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Mayor Lee’s Statement on Unemployment Rate Dropping to 3.2 Percent in San Francisco

Mayor Edwin M. Lee issued the following statement on San Francisco’s unemployment rate dropping to 3.2 percent in September 2015, based on preliminary unemployment numbers released by the California Employment Development Department (EDD):

“When I took office in 2011, unemployment hovered near double digits, our City faced a crisis of joblessness, a sea of red ink and deep cuts to vital services and public safety. Today’s great news on employment is the result of our relentless focus these last five years on putting people back to work and bringing hope and opportunity back to our City. Our robust economy and near full-employment mean we have never been better positioned to tackle the challenges that remain before us of income inequality, a crisis in affordable housing and homelessness. I’ll never take our City’s economic success for granted because people’s livelihoods depend on it. We are investing like never before in affordable housing, transportation, public education and public safety, even while maintaining record levels of reserves and our highest credit rating in history. A strong economic foundation – and good jobs for all our residents – will always be key to addressing our challenges and ensuring that our City’s rising prosperity benefits every single San Franciscan.”

San Francisco’s unemployment rate remains the third lowest in the State among California’s 58 counties, behind San Mateo and Marin counties.