Improving the Quality of Life

As Mayor of San Francisco, I’m committed to improving the quality of life for all San Francisco residents by investing in jobs and in our residents, growing and sustaining businesses in our City and working to balance our budget while still staying financially solvent and successful in providing the services and programs our residents demand.

Balancing the Budget

There is no more important topic than our City’s fiscal soundness.  San Francisco as strong as it is, is not immune from the macroeconomic challenges this recession causes. We are working hard to make sure we balance the needs of our constituents while ensuring we continue to have a safe, solvent and successful City. . .>>>read more

Reforming the City's Pension System

Like many cities and counties throughout the country, San Francisco must reform the way in which it provides pensions and health care to its employees to ensure that they can retire in dignity while the City continues to offer an affordable and solvent pension system. . .>>>read more

34th America's Cup

With San Francisco selected as the host of the 34th America’s Cup in 2013, the City is aggressively planning and preparing for this unprecedented investment into the City’s waterfront. It will create thousands of jobs and be an economic boon for not only the City, but California as a whole. . .>>>read more

Job Creation

Creating jobs, supporting business growth, and putting people back to work are among my top priorities.  To be able to have a safe, solvent and successful City, San Francisco needs to be positioned to compete and win business. . .>>>read more

Public Safety

We are making our City the safest big city in America through the innovative use of data sets, strategic depoyment of police resources and successful partnerships with our diverse communities and neighborhoods. . .>>>read more