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June 2014

Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Supervisor Mark Farrell today announced milestone accomplishments in San Francisco’s 10-Year Plan to Abolish Chronic Homelessness including: the City investing over $2...
Posted Date: 06/26/2014
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum:“I have long been an enthusiastic supporter, along with so many Bay Area arts, education and community...
Posted Date: 06/24/2014
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement regarding Senate Bill 1439, a bill to close a loophole in the Ellis Act that allows speculators to buy rent-controlled buildings in San...
Posted Date: 06/24/2014
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that the U.S. Conference of Mayors has unanimously adopted a net neutrality resolution sponsored by Mayor Lee and 16 other Mayors calling on the Federal...
Posted Date: 06/23/2014
Today Mayor Edwin M. Lee, with support from Supervisor London Breed, placed a measure on the November 2014 ballot to allow the City to meet its aggressive housing goal of 30,000 new housing units by...
Posted Date: 06/17/2014
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) advancing San Francisco as a potential U.S. city to bid for and host the 2024 Olympic and...
Posted Date: 06/13/2014
Mayor Edwin Lee and Glide today announced that San Francisco will host a civic celebration to remember and honor the life and legacy of U.S. Poet Laureate, renowned author and civil rights leader Dr...
Posted Date: 06/09/2014
Mayor Lee nominated Sonia Melara to the Police Commission, Gwyneth Borden to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors, Christine Johnson to the Planning...
Posted Date: 06/05/2014
Mayor Lee announced the Palace of Fine Arts will host a year-long series of events and programs to commemorate the 2015 Centennial of the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). The...
Posted Date: 06/04/2014
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement after San Francisco voters approved Proposition A, the $400 million Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Bond to finance seismic and...
Posted Date: 06/04/2014
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the sickout of Muni drivers over the Transport Workers Union Local 250-A labor agreement and the disruption of San Francisco Municipal...
Posted Date: 06/03/2014
Mayor Lee's Statement Supporting President Obama's Action to Reduce Carbon Pollution   "President Obama and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy are...
Posted Date: 06/03/2014