Mayor Newsom Announces Commercial Solar Challenge

Businesses will receive free solar power assessments and energy efficiency audits to identify how to save energy and money. Read more...

Mayor Newsom and Superintendent Carlos Garcia Launch Environmental Service Learning Program for San Francisco's Students

Today Mayor Gavin Newsom and Superintendent Carlos Garcia launched the Environmental Service Learning Initiative (ESLI) in San Francisco’s schools. ESLI will encourage students to become engaged in environmental justice issues. Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience and teach civic responsibility. Read more...

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of San Francisco's Universal Healthcare Program, Healthy San Francisco

Today’s ruling is a huge victory for this city and the 46 million Americans who don’t have health insurance. San Francisco is proving that it can be done. By thinking outside the box, every city and state in this country can provide healthcare if they are willing to challenge the conventional wisdom and take risks instead of continuing the status quo. Read more...

Mayor Newsom at the Clinton Global Initiative

Mayor Newsom participates in the Clinton Global Initiative Plenary Session Panel: "Integrated Solutions: Water, Food, and Energy" moderated by Tom Brokaw. Watch the video...

Mayor Newsom Announces First-Of-Its-Kind Sustainable Resources District for San Francisco's Civic Center

Today San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that San Francisco has agreed to a formal partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to transform the city’s Civic Center into a sustainable resource district that maximizes energy and water efficiency, reduces waste, and increases the use of wastewater. Read more...

Halfway to Universal Health Care

Today is an historic milestone for the 46 million Americans who don't have health insurance.

At the National Press Club, I just announced that San Francisco has enrolled 30,061 residents into the city's ground-breaking Healthy San Francisco universal health care program, more than half of the estimated 60,000 uninsured residents that the program hopes to serve. This comes just 15 months after the initial launch of the program. Read more...

Mayor Newsom Unveils Architectural Designs for New Domestic Terminal at San Francisco International Airport

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Airport Director John L. Martin today unveiled the designs for the remodel of San Francisco International Airport’s (SFO) old international terminal into a new domestic terminal that will emphasize customer service and sustainability practices. Read more...

Mayor Newsom Discusses Politics in the YouTube Era with YouTube Co-Founder Steve Chen

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Mayor Newsom Announces Expansion of Free Wi-Fi in the Tenderloin

Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced the expansion of Wi-Fi 2.0, the "Network of Community Networks" to residents of the Tenderloin. In the technology lab of St. Anthony’s new LEED certified building, the Mayor highlighted the city’s effort to bridge the digital divide and bring free broadband Wi-Fi to all San Franciscans. Read more...

Mayor Newsom to Discuss Politics in the YouTube Era with YouTube Co-Founder Steve Chen

Mayor Gavin Newsom to talk "Politics in the YouTube Era" with YouTube co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Steve Chen at CitySpeaks on Tuesday, September 16, 2008. The conversation will take place in the Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Main Library. Doors open at 6pm and the program will begin at 6:30pm. Admission is free and open to the public. Read more...