San Francisco Renewal: People, Programs and Investments
In the two-year hiatus since PCBC was last held in San Francisco, the city has made a significant commitment to bringing attendees back with the highest levels of safety and cleanliness, both inside and outside the Moscone Center.
Take a look at the initiatives currently underway to make the City by the Bay, once again, the world’s most compelling destination.
Community Ambassador Program - a two-year investment that utilizes retired SFPD officers to provide enhanced safety and a welcoming street presence downtown and throughout key tourism destinations seven days a week. In addition to serving as friendly, welcoming greeters, their role includes directions, translation, welfare checks and immediately reporting suspicious or criminal activity. Meet the ‘Orange People’ Who are Helping Visitors and Buffing SF’s Battered Image
Community Benefit Districts - over $10m has been issued to improve the overall quality of life in and around the Moscone Center, as well as the neighboring mixed-use communities, through a partnership between the City and local districts.
CleanCorridorsSF Program - a permanently instituted organization that deploys San Francisco Public Works street cleaners to a different neighborhood commercial district each day of the week to power wash and sweep the sidewalks, flush down the roadway, and wipe out graffiti—a coordinated deep-cleaning blitz resulting in noticeable improvements to the cleanliness of the downtown experience.
Community Youth Center Power Wash Mobile Team - a new program that employs immigrants with barriers to employment in steam-cleaning commercial corridors, the CYC Power Wash Mobile Team currently provides new monthly cleaning in and around the Moscone Center and downtown San Francisco neighborhoods.
Downtown Streets Team - a team focused on restoring dignity, inspiring hope, and providing a pathway to recover from homelessness in San Francisco, including community beautification efforts and clean-up projects in and around the Moscone Center.
Street Crisis Response Team - a city-wide crisis team that provides rapid, trauma-informed response to calls for service to people experiencing crisis in public spaces.
Street Wellness Response Team - a group who provides appropriate medical and social service responses for people who require immediate assistance but do not have emergent behavioral health care needs.
Shine On SF - an organization making immediate investments and sustainable changes to clean and beautify San Francisco.
BY THE NUMBERS
26 - SFPD is deploying 26 additional police officers on bicycle and foot patrols to an array of high-traffic and highly sought-after travel destinations in five of the City’s ten police districts, including near and around the Moscone Center.
20+ - Staffed by retired police officers, the SFPD Community Ambassador program places over 20+ ambassadors in the Union Square area and other tourist neighborhoods to provide enhanced safety for visitors.
82% - SFPD’s Union Square Safe Shopper deployment alone resulted in a dramatic drop in retail crime by 82% in just the last few months.
$96.2 million - Mayor London Breed is committing $96.2 million to support the efforts and investment in long-term systemic changes to clean and beautify San Francisco.
$1 billion - in resources to ensure public safety, provide behavioral health care, prevent homelessness and transition people into services and housing.
6,000 - the number of immediate housing placements instituted as part of San Francisco’s Homelessness Recovery Plan.
4,000 - additional placements expected, as well as eviction protection for over 7,000 households, and a new 40-bed emergency shelter for families.
$12.25M - the amount invested for a Downtown Ambassador program to make downtown San Francisco more attractive and welcoming.
$25M - the amount invested for the Street Crisis Response Team.
$9.6M - the amount invested for the Street Wellness Response Team.
$675M - San Francisco now has $675M with an additional $333M+ per year that they are spending on housing and homelessness services as part of Proposition C passing in 2018.
#3 - San Francisco is now ranked the third overall safest city in the United States, and the 13th safest city in the world, according to Economic Intelligence Unit’s Safe Cities Index (2021).
Community Ambassador Districts
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