Mayor Edwin M. Lee today presented his proposed two-year balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2014-15 and 2015-16. The Mayor’s proposal balances a two year budget that closes budget deficits of $66....
June 2013
Posted Date: 06/02/2014
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on a potential Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) strike:
“I join Governor Brown in urging BART union and management leaders to return to...
Posted Date: 06/30/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Brief Order to lift the September 2010 injunction that blocked a federal judge’s ruling...
Posted Date: 06/28/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the passing of former Supervisor Willie B. Kennedy who served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1981 to 1996 and has since...
Posted Date: 06/28/2013
Today Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Supervisor Malia Cohen celebrated the beginning of home construction for the first phase of the 750-acre Hunters Point Shipyard-Candlestick Point development. The City...
Posted Date: 06/26/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court decision on marriage equality, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional and the challenge to the Ninth...
Posted Date: 06/26/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the Board of Supervisors’ first vote of unanimous support for a new plan to rebuild California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC)’s...
Posted Date: 06/25/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement regarding the President’s national climate action plan: “I applaud President Obama on his strategy to cut carbon pollution, prepare...
Posted Date: 06/25/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced San Francisco awarded as the host of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) 83rd Annual Meeting in June 2015. “This is a great opportunity to showcase San...
Posted Date: 06/25/2013
Today 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...
Posted Date: 06/14/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement regarding the announced retirement of San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department Chief Probation Officer William P. Siffermann:...
Posted Date: 06/13/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today swore in the following new appointments and reappointments to San Francisco’s Boards and Commissions at a ceremony in City Hall:Commission on Aging & Adult...
Posted Date: 06/12/2013
Today 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...
Posted Date: 06/11/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement regarding the Board of Supervisors unanimous support of the proposed Term Sheet between the San Francisco Port Commission and Forest City...
Posted Date: 06/11/2013
Today 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...
Posted Date: 06/07/2013
Today 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. Rock Health supports entrepreneurs...
Posted Date: 06/05/2013