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December 2013

Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced the new Shop Chinatown 888 campaign and the installation of new Little Saigon street banners to promote the Tenderloin’s Larkin Street Corridor in new efforts...
Posted Date: 12/23/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced a Mayoral Executive Directive ordering all City departments that have the legal authority over the permitting or mapping of new or existing housing to prioritize in...
Posted Date: 12/18/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Mayor Edwin M. Lee with Supervisors Malia Cohen and David Campos today introduced legislation to strengthen the expansion and growth of San Francisco’s manufacturing and light industrial sector...
Posted Date: 12/17/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement congratulating UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann who announced that she will step down effective March 31, 2014 to become Chief Executive...
Posted Date: 12/17/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today launched a free municipal wireless internet access (Wi-Fi) service along Market Street – the City’s busiest and most economically diverse corridor. Starting in...
Posted Date: 12/16/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the Presidential Disaster Declaration for California’s Rim Fire, which began in August 17, 2013 in the Stanislaus National Forest,...
Posted Date: 12/15/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on raising the City’s minimum wage: “San Francisco is an expensive place for working families. I believe the time has come to...
Posted Date: 12/10/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today introduced legislation at the Board of Supervisors proposing a $400 million Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Bond (ESER 2014) for the June 2014 ballot. The ESER 2014...
Posted Date: 12/10/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that San Francisco will host a civic memorial to remember the life and legacy of former President of South Africa and human rights leader Nelson Mandela in the...
Posted Date: 12/06/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the passing of former President of South Africa and human rights leader His Excellency Nelson Mandela: “The world mourns as we...
Posted Date: 12/05/2013
Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today launched Promptly, the first application in the country created to send text message notifications for human services clients. Developed by a Code for America Fellow at City...
Posted Date: 12/03/2013