Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obama’s plan to avoid the impending fiscal cliff and potential $26.5 million sequestration cuts to San Francisco and encouraging Congress to find a bi-partisan and balanced solution:
Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Superintendent Richard Carranza announced that the U.S. Department of Education has selected San Francisco’s Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) to receive a five-year, up to $30 million Promise Neighborhoods implementation grant, among the highest amount granted of only six other selected areas in the nation.
Today Mayor Edwin M. Lee joined by Supervisor Malia Cohen and Police Chief Greg Suhr announced proposed new laws to make it illegal for civilians in San Francisco to possess certain types of particularly dangerous hollow point ammunition, bullets specifically designed for use by law enforcement, but commercially available for legal purchase. Mayor Lee also announced a proposed ordinance to require automatic notification to police when a person in San Francisco purchases 500 rounds or more of any type of ammunition in one transaction.
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued a Mayoral Executive Directive to require City Departments to enter into new partnerships with private sector contractors to help assure on-time and on-budget delivery of City projects. The directive focuses on the City departments with contracting authority including the Department of Public Works, Port of San Francisco, Recreation and Park Department, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
Today Mayor Edwin M. Lee joined the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) and San Francisco Department of Public Health to announce the draft Pedestrian Strategy is nearing completion. City officials, advocates and community groups reaffirmed their commitment to pedestrian safety during the holiday shopping season today at the Powell Street Promenade where existing pedestrian improvements have helped holiday shoppers stay safe on busy San Francisco sidewalks.
Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced salesforce.com has leased approximately 450,000 square feet of office space in a new office tower to be built at 350 Mission Street. The largest San Francisco lease transaction of 2012 to date, the building will break ground in January 2013 with anticipated occupancy in 2015. Salesforce.com also announced a 100,000 square foot expansion at 50 Fremont Street. This comes less than a year after salesforce.com’s January 2012 announcement of a 400,000 square foot lease in the same building.
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the Lennar and China Development Bank partnership and potential $1.7 billion loan for major infrastructure projects at Hunters Point Shipyard and Treasure Island:
“The Hunters Point Shipyard and Treasure Island projects are transformative for San Francisco, and we’ve been working on a number of fronts to attract investments to our world-class City to make these plans a reality. This unprecedented investment is another example of the confidence that global investors have in San Francisco.
Mayor Edwin M. Lee and San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Superintendent Richard A. Carranza today issued the following joint statement in the wake of one of the deadliest school shootings in United States history at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut:
“San Francisco grieves with those affected by the needless and horrifying violence this morning in Connecticut. Our thoughts, prayers and deep sympathy go out to the families of the children and other victims of this unspeakable tragedy.
Mayor Edwin M. Lee joined by Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, District Attorney George Gascón, the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women and anti-domestic violence advocates launched San Francisco’s “Peace at Home” campaign to raise awareness about domestic violence.
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to hear the federal challenge to Proposition 8 in the Hollingsworth v. Perry case:
“Together, we have taken this fight for civil rights all the way to our nation’s highest court. And, we will continue the fight until all families are treated equally so gay and lesbian couples are allowed to marry and are accorded the same basic rights as all Americans.
