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Mayor Edwin M. Lee and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that they will co-host the second annual Bloomberg Technology Summit to bring together technology and business leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the nation’s top digital cities.
Posted Date: 6/14/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued a statement regarding the announced retirement of San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department Chief Probation Officer William P. Siffermann.
Posted Date: 6/13/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee swore in the following new appointments and reappointments to San Francisco’s Boards and Commissions at a ceremony in City Hall.
Posted Date: 6/12/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Board President David Chiu announced a first-of-its-kind partnership between San Francisco’s growing sharing economy and local government focused on disaster preparedness and response.
Posted Date: 6/11/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Board President David Chiu announced that Crystal Jade Culinary Concepts Holding in partnership with San Francisco restaurateur Gus Murad will be opening their first outlet outside Asia in San Francisco in early Spring 2014.
Posted Date: 6/7/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Rock Health CEO Halle Tecco announced that digital health leader Rock Health will move their headquarters to Mission Bay in 2013.
Posted Date: 6/5/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee presented his proposed two-year balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2013-14 and 2014-15.
Posted Date: 5/31/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced that four new businesses have signed leases in the Central Market neighborhood, including digital music service Spotify, which has signed a lease for 13,500 square feet of office space in the Warfield Building on Market Street.
Posted Date: 5/29/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) announced that QB3 will develop a new biotech incubator at 953 Indiana Street in San Francisco’s Central Waterfront area.
Posted Date: 5/23/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee celebrated the successful bid to host Super Bowl 50 in 2016 in the San Francisco Bay Area in partnership with the San Francisco 49ers and the Super Bowl Bid Committee.
Posted Date: 5/21/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced a $4.1 billion capital improvement plan for San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Posted Date: 5/20/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee issued a statement on San Francisco’s unemployment rate dropping to 5.4 percent in April.
Posted Date: 5/17/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee issued the following statement on the end of the Golden State Warriors’ NBA Playoff Season after the Warriors fell to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals:
Posted Date: 5/17/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Board of Supervisors President David Chiu announced plans for a new Apple Retail store on Union Square, to be located at 300 Post Street.
Posted Date: 5/16/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced the launch of the Emerging Business Loan Fund which will make $12 million in affordable loans available to support small business, boost the local economy and create jobs.
Posted Date: 5/13/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee celebrated the submission of the San Francisco Bay Area regional bid in partnership with the San Francisco 49ers and the Super Bowl Bid Committee to the National Football League (NFL) to host Super Bowl L/LI in 2016/2017.
Posted Date: 5/13/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee issued a statement on the tragic death of Andrew “Bart” Simpson of the Swedish challenger Artemis racing team.
Posted Date: 5/9/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee issued a statement on the City Controller’s Office Fiscal Year 2012-13 Nine-Month Budget Status Report.
Posted Date: 5/9/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced five recipients of the 2012-2013 Mayor’s Teacher of the Year Award. The award recipients will be recognized this evening during a San Francisco Giants’ home plate ceremony at AT&T Park.
Posted Date: 5/6/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee and the United Way of the Bay Area along with City Departments and private sector employers announced the launch of Summer Jobs+ 2013, challenging employers this summer to create 6,000 jobs and paid internships for San Francisco youth.
Posted Date: 4/30/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee issued a statement regarding President Barack Obama’s nomination of Mayor Anthony Foxx of Charlotte, North Carolina as the next Secretary of Transportation.
Posted Date: 4/30/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee joined the Board of Supervisors and City Officials to mark the 107th anniversary of the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire and signed into law the Mandatory Seismic Retrofit Program for Soft Story Wood Frame Buildings, that will seismically strengthen thousands of buildings in San Francisco.
Posted Date: 4/19/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee issued a statement on San Francisco’s unemployment rate dropping to six percent in April for San Francisco.
Posted Date: 4/19/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee issued a statement as the Golden State Warriors start the NBA playoff season this weekend.
Posted Date: 4/18/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced the dates for community engagement events to get the public more involved in the City’s budget process and hear from residents about their budget priorities to build a balanced two-year budget for San Francisco.
Posted Date: 4/15/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee as part of the Nation’s first Walk to Work Day launched San Francisco’s Pedestrian Strategy to increase walkability around the City and make all neighborhoods safe for pedestrians as outlined in the Mayor’s Pedestrian Safety Executive Directive.
Posted Date: 4/11/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee cut the ribbon on the new Fire Station One, located at 935 Folsom Street in the South of Market neighborhood, which is the first new San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) fire station in more than forty years.
Posted Date: 3/28/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee joined owners Phil and Jacob Jaber to cut the ribbon and welcome Philz Coffee into the Tenderloin neighborhood.
Posted Date: 3/26/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee issued a statement on U.S. Supreme Court hearings on marriage equality.
Posted Date: 3/25/2013
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced that the City’s successful solar initiative, GoSolarSF, will receive an additional $2 million in funding for the fiscal year 2013-2014. The additional allocation will increase the total funds available for GoSolarSF financial incentives starting July 1, 2013 to $4 million.
Posted Date: 3/13/2013
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