Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that a new 40 person San Francisco Fire Department H-3 EMT/Paramedic training academy will begin in March with graduates expected to be working by May. Another 14...
January 2015
Posted Date: 02/04/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded San Francisco $25.6 million in HUD’s Continuum of Care grants to fund 60 San Francisco-based...
Posted Date: 01/27/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Board President London Breed today announced that San Francisco greenhouse gas emissions in 2012 were 23 percent below 1990 levels and the City is on track to reduce its...
Posted Date: 01/26/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the passing of San Francisco Film Commissioner Robert Morales:
“I am deeply saddened by the passing of Bob Morales, one of our...
Posted Date: 01/26/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on San Francisco’s unemployment rate dropping to 3.8 percent in December 2014 from 4.3 percent in October 2014, based on preliminary...
Posted Date: 01/23/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors authorizing free Muni for low and moderate income seniors and...
Posted Date: 01/20/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today delivered his 2015 State of the City address at the recently completed Phase One expansion site of the San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market – the first new Production...
Posted Date: 01/15/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)’s decision to grant Restoration Status to City College of San...
Posted Date: 01/14/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced a major expansion of the existing Preschool for All program for all four-year-olds in San Francisco to enhance early education opportunities and to help meet the...
Posted Date: 01/13/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today joined by members of the Board of Supervisors and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced a major expansion of Muni’s fleet by purchasing an...
Posted Date: 01/13/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on the passing of San Francisco philanthropist Helen Diller:“I am profoundly saddened by the passing of Helen Diller, one of our great...
Posted Date: 01/12/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement regarding Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s proposed 2015-16 balanced budget for the State of California:“I congratulate Governor...
Posted Date: 01/09/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement regarding the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) decision on the U.S. city to bid for and host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games...
Posted Date: 01/08/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced his appointment of longtime District Three resident and business owner Julienne M. Christensen to the District Three Supervisor’s seat that was vacated on...
Posted Date: 01/07/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today highlighted progress in the Market and Octavia neighborhood, in Hayes Valley along the former Central Freeway right-of-way. In 2014, 30 housing development projects, totaling...
Posted Date: 01/06/2015
Mayor Edwin M. Lee and City Administrator Naomi Kelly announced $1.2 million in matching Community Challenge Grants to residents, businesses, schools, non-profits and community groups to make...
Posted Date: 01/06/2015