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Mayor Lurie Announces $5 Million for Upgrades at Alice Griffith Apartments, Part of Multi-Department Effort to Improve Living Conditions

Alongside Settlement Agreement Holding Property Owners Accountable for Deteriorating Conditions, City Provides Additional Funding to Support Residents; Builds on Mayor Lurie’s Work to Provide Safe, Affordable Homes for San Francisco Families

San Francisco Launches This is Your City: 2026 Family Listening Series

Families invited to share their stories and experiences as part of San Francisco's first Citywide Community Needs Assessment

Mayor Lurie Strengthens Good Neighbor Policy to Ensure Safer, Cleaner Streets Around City-Funded Health Facilities

Holds City-Funded Housing, Health, Shelter, and Social Service Sites to Same High Standard for Street Conditions, Community Responsiveness; Builds on Progress Under Mayor Lurie’s Breaking the Cycle Plan, With Unsheltered Homelessness at Lowest Level in 15 Years

SFDPH’S WIC Program Wins Prestigious National Breastfeeding Award

Award highlighted during SFDPH’s Breastfeeding Awareness Rally, bringing families and partners together to raise awareness about the essential role of breastfeeding in lifelong health.

San Francisco Department of Public Health Encourages Families to Prioritize Vaccines and TB Screenings as New School Year Approaches

Vaccines and TB screenings are safe and effective ways to prevent illness and outbreaks in our schools and communities

Mayor Lurie Breaks Ground On $76 Million Modernization Of Public Health Center In Chinatown

Top-to-Bottom Renovation Will Deliver Seismic Upgrades at City’s Most Seismically Vulnerable Clinic Along With Dental Care Expansion, New Exam Rooms; Continues Mayor Lurie’s Investments in San Franciscans’ Healthcare Despite Federal Cuts

Mayor Lurie Announces Record-Low Number Of Tent Encampments, Large Vehicles On San Francisco Streets

Quarterly Count Marks Record-Low Number of Encampments for the Fourth Time and Finds Number of Tents and Structures Down 53% Under Lurie Administration; New RESET Center Has Served Hundreds of People in First Month, With Nearly One-Third Agreeing to Accept Care and Police Officers Returning to Streets in Under 20 Minutes; Follows San Francisco Reaching Lowest Level of Unsheltered Homelessness in 15 Years Under Mayor Lurie’s Breaking the Cycle Plan

Mayor Lurie, First Lady Prowda Invite San Franciscans To Sign Up For Citywide Day Of Service

One City Day Service Projects Across All 11 Supervisorial Districts Invite Neighbors Across City to Connect, Serve Their Communities; Continues Mayor Lurie and First Lady Prowda’s Work to Bring Service, Accountability, Change to City Hall