upgrades to emergency power systems in our public health buildings
• Public safety facilities including the Justice Facilities Improvement Program to advance the administrative exit from the Hall of Justice
• Cultural centers, the public library system, and fine arts museums
• The parks system including playgrounds, courts, fields, and trails
• Planning for future G.O. bonds through the Capital Planning Fund

Through these projects and others, the Capital Budget addresses several of San Francisco’s most pressing resilience challenges, including our aging infrastructure and our seismic risks. For a complete list of funded projects, please refer to the May 20, 2019 CPC meeting documents.

Mayor London N. Breed today (July 11, 2019) signed a $628.5 million Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response bond for the March 2020 ballot that would fund seismic retrofitting and resiliency for fire stations, police stations, and other critical public safety infrastructure. If approved by voters, the Bond would provide:

• $275 million to fund seismic retrofitting and resiliency projects for Neighborhood Fire Stations and support facilities, such as firefighting training facilities;
• $153.5 million for the Emergency Firefighting Water System;
• $121 million to fund seismic retrofitting and resiliency projects for San Francisco Police District Stations, and support facilities;
• $70 million for disaster response facilities;
• $9 million for the Department of Emergency Management 9-1-1 Call Center.

See the entire press release here https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-london-breed-signs-629-million-bond-earthquake-safety-and-emergency-response-march

Also, earlier this week (July 9, 2019) the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to place a $600 million Affordable Housing Bond on the November 2019 ballot that would fund the creation and preservation of affordable housing in San Francisco. That press release can be viewed here: https://sfmayor.org/article/board-supervisors-votes-unanimously-place-600-million-affordable-housing-bond-november

The Office of Resilience and Capital Planning is announcing a position to do Climate Resilience Coordination. Fore more information, please click here. 

The Fiscal Year 2020-2029 City and County of San Francisco Capital Plan is now available on our website as approved unanimously at the Board of Supervisors on April 30, 2019. The HTML format makes it easier than ever to navigate, and we hope that it will serve as a useful reference tool. If you have used our website to view previous versions of the Plan, you may need to clear your browser’s cache in order to see the new Capital Plan.

You can view the Plan here: http://onesanfrancisco.org/the-plan-2020/overview.

For any technical difficulties please contact Hemiar Alburati (hemiar.alburati@sfgov.org)