Overview

Overview

 

Resilient Overview

RESILIENT SF is a strategy that seeks to tap into our city’s tenacity by laying out our most pressing challenges and demanding that City government partner with the community to make bold and lasting progress on these challenges. When we think about San Francisco, we think of a city of unwavering strength, a city that is prepared to not only respond but to recover, and a San Francisco of strong and unified neighborhoods, ready to continue reimagining, and striving for the strong and resilient San Francisco of tomorrow.

Cities around the world are grappling with the realities of climate change and rising seas, escalating urbanization and increasingly frequent disruptions of daily life. Here in San Francisco, we are struggling with how the hazards we face—and our response to them—expose several interdependencies that we must better understand. What is 21st century San Francisco? To whom will this city be available? How can we maintain our San Francisco values and, perhaps, make them even stronger?

Resilience describes the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses and systems within a city to survive, adapt and grow, no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience. Approaching challenges through the lens of resilience helps cities better serve their residents today and plan for the longer term. Resilience demands moving beyond reaction through proactive planning. The approach calls for considering problems systematically and bridging the practice gaps between social justice, sustainability, disaster recovery and other areas.

The Office of Resilience and Capital Planning has been leading the implementation of several initiatives and collaborating and tracking the progress of initiatives led by partner agencies. Click on the links to the left to learn more about our city’s challenges and current priority resilience initiatives.

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Our Resilience Challenges:

Earthquakes: There is a 76 percent chance  the Bay Area will experience a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the next 30 years. Even the relatively moderate and distant 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake (6.9) caused substantial damage to our city. It is imperative to the survival of San Francisco that we continue working to prepare for and recover from the “big one.”

Climate Change: The impacts of climate change are already being felt in the form of drought and record breaking temperatures. In addition, up to 66 inches of sea level rise could impact our shores by 2100. We must secure our city’s future by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, while adapting to the likely impacts of climate change today rather than when it is too late.

Infrastructure: Infrastructure is central to our daily lives—from the roads and pipes we use every day, to the larger systems, like food, social networks and housing that we rely on as lifelines. Sometimes these systems continue to operate past their intended life span, and sometimes they are inadequate altogether to meet the needs of a growing and vibrant city.

Social Inequity: San Francisco embraces equality and equity in all policies, but this work is never done. Social equity and inclusiveness need to be at the core of what makes a city thrive.

Unaffordability: Forty-five percent of renters in San Francisco pay more than 30 percent of their household income in rent. Median home prices are continuing to rise, making it a challenge for first-time homebuyers. San Francisco is becoming out of reach for many of the people who made the city what it is today.

Population Growth: The Association of Bay Area Governments projects that the population of San Francisco will grow to 1 million, and the Bay Area will grow to 7.2 million residents by 2040.  We cannot just plan for our needs of today but rather must work together to plan for the needs of a growing population.

Our Resilience:

We have determined four actionable goals to address San Francisco’s interconnected challenges. Each goal was formed from, and will be supported by, leveraging successful City department-level initiatives, as well as supporting efforts (e.g., department studies, existing projects) within each goal’s policy area:

  • Plan and Prepare: San Francisco’s challenges build slowly and quickly, steadily and suddenly. This goal looks toward building our city’s capacity to handle today’s challenges and tomorrow’s disasters. We address land use planning and recovery planning, as well as earthquake planning and preparedness.
  • Retrofit Mitigate Adapt: We face a future with certain challenges. This goal looks to confront the pressing realities of an imminent large earthquake, a changing climate and rising seas, all while building a stronger city today.
  • Ensure Housing: Today’s challenges will only worsen with tomorrow’s disruptions. We must work now to ensure housing for all San Franciscans before and after a disaster. We will work to address our city’s housing and homeless crises through innovative policies, reimagining and bold action to build a stronger city for today and tomorrow.
  • Empower Neighborhoods: San Francisco is a city of neighborhoods and neighbors. This goal seeks to build on the strength of our city’s character and vibrancy, by being effective governmental stewards of resilient, healthy and cohesive neighborhoods based in trust, equity and partnership.

Earthquake Safety (ESIP)

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Earthquakes are in San Francisco’s future. The consequences of those disasters will be very different, for better or for worse, depending on the policy choices and actions the City takes today. The Earthquake Safety Implementation Program (ESIP) began in early 2012, evolving out of the key recommendations of the Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety (CAPSS), a 10-year-long study evaluating the seismic vulnerabilities San Francisco faces. Its plan for action was turned into the 50 tasks San Francisco will be implementing over the next few decades.

FY 2018-27 San Francisco Capital Plan Approved

May 5, 2017

The Office of Resilience and Capital Planning is pleased to announce that the Fiscal Year 2018-27 City and County of San Francisco Capital Plan was approved by Mayor Lee and the Board of Supervisors on May 5, 2017.

The Plan recommends a record $35 billion for capital projects over the next decade to improve San Francisco’s resilience, maintain our economic competitiveness, and preserve our amenities for generations to come.
The Capital Plan calls for several major projects in San Francisco, including retrofitting the Great Seawall, terminal renovations at San Francisco International Airport, a new bus rapid transit line along Van Ness Avenue, and improving the City’s streets and pedestrian safety, among many others. 
The Office of Resilience and Capital Planning is grateful to the many City and partner agency staff who worked hard to identify upcoming capital needs and related funding sources. The planning represented in this document will enable San Francisco to make smart, fiscally responsible decisions as we build and strengthen our city.
The Capital Plan can be viewed online here.

The Seawall Finance Work Group Report Released This Week

July 26, 2017

The Office of Resilience and Capital Planning today announced the release of the Seawall Finance Work Group Report, which provides recommendations for how the City can fund the Seawall Resiliency Project.

The Seawall Finance Work Group (SFWG) was convened by the Office of Resilience and Capital Planning and the Port of San Francisco to analyze and prioritize potential funding sources to fill the funding need for the Seawall Resiliency Project. Chaired by the City’s Chief Resilience Officer, the SFWG was composed of 11 members representing eight City agencies as well as a private sector expert in public finance strategy.

San Francisco’s Great Seawall was constructed more than a century ago and is the foundation of over three miles of San Francisco waterfront stretching from Fisherman’s Wharf to Mission Creek. The Seawall supports historic piers, wharves, and buildings including the Ferry Building. It underpins the Embarcadero Promenade which welcomes millions of people each year, serves as a critical emergency response and recovery area, and supports BART, Muni and ferry transportation and utility networks. Additionally, the Seawall provides flood protection to downtown San Francisco neighborhoods.

In 2015 under the leadership of Mayor Lee, the Port launched the Seawall Resiliency Project, a multi-generational City project to significantly improve earthquake safety and performance of the Seawall, provide near-term flood protection improvements, and plan for additional long-term resilience and adaption of the northern Bayfront.

The SFWG was tasked with exploring potential funding sources for two phases of the Seawall Resiliency Project. Phase I is budgeted at $500 million through 2025 for the most critical life safety seismic improvements, and Phase II is budgeted at $2-5 billion after 2025 to address all seismic and sea level rise adaptation measures.

The SFWG was convened with the understanding that the City will not have the ability to fund the entire Seawall Project on its own and would have to find a solution that combined multiple funding sources. Meeting between November 2016 and May 2017, the Work Group analyzed 48 local, regional, state, and federal possible funding sources.

From these discussions, the SFWG ultimately recommended that the City pursue 17 funding sources, nine of which could currently produce meaningful proceeds for the Project. These recommendations range from local General Obligation (G.O.) Bonds and statewide strategies to federal funding through the Army Corps of Engineers.

These recommendations were presented to the City’s Capital Planning Committee and the Port’s Seawall Resiliency Project Executive Steering Committee. Efforts to secure funding from some of the recommended sources are already underway such as discussions with the Army Corps of Engineers and planning for a proposed $350 Seawall Fortification General Obligation Bond, slated to go before voters in November 2018. The Port will work with other City partners to determine a course of action on the other recommended strategies.

The Seawall Finance Work Group Report can be viewed online here

2022 - By the Numbers

02. Executive Summary

Plan By the Numbers 

The FY2022-31 Capital Plan reconsiders the recommended policies of past Plans in light of the COVID-19 crisis, the need for near-term stimulus spending, and the City’s commitment to racial equity and climate resilience. Policies governing the Plan are discussed in the Introduction as well as the Capital Sources chapter. The Plan also lays out a number of goals that continue key objectives from previous years, including robust funding for asset preservation, relocating critical City services to seismically sound facilities, and construction of several public infrastructure projects to improve services and quality of life.

As shown in Table 1.1, this Plan captures $22.4 billion in recommended direct City investments and $15.6 billion in external agency investment, which total nearly $38 billion in capital improvements citywide. This work is estimated to create nearly 170,000 local jobs over the next decade.

Table 1.1

Capital Plan Summary in Five-Year Intervals 

(Dollars in Millions) 

BY SERVICE AREA

FY22-26

FY27-31

Plan Total 

Affordable Housing

1,891

732

2,622

Public Safety

992

276

1,268

Health and Human Services

739

93

832

Infrastructure & Streets

6,396

4,157

10,553

Recreation, Culture, and Education 

2,466

1,508

3,974

Economic & Neighborhood Development

3,564

2,053

5,616

Transportation

9,342

3,577

12,919

General Government

35

127

162

TOTAL 

25,424

12,523

37,947

 

BY DEPARTMENT TYPE 

FY22-26

FY27-31

Plan Total 

General Fund Departments 

3,065

1,544

4,609

Enterprise Departments 

11,550

6,211

17,761

      City & County Subtotal 

14,615

7,755

22,371

External Agencies 

10,809

4,768

15,576

TOTAL 

25,424

12,523

37,947

Table 1.1 Provides an overview of this Plan’s capital program broken down by service category and department type.

New Plan By the Numbers

Plan By the Numbers

The FY2020-29 Capital Plan generally retains most policies and practices set in prior year plans, including restrictions around issuing debt and priorities for certain capital programs such as the City’s Americans with Disability Act (ADA) barrier removal efforts and street resurfacing. Policies governing the Plan are discussed in the Introduction as well as the Capital Sources chapter. The Plan also lays out a number of goals that continue key objectives from previous years, including robust funding for asset preservation, relocating critical City services to seismically sound facilities, and construction on hundreds of other public infrastructure projects to improve services and quality of life.

As shown in Table 1.1, this Plan captures $27 billion in recommended direct City investments and $12 billion in external agency investment, which total $39 billion in capital improvements citywide. This work is estimated to create over 230,000 local jobs over the next decade.

Table 1.1

Capital Plan Summary in Five-Year Intervals 

(Dollars in Millions) 

FY20-24

FY25-29

Plan Total 

Public Safety

 818

815

1,632

Health and Human Services

493

123

616

Infrastructure & Streets

6,344

3,306

9,650

Recreation, Culture, and Education 

1,610

493

2,103

Economic & Neighborhood Development

4,229

2,923

7,152

Transportation

13,703

3,962

17,665

General Government

162

162

324  

TOTAL 

27,359

11,784

39,143

 

BY DEPARTMENT TYPE 

FY20-24

FY25-29

Plan Total 

General Fund Departments 

2,731

2,333

5,064

Enterprise Departments 

14,954

5,308

20,261

      City & County Subtotal 

17,646

7,669

25,315

External Agencies 

9,475

4,143

13,618

TOTAL 

27,359

11,784

39,143

Table 1.1 Provides an overview of this Plan’s capital program broken down by service category and department type.

Plan By the Numbers

Plan By the Numbers

The FY 2018-2027 Capital Plan generally retains most policies and practices set in prior year plans, including maintaining restrictions around issuing debt and fully funding certain capital programs such as the City’s Americans with Disability Act (ADA) transition plans, facilities maintenance, and street resurfacing. Policies governing the Plan are discussed in the Introduction as well as the Capital Sources chapter. The Plan also lays out a number of goals that continue key objectives from previous years, including robust funding for renewals, relocating critical City services to seismically sound facilities, and construction on hundreds of other public infrastructure projects to improve services and quality of life. 

This Plan captures $24 billion in recommended direct City investments and $11 billion in external agency investment, which total $35 billion in capital improvements citywide, while creating an estimated 290,000 local jobs over the next decade.

Table 1.1

Capital Plan Summary in Five-Year Intervals 

(Dollars in Millions) 

FY18-22 

FY23-27 

Plan Total 

Economic & Neighborhood Development 

3,017 

1,962 

4,978 

General Government 

87 

156 

243 

Health and Human Services 

808 

125 

934 

Infrastructure & Streets 

6,139 

3,386 

9,526 

Public Safety 

1,274 

381 

1,655 

Recreation, Culture, and Education 

1,964 

414 

2,379 

Transportation 

10,345 

5,137 

15,483 

TOTAL 

23,635 

11,562 

35,197 

 

BY DEPARTMENT TYPE 

FY18-22 

FY23-27 

Plan Total 

General Fund Departments 

3,346 

1,906 

5,252 

Enterprise Departments 

13,504 

5,418 

18,922 

      City & County Subtotal 

16,839 

7,315 

24,155 

External Agencies 

6,786 

4,237 

11,023 

TOTAL 

23,635 

11,562 

35,197 

Table 1.1 Provides an overview of this Plan’s capital program broken down by service category and department type.

2022 - Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Capital Planning Committee

City Administrator’s Office

Carmen Chu, City Administrator and
Committee Chair

Board of Supervisors

Supervisor Shamann Walton, Board President

Controller’s Office

Ben Rosenfield, Controller

Mayor’s Budget Office

Ashley Groffenberger, Budget Director

Municipal Transportation Agency

Jeffrey Tumlin, Executive Director

Port of San Francisco

Elaine Forbes, Executive Director

Planning

Rich Hillis, Director

Public Utilities Commission

Michael Carlin, Acting General Manager

Public Works

Alaric Degrafinried, Acting Director

Recreation and Parks

Phil Ginsburg, General Manager

San Francisco
International Airport

Ivar Satero, Director


Department Staff

Airport

Kevin Kone, Ian Hart

Arts Commission

Ralph Remington, Joanne Lee, Robynn Takayama, Kevin Quan

Asian Art Museum

Jay Xu, Erik Cline, Minfang Gao, Ko Ko Zin

City Administrator and Real Estate

Ken Bukowski, Jennifer Johnston, Bill Barnes, Tal Quetone, Adam Nguyen, Andrico Penick, Claudia Gorham, Lihmeei Leu, Lynn Khaw

City Attorney

Ken Roux, Mark Blake

Controller’s Office of Public Finance

Anna van Degna, Vishal Trivedi,
Luke Brewer, Bridget Katz,
Marisa Pereira Tully

Department of
Emergency Management

Mary Ellen Carroll, Mike Dayton,
William Lee

Department of Technology

Linda Gerull, Brian Roberts

Fine Arts Museums

Patty Lacson

Fire Department

Chief Jeanine Nicholson, Olivia Scanlon, Mark Corso, Dawn Dewitt,
Christopher Mongelli

Homelessness and
Supportive Housing

Gigi Whitley, Joanne Park, Nicole Reams

Human Services Agency

Trent Rhorer, Dan Kaplan, Robert Walsh, Emily Gibbs, Christopher Mcclenney

Juvenile Probation

Chief Katherine Miller, Steve Arcelona, Kingman Ma, Kenyetta Hinton,
Nicholas Chavez

Library

Michael Lambert, Maureen Singleton, Heather Green, Roberto Lombardi

Mayor’s Office

Sean Elsbernd, Andres Power, Tyrone Jue, Sophia Kittler, Lillian Patil, Adrian Liu

Mayor’s Office of Disability

Nicole Bohn, John Romaidis

Moscone Center

John Noguchi, Steve Basic

Municipal Transportation Agency

Jonathan Rewers, Jerad Weiner,
Timothy Manglicmot, Jesse Rosemoore

Planning Department

Adam Varat, Mat Snyder, Josh Switzky, Lily Langlois

Police Department

Chief William Scott, Greg Yee, Patrick Leung, Catherine McGuire, Anthony Tave

Port of San Francisco

Brad Benson, Katie Petrucione, Margaret Doyle, Kelila Krantz, Nate Cruz

Public Health Department

Greg Wagner, Mark Primeau, Kathy Jung, Lisa Zayas-Chien, Benito Olguin, Terry Saltz, Chris Dunne

Public Utilities Commission

Carlos Jacobo, Frank McPartland, David Myerson, Kathy How, Eric Sandler, Barbara Hale, Steve Ritchie, Laura Busch

Public Works

Ron Alameida, Julia Dawson, Julia Laue, Raymond Lui, John Thomas, Bruce Robertson, Elizabeth Ramos, Oscar Quintanilla, Devin Macaulay, Paul Barradas, Charles Higueras, Joe Chin, Brook Mebrahtu, Kelli Rudnick, Kevin Sporer, Carla Short, Marci Camacho, Ivan Romero, Jennifer Blot, Bryan Dahl

Recreation and Parks Department

Toks Ajike, Stacy Bradley, Antonio Guerra, Derek Chu, Yael Golan

Sheriff’s Department

Sheriff Paul Miyamoto, Matthew Freeman, John Ramirez

Treasure Island

Robert Beck, Liz Hirschhorn, Peter Summerville, Jamie Querubin

War Memorial

John Caldon


External Agency Staff

Caltrain

Peter Skinner, Melissa Jones,
Anthony Simmons

Mayor’s Office of Housing

Eric Shaw, Benjamin McCloskey,
Amy Chan, Lydia Ely

Office of Community Investment
and Infrastructure

Sally Oerth, Bree Mawhorter, Lila Hussain

SF County Transportation Authority

Tilly Chang, Maria Lombardo,
Mike Pickford, Eric Cordoba

SF Community College

Marian Lam

SF Unified School District

Karen Sullivan, Dawn Kamalanathan


Prepared By

Brian Strong, Chief Resilience Officer

Kate Faust, Interim Capital Planning Manager

Nishad Joshi, Senior Analyst

Melissa Higbee, Principal Resilience Analyst

Hemiar Alburati, Senior Business Analyst

Alex Morrison, Resilience Analyst

Heidi Rivoire, Office Manager

New Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Capital Planning Committee

City Administrator’s Office

Naomi Kelly, City Administrator and Committee Chair

Board of Supervisors

Supervisor Norman Yee, Board President

Controller’s Office

Ben Rosenfield, Controller

Mayor’s Budget Office

Kelly Kirkpatrick, Budget Director

Municipal Transportation Agency

Ed Reiskin, Executive Director

Port of San Francisco

Elaine Forbes, Executive Director

Planning Department

John Rahaim, Director

Public Utilities Commission

Harlan Kelly, General Manager

Public Works

Mohammed Nuru, Director

Recreation and Parks Department

Phil Ginsburg, General Manager

San Francisco International Airport

Ivar Satero, Director


Department Staff

Airport

Kevin Kone, Kaitlyn Connors, Ian Hart

Arts Commission

Tom DeCaigny, Rebekah Krell, Kevin Quan, Kate Faust

Asian Art Museum

Joanne Chou, Erik Cline

City Administrator & Real Estate

Ken Bukowski, Jennifer Johnston, Bill Barnes, Tal Quetone, Adam Nguyen, Andrico Penick, Claudia Gorham, Josh Keene, Caitlin Jacobson, Lihmeei Leu, Lynn Khaw

City Attorney

Kenneth Roux, Mark Blake

Controller’s Office of Public Finance

Anna van Degna, Vishal Trivedi, Jamie Querubin, Bridget Katz

Department of Emergency Management

MaryEllen Carroll, Mike Dayton, William Lee

Department of Technology

Linda Gerull, Nina D’Amato, Brian Roberts

Fine Arts Museums

Patty Lacson

Fire Department

Chief Jeanine Nicholson, Chief Joanne Hayes-White, Olivia Scanlon, Anthony Rivera, Mark Corso, Nalungo Conley

Homelessness and Supportive Housing

Gigi Whitley

Human Services Agency

Trent Rhorer, Dan Kaplan, Robert Walsh

Juvenile Probation

Chief Allen Nance, Sandra Dalida

Library

Michael Lambert, Maureen Singleton, Roberto Lombardi

Mayor’s Office

Sean Elsbernd, Andres Power, Marisa Pereira Tully, Tyrone Jue, Sophia Kittler

Mayor’s Office of Housing and
Community Development

Kate Hartley, Benjamin McCloskey

Mayor’s Office of Disability

Nicole Bohn, Arfaraz Khambatta

Moscone Center

John Noguchi, Steve Basic

Municipal Transportation Agency

Monique Webster, Jonathan Rewers

Planning Department

Adam Varat, Mat Snyder, Josh Switzky

Police Department

Chief William Scott, Robert Moser, Robert O’Sullivan, Alexa O’Brien, Catherine McGuire, Anthony Tave, Ivan Sequeira

Port of San Francisco

Ananda Hirsch, Meghan Wallace, Katie Petrucione, Lindy Lowe, Brad Benson

Public Health Department

Greg Wagner, Mark Primeau, Kathy Jung, Benito Olguin, Jason Zook, Terry Saltz

Public Utilities Commission

Carlos Jacobo, Frank McPartland, David Myerson, Kathy How, Eric Sandler, Barbara Hale, Steve Ritchie, John Scarpulla

Public Works

Edgar Lopez, Ron Alameida, Julia Dawson, Julia Laue, Raymond Lui, John Thomas, Bruce Robertson, Elizabeth Ramos, Devin Macaulay, Paul Barradas, Charles Higueras, Joe Chin, Brook Mebrahtu, Ivan Romero, Jennifer Blot, Bryan Dahl, Rachel Gordon

Recreation and Parks Department

Toks Ajike, Stacy Bradley, Antonio Guerra, Derek Chu

Sheriff’s Department

Sheriff Vicki Hennessy, Matthew Freeman, John Ramirez, Dan Santizo

Treasure Island

Robert Beck, Liz Hirschhorn, Peter Summerville

War Memorial

Elizabeth Murray, Kevin Kelly, Chris Muyo


External Agency Staff

Caltrain

Casey Fromson, Peter Skinner, Sebastian Petty

Mayor’s Office of Housing

Kate Hartley, Lisa Motoyama, Lydia Ely

Office of Community Investment & Infrastructure

Nadia Sesay, Sally Oerth, Bree Mawhorter, Lila Hussain

SF County Transportation Authority

Tilly Chang, Maria Lombardo

SF City College

Marian Lam, Rueben Smith, Jeffrey Hamilton

SF Unified School District

Myong Leigh, Dawn Kamalanathan


Prepared By

Brian Strong, Chief Resilience Officer

Heather Green, Deputy Director, Capital Planning Director and Deputy Resilience Officer

Nishad Joshi, Senior Analyst

Joshua Low, Senior Analyst

Hemiar Alburati, Senior Business Analyst

Melissa Higbee, Resilience Analyst

Heidi Rivoire, Administrative Analyst

Alex Morrison, San Francisco Fellow


Photo Credit

Front Cover Image: ©Alejandro Velarde

 

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