Better Government

We all know San Francisco faces serious challenges. We can identify the problems, but politics are clouding our efforts to find the solutions. Over the past decade, the cost of city government has increased from $4.2 billion to $6.6 billion, while the city continues to experience a growing deficit each year. Our government is spending nearly 58 percent more than a decade ago – but are voters experiencing a city that is 58 percent better? We can – and should – make sure our city government is as efficient, as creative, and as progressive as San Francisco itself. I am convinced that the single most progressive thing we can do right now is to make sure government works. We need the type of bold ideas and leadership that will move San Francisco City Hall away from fighting about the few issues that divide us – and move toward collaborating on the practical solutions that will drive our city forward.

San Francisco has $1.7 Billion in Sole Source Contracts… and Counting

By sf-admin • Better Government

By: Victoria Holliday

Each year San Francisco city departments purchase hundreds of millions of dollars worth of goods and services. While many of these contracts are the results of competitive …
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Time to Guarantee Universal Internet Access for All San Franciscans

By sf-admin • Better Government, Tech

We know our city government can be smarter, faster and more democratic by adopting many of the web-based tools that are now transforming our region’s economy.

But as we implement …
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13 years ago

Bureaucratic Overload at City Hall

By sf-admin • Better Government

Joe Eskenazi’s piece in this week’s SFWeekly was quality journalism. His depiction of San Francisco’s Kafkaesque maze of city commissions, committees, task forces and working groups struck fear into the …
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Proposed bill to ban social media during public hearings… Really?

By sf-admin • Better Government, Tech

By: Victoria Holliday

We know it is illegal (and dangerous) to text while driving – what about tweeting while lawmaking? While tweeting, texting, Facebook, and e-mail are a constant presence …
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San Francisco Department of Election’s Step Toward Gov 2.0 Highlights Digital Divide

By sf-admin • Better Government

Coming Soon: Paperless Voter Pamphlets in San Francisco?

Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi recently introduced legislation that would allow voters to opt out of receiving voter information pamphlets by mail. Instead voters …
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13 years ago

The First Step Toward Digital Equality

By sf-admin • Better Government

While San Francisco has made halting progress towards increasing Internet access for its citizens, our digital divide is still stark. (For example, just 60 percent of Latinos can access the …
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