The SF Weekly officially declared us today "Not Hot." But you know what, we think we're pretty cool. That’s why we’re launching our official Reset Cocktail Contest – with the winner to be unveiled at our upcoming (and oh so cool) 111 FOR 2011 Event at 111 Minna. Only two ground rules: (1) has to have ice and (2) no, we will not add "Ice Ice Baby" to the Reset Playlist.
Log-in and submit your idea here.
By: Phil Ting
At Reset, we believe that something has been missing from the political and policy debate – real data. And we believe tens of thousands of San Franciscans have been missing the chance to hold our government to the highest standards because they just don’t have the tools to make their voices heard.
That’s why we’re committed to doing more than making sure more data is available but also using that data to improve our quality of life. And we want to make sure many, many more people can participate in improving city government. Read More
By: Scott Bruner
SF Goodwill Industries
This Friday to Sunday (April 15-17), we hope you’ll help us celebrate Earth Day by dropping off household items at your local Whole Foods store to help your neighbors get a hand up.
Goodwill Industries and Whole Foods Markets are teaming up to divert over 20,000 pounds from landfills while helping people transform their lives during the 2011 Goodwill Earth Month Donation Drive.
When you shop this weekend, you’ll see Goodwill Industries’ familiar donation boxes and bins at 14 Whole Foods stores in the Bay Area. Read More
On Saturday, April 16, join the Reset San Francisco community for brunch at Horace Mann Middle School from 11am – 1pm when we’ll discuss your priorities for City Hall. Please RSVP today.
It’s time to take action around your ideas and solutions. At our Food for Thought Forum, we discussed creative ideas for San Francisco, and on April 16, we’ll focus on real solutions for moving our city forward. Read More from Phil Ting
It’s late. And dark. And maybe starting to sprinkle a little. All you want to do is get home. Or get to the Giants game before Lincecum’s first pitch. Or…go anywhere.
San Francisco is one of the most difficult places to hail a ride – as we already know. A Controller’s Report from 2006 even found that 33% of San Franciscans looking for a cab on a weekend night had to wait more than 30 minutes. Apparently, however, our city government is finally getting the message that we’re tired of waiting.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency – which handles cabs in The City – is proposing spending $400,000 on a pilot program that would enable people with smartphones to see where there are cabs in their immediate vicinity and then order one. Read More
Whether they’re classics like Johnny Hallyday and Judy Garland, or 80's hits like Journey and Blondie, or Phil Ting's favorite from U2, "Walk On," we all have favorite songs that remind us of our favorite city or represent our movement at www.ResetSanFrancisco.org.
Every great movement needs some music. So listen to our live-streaming Reset Playlist. What should we add? The Reset DJ is taking requests right now. Read More
For the countless dedicated students out there who face the very real possibility of being "priced out" of college, there is some hope. And here it is.
Devin Valencia, a recent UNLV grad, just won the "Get Schooled College Affordability Challenge" – presented by President Bill Clinton at the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative University summit. Her idea combines the power of the Internet – more specifically, Facebook (but really, what's the difference these days) – with the incredible need to make grants, scholarships and other financial aid for college more readily available.
By: Ben Shore
So what happens when “open government” shuts down early? If the government has useful, open data to supply to the citizenry but no one can see it, is it really open?
Due to last week’s 11th hour budget negotiations that narrowly avoided a government shutdown, drastic cuts were made to just about every aspect of government. From the $45 million in cuts to nuclear nonproliferation funds to $1 billion cut from HIV and disease-prevention, the operation of the U.S. government just got a lot leaner. Read More
From Howard Dean to Barack Obama, we’ve seen how the Internet is changing how politicians run campaigns. Now new data from The Pew Internet and American Life Project only confirms the trend – the majority of Americans are now using the Internet to become involved in campaigns.
According to the research done by Pew, 73% of adult Internet users turned to the Internet to get information about candidates or join campaigns during the 2010 election.
We’re squarely in the era of Campaign 2.0 as politicians follow their audiences onto the Internet. But the key question for most of us here at Reset San Francisco is not how politicians use the Internet to get votes, but how elected officials and the governments they lead can use new technology tools to make our lives better by adopting Gov2.0. Read More
Reset San Francisco has been making news and making noise. When city officials announced that parking control officers should write more parking tickets to close the budget gap, over 2,700 San Franciscans responded by signing our petition to ask City Hall to tear up its unfair ticket plan.
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